David Grow founded Howling Music in 1999. He is a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum selling songwriter and producer, an award winning composer, and has scored hundreds of broadcast spots for many major national brands. Let's be honest, David lost the Grammy to Ry Cooder which may explain why we're not allowed to use the words "Ry" or "Cooder" around the office…
David Grow | Managing Director + Partner
katie.overcash@howlingmusic.com
619.742.1840
When we met Katie, we thought she might be some sort of mystical being. How else would you explain someone who communicates so well with ad creatives and musicians? Turns out, she started on the agency side before learning the dark arts of music, but the real magic is in her track record. She's shepherded music on numerous large-scale campaigns for some of the biggest brands in the business. Music has always been her muse, so who better to make the conversation surrounding music easier and a lot more fun? Bottom line: Katie connects the dots musical and otherwise, and we're thrilled to have her with us at Team Howling!
Katie Overcash | Executive Producer
ryan@howlingmusic.com
858.229.5099
This little merman grew up on the balmy beaches of SoCal. While we tried to wrangle him to our Nashville office the waves turned out to be not very good so now he’s back and set up a SoCal outpost. As head of creative Ryan brings years of composing knowledge and every bit of his psychology degree to figure out musical strategy and direction while leading a team of composers to deliver their very best work. Ryan is also available for surf lessons.
Ryan Claus | Creative Director + Partner
Kevin first came to us as a badass composer, but we quickly realized there’s much more to this human machine than meets the eye. There’s a rumor going around that Kevin was never born, he was built in a lab by super geniuses. While we haven’t been able to confirm that particular possibility, we have been floored by Kevin’s ability to melt faces, analyze data, and strategize. A fun fact about Kevin: He is Canada’s leading opinion on yogurt parfaits.
Kevin Hodgkins | Project Manager, Composer
734.558.2654
Who better to join our ranks than one of our best clients? This Motor City native has worked her producer magic for the likes of Ford and GM and knows her way around an agency boardroom. But would she cross over to the music side? It seemed like a stretch but dreams do come true so we kind of feel like the Bulls after drafting Michael Jordan in the first round. Speaking of sports, Britt is a BIG Red Wings fan. As in, she knows her stats.
As a producer, she's directed Heisenberg (Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston), re-created Apollo 11 on a legendary soundstage in L.A. and did some guerrilla shooting (no animals were harmed) on a mountain in Arizona. Welcome to the team, Brittany!
Brittany Gutierrez | Executive Producer
Noah is a native born son of Nashville and these people are surprisingly rare. Even more rare are guys who are seemingly good at EVERYTHING and that's Noah. He's officially our Technical Director which means he knows how to do stuff the rest of us don't. He started recording, producing and mixing in high school, went to Belmont University and now makes the impossible a reality on a daily basis here at Howling Music.
Noah Mirtes | Technical Director
Raph is a producer/engineer, originally from the Dominican Republic. He moved to New York City in 2013 where he made a name for himself producing underground Alt Rock artists such as The Flux Machine and G Matthews. In 2018, Raph decided to join the underground movement here in Nashville. He was recommended to us for good reason--he's a master mixer and serious technician who makes us look good and sound even better.
Raphael Sepulveda | Chief Engineer
Sheree@howlingmusic.com
818.519.5692
Sheree Winn | Accounts
KC grew up in the inner city of Chicago and knows the pain of growing up in a troubled home and streets plagued with drugs and gang violence. He's also the most licensed of any of our artists for good reason. KC's music is unflinchingly true to his roots while embodying a welcome tone of optimism for a brighter future.
KC Carter | Composer
Hailing from Sarasota, Florida, Jonny is a guitarist, writer, producer, and utility instrumentalist. Jonny moved to Nashville in 2014 to attend Belmont University where he graduated with a degree in Commercial Music. Since his arrival in Music City, Jonny has explored many different music and music-related occupations, from live sound engineer and stagehand to performer and music journalist. Jonny loves Bluegrass, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pop music, and French. Not necessarily in that order.
Jonny Therrien | Director of Hype
In one sense, Howard Pfeifer is the reason we’re all here. Many moons ago, he hired a young, starving artist named David Grow to help out with Pfeifer's Los Angeles-based music-for-advertising company. Now, years after that fateful day, Howard joins our ranks as Maestro-Grade, multi-Clio-Award winning composer. Howard has perfect pitch, can create full orchestral scores in his head, and pretty much scares the hell out of us with his seemingly endless talent.
Howard Pfeiffer | Senior Composer
Rocky is not pretty. But he has a certain beauty--like life itself. It might be noted that Bulldogs are one of the only canine breeds which cannot howl due to the shape of their brachycephalic nasal cavity. Howling is not what we do. It's who we are.
Rocky | Drug Dealer
James Vincent is a multi-instrumentalist and producer currently living in Melbourne, Australia. He loves to spend his time hiking, rock climbing and bike riding but also thoroughly enjoys less wholesome things such as eating an entire block of chocolate whilst watching ‘The Parent Trap’ for the 152nd time.
James Vincent | Composer
Katie Burke is our resident Renaissance woman. This Boston native is a triple threat song-writer, vocalist and music producer as well as a gifted screenwriter, actor and director for film & television. Musically, she's at home in a dizzying array of genres from Soul to Modern Alt Pop and all points in between. When not dazzling with her musical talents she focuses on titrating her soymilk-to-cream ratio in her cold brews at any number of Nashville coffee houses.
Katie Burke | Composer
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