Darian Cowgill
Darian Cowgill | |
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Born |
Pasadena, California, United States | November 7, 1972
Genres | Rock, pop, reggae, acoustic, hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Mix engineer, mastering engineer, record producer, musician |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1995–present |
Website |
thedenrecorders |
Darian Cowgill (born November 7, 1972, Pasadena, California, United States), is an American mix engineer, mastering engineer and record producer.
Career
Darian is an independent mix engineer and co-owner of The Den Recorders,[1] a recording studio located in Pasadena, California, with Josh Young, his Emmy Award-nominated[2] business partner. The Den Recorders has been operational since its inception in late 1999. The duo of Darian and Josh also operates Atrium Music,[3] a music licensing an publishing firm that focuses its continually growing music library of composers and independent artists for placement in television, film and other broadcast media opportunities.
Darian initially started his musical career with the Pasadena Boys Choir as a youngster, followed by theater performances, live sound and various bands. He then decided to explore the other side of the studio glass and earned a degree in recording engineering, which he has used to produce (in conjunction with The Den Recorders) over 200 artists to date. In 1998, he began an internship with Warped Tour creator, Kevin Lyman. His work in national and international terrestrial radio began while working as a content producer and production director for Pyramid Radio from 2005 until 2009, under former Radio legend and then CBS president, Steve Rivers[4] and former owner of Boston's Kiss 108 Richie Balsbaugh. Darian was Steve Rivers last production director before his passing. He has continued working as a mix engineer for Los Angeles Burbank based independent radio syndication company Radio Express...[5] where he continues to mix and produce multiple international top 20 count-down radio format and mix format shows weekly including The World Chart Show with Lara Scott and The World Chart Show with PJ Butta.[6] also the Airtel sponsored syndicated English and French shows for Africa.
He served as an independent record producer and engineer for American rock band, Oedipus.[7] He has also worked with a number of other bands including Producing, Editing, Mixing, or Mastering for such bands as Middle Class Rut, Beware of Darkness, Flagship, Zen Robbi,[8] Katastro, The Graves, Kevin Sandbloom, Jonny Santos, Rafael Moreira, When in Rome, Jimmy Gnecco and Sleeping Giant.
In addition to mixing and producing individual single release songs for artists, complete albums, radio shows, television/film projects, and commercial broadcast content. He is also a current and continued professor of Digital Audio Technology and an AVID Certified Pro Tools instructor with the Citrus College Recording Arts program in Glendora, California.
Awards and accolades
Cowgill was the Grand Prize winner of a Pensado's Place[9] sponsored Indaba Music mix contest,[10] for "Muffaletta" on Billy Martin's 2013, Heels Over Head album.[11] Subsequently, Cowgill was interviewed by Dave Pensado[12] on his weekly show, "Pensado's Place",[13] regarding his victory.
He acted as the producer on the "Get Your Music in Film and TV" panel[14] at the 32nd Westcoast Songwriter's Conference held in Los Altos, California. He was elected to the board of directors for Westcoastsongwriters.org in June 2014 and will continue to be a guest speaker for the music production, mixing and mastering seminars.
Darian is also an AVID certified Pro Tools instructor. He also endorses Slate Digital,[15] THD Electronics, Dean Markley Strings and Mesa Boogie.
Partial discography
Mix engineer
- Airtel World Chart Show
- Billy Martin – Wicked Knee[16]
- Heineken World Chart Show[17]
- Vicious Little Smile by Oedipus[18]
- One California Day
- Rocket 21[19]
- Sleeping Giant[20]
- The Big Pill[21]
- Wait[22]
- Women in Film[23]
- World Chart Show Urban[6]
Mastering engineer
- Beware of Darkness[24]
- Flagship[25]
- Jelly of the Month Club[26]
- Jimmy Gnecco
- Middle Class Rut
- Zen Robbi[27]
- Cheerleader[28]
Voice-over
- Advance Auto Parts
- Body Worlds Chicago
- Bed, Bath & Beyond
- CVS Pharmacy
- Disney Orlando
- Estée Lauder
- Finishline
- HomeGoods
- Knott's Berry Farm
- Logan International Airport
- Longs Drugs
- Marshalls
- Massachusetts State Lotto
- MTV
- Petro Express
- Rocket 21
- Sony Music
- Staples
- Telemundo 34
- T.J. Maxx
- Tulsa International Airport
- Unilever Sun Silk[29]
- Val Surf
References
- ↑ "Recording studio". The Den Recorders. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-form Segments and Variety Specials-2012". Emmys.com. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ↑ "Atrium Music". Atrium Music. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more!". FMQB. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Programming and Services For Radio Worldwide!". Radio Express. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- 1 2 "Programming and Services For International Radio Worldwide!". Radio Express. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Press – Oedipus". Oedipusband.com. March 13, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "MP3 Leak of the Week: Zen Robbi « The Pier Magazine". Thepier.org. July 15, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Pensado's Place – Learn how to produce, record, mix, and master music and audio". Pensadosplace.tv. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ↑ "Indaba Music". Beta.indabamusic.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Heels Over Head – Billy Martin's Wicked Knee | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ Dave Pensado (July 24, 1999). "Dave Pensado | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ ""Wicked Knee" Indaba Mix Competition Winner – Darian Cowgill Interview". YouTube. April 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Get your music in Film and TV". West Coast Songwriters. August 20, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Slate Digital". Slate Digital. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Heels Over Head – Billy Martin's Wicked Knee | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Programming and Services For Radio Worldwide!". Radio Express. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Vicious Little Smile – Oedipus – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ↑ "Rocket21". Rocket21. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑
- ↑ "The Big Pill". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Wait (II) (2004)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑ "Women in Film". Wif.org. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ "Jelly of the Month Club". Facebook. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ↑ "Zen Robbi". Zen Robbi. March 16, 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ↑ "Cheerleader". Cheerleader. January 6, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
- ↑ "Sunsilk | Brands in action | Unilever Global". Unilever.com. Retrieved 2013-08-03.