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I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)

Voice Actor

HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE

As many others, my background is in radio. Been doing that since I was 13, so this year will be my 25th anniversary - whoa...
Around 1997, I had the chance to audition for a small-market local tv-station, who did their own commercial production. Actually I nailed it, but due to my cluelessness (is that even a word??) about the VO-business, I made all the classic mistakes: I sounded the exact same way on every recording, as I did on the radio. So if I remember correctly, I did three jobs for them, and they never called me again.
A couple of years later, there was an opening for the male danish VO-job for a tv-homeshopping network. For the next four years, I did TONS of informercials and learned quite a bit, besides making a fair amount of money. I even got my first experience with true voice acting, when I did ALL the voices of baby animals on the Danish version of "Marty Stoufer's Wacky Babies". I also did narration for other films in that series. This was truly my real break in VO.
In 2003, I bought some second-hand gear and began to voice commercials from my home for numerous local radiostations in Denmark. Nothing fancy, they all did their own production and I only provided a raw voice recording. Somewhere along the line bigger projects turned up, and I slowly began to invest in better equipment.
Then... in 2007 and by sheer coincidence, I discovered Voice123 and the Voiceoversavvy-forum. From there, things literally took off like an Saturn V-rocket. Through the forums I learned so much, and a whole new world evolved. When I joined Voices.com, it was my "Neil Armstrong-moment" in VO: gigs and inquiries from seekers all around the world began to come in on a regular basis, and I landed quite a few. Now I'm with several international agencies and databases in countries like the US, UK, Brazil, Holland, Germany, Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Spain...
I'm also the first (and so far the only) Scandinavian-based voice artist accredited by SaVoa.

LANGUAGES

Danish

VOICE DESCRIPTION

Friendly, guy-next-door

DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions

All sorts of Danish ones

VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM

Middle Age Male, Young Adult Male, Teenage Boy

AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD

FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV

EQUIPMENT

Microphones: Groove Tubes GT67, Rode NTK, CAD E-300 (the original)
Preamps: Danfield MX10, Joemeek VC1Q
Console: Behringer MX2804A
Interface: Echo MIA
Monitors: Genelec 1019A, Sennheiser HD25
Editor: Steinberg Wavelab or Sony Vegas, depending on project.
Misc: dbx "Project One" 266 compressor/gate, D&R phone patch
Source Connect

WEBSITE

http://www.provoa.com

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OK, stop! Just...stop for a second!!

Okay, let me explain...

I LOVE the idea of forums and communities... I'm with all of them: Savvy, VO-BB, Voice-overs.com, MySpace FaceBook... and of course also Voiceover Universe.
I love that we can network, share our experiences, thoughts, advice, have fun etc. through all of these places.

Basically, I like the idea of a voiceover-related MySpace/Facebook kinda place. And it's really amazing that Rick has gathered almost 1000 members already, and the contributions from industry icons like Jo… Continue

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At 3:28pm on February 18, 2010, Penny Abshire said…

At 1:28pm on February 18, 2010, Bob Souer said…: Happy Birthday, Jacob!

Be well,
Bob Souer

At 11:26am on February 18, 2010, Jacob Ekstroem said…: Thanks all for your birthday wishes!!

At 9:45am on February 18, 2010, Rodney Jackson said…: Hi Jacob,

Wishing you the very best, Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy.

Best Regards,
Rodney

At 4:36am on February 18, 2010, BOB NOBLE said…: Hi Jacob: In honor of your birthday, I sat down and wrote you a
song. Here are the lyrics . . . .”This is your Birthday Song,
It isn’t very long . . . “

And many more . . . !

Bob . . . at . . .Noblevoices.com

At 7:31pm on January 6, 2010, Dan (Daniel Eduardo) Hurst said…: Hi Jacob!

I know you’ve been a member of Voiceover Universe for some time, but I wanted to introduce one of our groups to you.

I hope you'll check out and join a group called MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT. It's a group dedicated to discussing ways we can market ourselves - what works; what doesn't. You’ll find some very interesting ideas and concepts there! And we would appreciate your input. Click here for the link: MARKETING FOR FUN AND PROFIT!

Thanks for your time! I trust our paths will cross soon!

Best to ya!

dan (daniel eduardo) hurst
www.DanHurst.com

At 4:35pm on February 18, 2009, Bob Souer said…: Jacob,

I hope you are having a very Happy Birthday!

Be well,
Bob

At 6:53pm on February 17, 2009, Haneen Arafat said…: Hey Jacob...Happy Birthday (in advance)! Hope all's well.

At 12:52pm on November 20, 2008, Steen Bojsen-Moller said…: My Father was born in Denmark, moved to New Zealand in his twenties so I was raised in NZ, now live in LA but go to Denmark every 2 years or so. There you have it! How about you?