This week's guest is award winning filmmaker, composer, and entrepreneur Gabe Cowan. Gabe has produced over 20 films, many of which have premiered at the major festivals. Some of his films include SXSW Audience Award winner "Cheap Thrills" as well as "Bad Milo" and "They Call Us Monsters." Before producing movies, Gabe was a multiplatinum recording artist, played in several bands and was signed to Geffen Records. His current focus is as the CEO of Audio Design Desk, where he is working to solve audio for video by creating a streamlined solution to quickly and easily match music and effects with picture in a manner that sparks creativity. We chat about making movies, democratizing cinema quality audio, the challenges of creating a DAW from scratch.
In this episode we'll dig in on...
How Audio Design Desk revolutionizes audio for picture
Creating a DAW that inspires you
Signing to Geffen Records in the mid 90s at age 19
How to pitch your ideas
AI as a musical assistant
Creating a product roadmap
Music as a part of a filmmakers identity
Major label life vs independent life
Encountering people that prioritize money over art
The allure of Hollywood
How scoring a Roger Corman film lead to producing movies
Shooting the first independent film done on a RED Camera
Meeting consumer expectations
Cue sheets
The musical gymnastics of the 80s and early 90s

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Credits:
Guest: Gabe Cowan
Host: Travis Ference
Editor: https://linktr.ee/djempirical (Stephen Boyd)
Theme Music: inter.ference