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Jacob Speake

About Me

Hi there! I just finished my debut album "Listen to Jacob Speake", which I plan to release in the late summer/early autumn. At the moment I'm looking for suitable business partners, record labels or distribution companies.Well, I've been writing songs forever, but I it really took off when I was in college in Wyoming. On Sunday mornings in December, when my roommate was gone. It was mind-blowing. However due to my curious nature I got kind of distracted along the way - university studies, salsa dancing, long distance love affairs and Frank Sinatra crooning in my left ear - until I got a band together and started gigging. Playing in a band, finding the right form and tempo for a song and coming up with new ideas, is something I very much enjoy. These days I mostly perform solo, hosting several songwriter nights in Copenhagen. But the future line-up hopefully includes Mikkel Petterson, Mads Mouritz and Niall Rainey (IRL) - all great guitarists, performers and songwriters in their own right. Life is a journey back and forwards isn't it? See you!

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Member Since: 06/07/2006
Band Website: www.jacobspeake.com
Band Members: Jacob Speake (lead vocals, piano, guitar, accordion) - Mikkel Petterson (guitar, bass, vocals) - Mads Mouritz (bass, hand clap, vocals)
Influences: Cole Porter, Lightnin' Hopkins, Frank Sinatra, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, The Beatles, Los Zafiros, Bob Dylan, The Kinks, Simon and Garfunkel, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen, Dennis Speake, Los Van Van, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Tom Waits, Billy Joel, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Smiths, Bryan Adams, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Harry Connick Jr., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Morcheba, Aimee Mann, Coldplay, Manolito y su Trabuco, Polo Montanez, Keane, Rufus Wainwright, Amy Winehouse, Super Karma
Sounds Like: the best kept secret on myspace
Record Label: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsVfczK4YM
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Paradiso-Diaspora project

"Paradiso Diaspora" is the name of a CD-project, sponsored by The Danish Red Cross asylum department, featuring 11 Danish songwriters who wishes to support and encourage asylum seekers in Denmark. The...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:20:00 GMT

CD-master-owner!

So I finished my debut album last week! What a relief Well, it's going to be called "Listen to Jacob Speake" and will probably be released on both CD and vinyl.I've written and produced all the songs...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:54:00 GMT

Album almost finished!

Hi there,it looks like I have a finished album very soon!  Well I'm going to the studio tomorrow for the last time, and then I can't really postpone it any longer. I decided to call it "Listen to Jaco...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:43:00 GMT

"Speake's Corner" (songwriter showcase + open mic.)

"Speake's Corner" is the new name for the songwriter showcase/open mic. every Wedensday night from 20.15-23.00 at Tjili Pop (Ranzausgade 28) at Nørrebro. Believe it or not I didn't come up with it mys...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:19:00 GMT

"Klub Geyser" in January

Coming up is 'Klub Geyser' the 22nd this month, which features Kira Skov - Andreas Hjertholm - Mikkel Glasser - Jacob SpeakeAs well as hosting the event I'm playing a 25 min. set. As always Klub Geyse...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:16:00 GMT

Klub Geyser Festival + 2 new demos

Coming up is Klub Geyser Festival at Islands Brygge the 25th-27th of Sep., "the coolest singer/songwriter festival in Copenhagen",as I read somewhere on the net, and I didn't even write it myself! Che...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:03:00 GMT

2 songs on www.youtube.com

Saturday's concert at Klub Geyser was recorded on video by Peter Bimborg. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jacob+speake& ;search_type= Besides a solo version o...
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 06:47:00 GMT

Klub Geyser

Looks like I'm going to be the new performing host at "Klub Geyser", a "songwriter's club" at Kulturhuset Islands Brygge in central Copenhagen. The concept will be more or less the same, abo...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:41:00 GMT

NEW SONG: "Blues in the morning"

HI! here's a song about how hard it can be to get up in the morning, but how liberating it is, when you finally decide to jump out of bed! Do you know the feeling? I realize that a lot ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:59:00 GMT

New Layout

I got a new layout today! My favorite colour green, with Jacob Speake-records and the kind of gramophone I always wanted! Designed by my latest pen pal and MySpace-friend from California, Karma, who n...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:37:00 GMT