Having a GAS... (GAS™ Music)

Today, I'm having a GAS with Paul Kinsella, the Chief Creative Officer at Havas LYNX.

Kinsella joined Havas Lynx Group five years ago as the Creative Director of Havas Lynx London, to further embed consumer thinking into the health category. He was promoted to ECD 18 months ago and became part of the Havas Global Creative Council where he has helped to drive creative initiatives at the company’s most senior level. Before joining the world of health and wellness, he had been successfully working at well-renowned consumer agencies, spending 10 years at Cheetham Bell JWT and three years at BJL. Kinsella boasts an array of award wins and was pivotal to the agency’s AOY success at Cannes Lions back in 2018.

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Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/UMgwXgTls-M

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio.

 

We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today, I’m having a gas with Grace Francis, a forward thinking tech impresario, whose enthusiasm and expertise in digital has caused her to ricochet through several major agencies, most recently being snatched up by Karmarama to serve as their Chief Experience Officer.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Grant Hunter, the global ECD at Iris Worldwide.

Grant is a remarkably down-to-earth and humble individual, considering the scope of his responsibility to his agency. He manages creative teams in the UK, the USA, Europe, Asia and South America.

Iris made waves last year, with a few pieces of work led by brand-purpose, including work for Starbucks, The Purpose Disruptors and the NHS Charities Together.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Ben Sainsbury, founder and CEO of Marion Surgical, a VR surgical training company.

 

Ben has experienced enormous variety in his career, which has seen him modelling in a Levi's commercial; working in psychological operations in the U.S. Army, and spending time in Hollywood attempting to break into the film industry. His first film, Jailbait, starred Peter Dinklage, who went on to become an international star in Game of Thrones.

 

Ben is now attempting to innovate film production using virtual reality as an alternative to shooting in the physical world.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Rania and Trevor Robinson, respectively the CEO and Founder / ECD of Quiet Storm.

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At the age of 11, Trevor Robinson’s school careers advisor told him that he’d have more chance of being a bus driver than working in advertising. Despite the early obstacles he faced getting into the industry, he has managed to forge a hugely successful career for himself over the last three decades. In 1995 he founded Quiet Storm, one of the first agencies to write, direct and produce its own work – a model which it still uses today, and has seen it create award-winning work including You’ve Been Tango-ed and Haribo’s Kids Voices campaign.

Rania Robinson came to the UK from Egypt at the age of 3. Starting school at age 4 not speaking a word of English sparked a life-long passion for and fascination with forming connections and meaningful communication. Having spent most of her career in non-traditional agencies in both account leadership and strategic roles she has worked with some of the world’s best known brands including Three Mobile, Mercedes, Stella Artois, Coca Cola and Innocent with a particular focus on brand building and experience. Since joining Quiet Storm seven years ago, she has brought a 360° perspective and new energy to the agency, helping extend its service offer and broaden sector experience, delivering considerable growth in the process.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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Quiet Storm are a creative agency and production company who look to transform businesses, lives and society through creativity.

Creativity born from meaningful and powerful insights and long-lasting strategy.

Ideas that can live anywhere and everywhere and have the ability to emotionally connect with people to change the way they think, feel and behave.

They call these ideas Mindbombs™.

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Hermeti Balarin, the outgoing Creative Partner at Mother.

Hermeti is a superstar of the London ad industry who, along with his wife Ana, has been a key figure in shaping the culture at Mother. Under their leadership, Mother became one of the hottest creative agencies London has ever seen.

Since our conversation, it has been announced that Ana and Hermeti have made the decision to end their time at Mother and move to Wieden + Kennedy Portland. This had not been made public at the time of recording.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having another GAS with Paul Burke, the outspoken writer who frequently risks his career by coming onto our podcast and saying whatevr happens to be on his mind. This time, it's a look back over his second job as a DJ in the 80s and 90s in Soho.

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Paul began his career as a van driver at AMV before becoming a copywriter at Y&R, JWT and BMP DDB. In that time, he has won practically every award the industry has to offer including three D&AD pencils. He has also chaired a number of awards juries including D&AD, Creative Circle and the Aerials. He's won so many Aerial Awards that they gave him a special Lifetime Achievement Award.

He was also presented with a Radio Advertising Fellowship at The House of Lords. Uniquely among writers, Paul produces commercials too. Either his own scripts or other people's. Always makes them better.

Every year he facilitates the IPA Radio Producers Course.

He has about thirty years' experience at top agencies working with every sort of client.

So he can just get stuff done quickly and brilliantly.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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 GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​

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Today, I'm having a gas with Danny Edwards, the co-editor of Shots Magazine. 

Ordinarily at this time of year, Danny is busy organising the Shots awards; one of the most anticipated and talked about events in the creative industries. However this year, the entire thing has been run online due to COVID 19.

So I sat down with Danny to talk about how different his life, his business and his future will look as a result.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Bill Schnee, one of the music industry's most beloved recording engineers, with more hit records under his belt than many could ever hope for.

He's just released his memoir: 'Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation', available here: https://amzn.to/3B3Rsyr

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a gas with Sally Miller.

Sally has been in the industry for over 20 years, but her most recent project - the first ever TV Commercial for TikTok - has been making waves since it went live.

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Watch the Behind the Scenes for the TikTok advert - https://youtu.be/umdv1rglNms

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Today I'm having another GAS with Rory Sutherland, the charismatic and knowledgable vice-chairman of Ogilvy UK.

A friend once told me that Rory is someone to whom you can give any subject of conversation, and he'll instantly reel off memorable and insightful soundbites until you change the subject.

With this in mind, I wanted to catch up with Rory about the events of the past 12 months.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Simon and Rhiannon Lewis at The Gate Films.   Simon and Rhiannon faced an impressive coterie of problems last year, as they had toi figure out how to manage their business and their family all while working from home. A task I can't personally imagine, so I was keen to find out how they took on the challenge and prevailed in the most difficult of years! -- Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more... -- GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms. -- http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​ -- © GAS™ Music 2021

Today, I'm having a GAS with Rob Henderson, a promising young intellectual at the University of Cambridge.

Rob grew up in foster homes in California. After working as a busboy, a dishwasher, and supermarket bagger, he joined the Air Force at the age of 17. Most of his enlistment was spent abroad, stationed in Europe and deployed in the Middle East. After serving, he attended Yale on the GI Bill and was subsequently awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

Once described as “self-made” by the New York Times, he is now a doctoral candidate in psychology at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Quillette, among other outlets. 

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Brandon Campbell, composer of music for film, TV and video games.

After interning for Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions and assisting Ramin Jawadi, Brandon offers us a unique insight into the day to day experience of a composer working across the mediums of film, tv and video games in 2023...

More on Brandon Campbell here: http://www.brandon-campbell.com

According to Wikipedia... Brandon Campbell is an American music composer for film, TV and video games and is best known for his music contributions to TV series' like Game of Thrones and Person of Interest and movies such as The Thinning and The Great Wall.

After graduating from the University of Rochester he interned at Hans Zimmer's studio, Remote Control Productions and later served as an assistant to Ramin Djawadi. Campbell ventured off on his own in with the film Where Love Found Me, and later that year wrote the music for the thriller The Thinning.

As an additional composer Campbell has written music for TV shows, films and video games like Breakout Kings (2011–2012), Medal of Honor: Warfighter (2012), The House of Magic (2013), Person of Interest (2011–2016), The Strain (2014–2017), Dracula Untold (2014), Warcraft (2016), Gears of War 4 (2016), Prison Break (2005–2017), A Wrinkle in Time (2018), The Ravine (2021) and Eternals (2021).

In 2018, Campbell composed the score for the drama-comedy Funny Story. He co-composed the score for the film Slender Man with Ramin Djawadi, created additional music for Gears 5 and co-composed the second episode of Apple TV+'s series Amazing Stories with Djawadi.

Campbell is also composing music for Netflix's The Letter for the King. He also scored music for Pacific Rim: The Black, the anime series based on Pacific Rim and Pacific Rim: Uprising. Campbell co-composed music for the Amazon Games video game New World and the Square Enix video game The Diofield Chronicle with Djawadi. Campbell received an Daytime Emmy Award in 2021 for Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for NETFLIX’s The Letter for the King.

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more... GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK.

We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer known for having mastered recordings by artists including; Gwen Stefani, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Drake and plenty more!

We speak in-depth about Chris's mastering process, where mastering is in 2023 and why separation from the mix engineer is key, we also discuss the journey he took to reach the top of his profession...

More on Chris Gehringer here: https://sterling-sound.com/engineer/c...

According to Wikipedia... Chris Gehringer was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and raised in Bergen County. After graduating from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey, he attended the Institute of Audio Research.

His first job in the industry was at Greene Street Recording and from there, he went on to work as a cutting assistant at Trutone Records.

In 1985, Gehringer joined Tom Coyne and Herbie Powers at Frankford-Wayne Mastering and mastered primarily dance and R&B records throughout the 1980s.

In 1988, he moved to the Hit Factory and in his 12 years there, mastered many landmark releases in Rap and Hip-Hop, including records by Naughty By Nature, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang Clan and PM Dawn.

In 2000, he joined Sterling Sound as a senior mastering engineer and in 2016, Gehringer became a partner at Sterling Sound.

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio.

We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

http://www.gasismusic.co.uk

Today, I'm having a GAS with Simon Hewitt, the MD and founder of Orange Panther Collective, an exciting new Adland startup comprised of big-hitters from Top 30 agencies.

I wanted to get Simon's take on what it's like jumping ship from a big Adland agency to setting up a startup from scratch. Hopefully, it'll make for good listening for all aspiring entrepreneurs.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​

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Shaun McIlrath is Global Chief Creative Officer of Iris Worldwide. Shaun has been listed in The Top 10 Most Creative People In Advertising by Business Insider. He began his career as a script writer at the BBC before stints at impactFCA, HHCL, Heresy, VCCP and now Iris where he leads the agency’s creative output from London, winning over 200 industry awards for brands like MINI, Dominos, Adidas, Philips, Wonderbra and a Super Clio for Jeep.

Today, I'm having a GAS with Richard Hillgrove, the founder of 6 Hillgrove PR, known for his work with a list of high profile clients like Vivienne Westwood, Joe Corré, Charles Saatchi, Julian Assange, Duncan Banatyne, and others.

Richard gives his take on the business itself, some stories from his career and his take on Donald Trump's success in the social media landscape.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Ben Kay.

Ben has spent over twenty years making creative work for big brands  (including The Economist, Guinness, Volvo & BT), Non-profit ventures (The RSPCA, Samaritans and Reprieve, to name a few), leading creative departments (a highlight being 6 years as Group Creative Director on Apple), running his own agency, writing novels and blogs and producing podcasts.

Ben's writing portfolio is here.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Michaela Longden.

Michaela has worked in many major playhouse venues, had roles in a variety of daytime and prime-time TV and has appeared in several award winning short films and feature films.

Most recently, she was written, produced and starred in Asphyxiate, a shockingly honest short film about her experience in an abusive relationship.

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Alex Grieve is the Global and London CCO of BBH. Helen Rhodes is Executive Creative Director.

They both join host Greg to discuss all things creative.

After 12 years Alex returned to his alma mater as Global & London Chief Creative Officer of BBH. Prior to that Alex was Chief Creative Officer at AMV BBDO where for the last three years he's been ranked the No.1 CCO in the UK by WARC & The Drum. He's also been ranked the No.1 Creative Director in the world at the Cannes Lions. In 2021 AMV BBDO achieved an industry first by winning 'The Treble': Global Agency of the Year at Cannes, D&AD and The One Show. Under his leadership, AMV has won over 30 Agency of the Year awards at regional and international shows. And won 10 Cannes Grand Prixs including Titanium & Glass Grand Prix. 3 D&AD Black Pencils in consecutive years. 2 'Commercial of the Year' at British Arrows and multiple Grand Prixs at One Show (6 in 2021 alone), Clios, Andys to name but a few.

After a couple of years at the BBC’s in-house creative agency, Helen Rhodes is returning to advertising to take up the role of executive creative director at Bartle Bogle Hegarty. At the BBC, as well as creating big campaigns like “Bringing Us Closer” during the pandemic, she worked on less traditional projects like an immersive online exhibition for “I May Destroy You,” a Dracula special build that got creepier as darkness fell, setting posters on fire for David Attenborough’s “Perfect Planet,” and an educational film series around Steve McQeen’s “Small Axe” series. Rhodes was previously at Wieden+Kennedy Portland, TBWA, Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R and DLKW/Lowe

Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Tony Hoffer, renowned producer and mix engineer!

Tony Hoffer has created some of the most impactful songs of the last 20 years from indie anthems like The Kooks 'Naive', to ethereal landscapes like M83's 'Midnight City'. He tells us what investment it takes to break an artist in 2023, using artists like The 1975 as an example.

More on Tony Hoffer: http://tonyhoffer.com According to Wikipedia... Tony Hoffer is an American record producer, songwriter, and music mixer. Tony Hoffer is credited for his work on multiple platinum-selling albums including The Kooks, The Thrills, Beck, Supergrass, Turin Brakes and Air. His records have been nominated for 7 Grammys and British Mercury Prize Awards for his work with Beck, M83, Chromeo, Silversun Pickups, Depeche Mode and The Thrills. Tony Hoffer is most noted for his production and mixing of albums by Beck, The Fratellis (debuted at #2 in UK charts on 11 Sep 06), The Kooks (one of the top-selling UK albums in 2006), M83, Belle & Sebastian, Fitz and the Tantrums and Air. Tony Hoffer has also worked with Fischerspooner, Grandaddy, the French group Phoenix, Suede, Sondre Lerche, Turin Brakes and Canadian-Irish band Romes.

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more... GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms. http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​ © GAS™ Music 2023 #TonyHoffer #TheKooks #1975

Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Rob Henderson, talking all things Don Draper, Mad Men and specifically what his character teaches us about masculinity throughout the twentieth century right up to 2023!

Rob Henderson recently earned his PhD at Cambridge University specialising in human behaviour.

If you're interested to hear more from Rob, follow him at https://robkhenderson.substack.com/

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

 

GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK.

We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

 

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Donald Francis Draper, born Richard “Dick” Whitman, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the AMC television series Mad Men (2007–2015), portrayed by Jon Hamm. Up to the Season 3 finale, Draper was creative director of fictional Manhattan advertising firm Sterling Cooper.

He then became a founding partner at a new firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, after he and his superiors left their previous agency in advance of an unwanted acquisition.

The agency later merged with a rival firm, Cutler Gleason & Chaough, to become Sterling Cooper & Partners while pursuing a contract from Chevrolet. The character of Don Draper is partially inspired by Draper Daniels, a creative director at Leo Burnett advertising agency in Chicago in the 1950s, who worked on the Marlboro Man campaign; and by Bill Backer, an advertising executive at McCann Erickson who created the "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" ad in 1971.

Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on the cable network AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its fictional time frame runs from March 1960 to November 1970.

Mad Men begins at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, and continues at the new firm of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (later named Sterling Cooper & Partners) near the Time-Life Building at 1271 Sixth Avenue. According to the pilot episode, the phrase "Mad men" was a slang term coined in the 1950s by advertisers working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves, "Mad" being short for "Madison" (in reality, the only documented use of the phrase from that time may have been in the late-1950s writings of James Kelly, an advertising executive and writer). The series's main character is the charismatic advertising executive Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm), who is initially the talented creative director at Sterling Cooper.

He is erratic and mysterious but is widely regarded throughout the advertising world as a genius; some of the most famous advertisement campaigns in history are shown to be his creations. Later, Don becomes a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce but begins a struggle as his highly calculated identity falls into a period of decline.

The plot of the show tracks the people in his personal and professional lives. As the series progresses, it depicts the changing moods and social mores of the United States throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Mad Men received widespread critical acclaim for its writing, acting, directing, visual style and historical authenticity; it won many awards, including 16 Emmys and five Golden Globes.

The show was also the first basic cable series to receive the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning the award each year of its first four seasons (2008–2011).

It is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time and as part of the early 21st century Golden Age of Television

 

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Rocker-turned-engineer, Jason LaRocca, is formerly known as the singer/guitarist of acclaimed punk band, The Briggs. By the age of eighteen, the Los Angeles native had also become a full-fledged producer and recording engineer.

Jason has recorded and mixed for such top recording artists as Jay-Z, CeeLo Green, Fiona Apple, Schoolboy Q and Serj Tankian of System of a Down.

In addition, Jason mixes tracks for film, TV and games, including 'Morbius', 'Fortnite' and 'The Rings of Power'.

Join Jason and host Greg Owens for an enlightening conversation.

Today I'm having a GAS with Rory Sutherland and Rob Henderson. Rory is the vice-chairman of Ogilvy UK and the author of 'Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense'. Rob is a PhD Candidate at Cambridge University specialising in human behaviour.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Rob Henderson, talking all things Tony Soprano. The Sopranos is one of the most influential and impactful TV series of recent years.

Rob Henderson recently earned his PhD at Cambridge University specialising in human behaviour. If you're interested to hear more from Rob, follow him at https://substack.com/@robkhenderson

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

http://www.gasismusic.co.uk

Today, I'm having a GAS with HMD, an up and coming artist in Manchester.

HMD has been self-producing records since his teens, but broke out with his debut EP - W16nter - in 2016.

He subsequently garnered the attention of Black Butter Records, who signed him up and released his first major-label release - Deen - in 2019.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Simon Long, the executive creative director of Intermarketing.

 

Simon has been on the creative scene for two decades. During this time he has worked for some of London's best agencies, from international to independent, creating campaigns for several of the World's most respected brands such as Porsche, Chanel, Jack Daniel’s, Samsung and NatWest to name a few. 

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Simon Lloyd, the newly appointed Chief Creative Officer of dentsumcgarrybowen.

Over the past decade, Simon worked at Adam & Eve/DDB on global accounts such as Lipton, Aviva, Carte D'or and Sunsil. In 2019, he created the joint Christmas campaign for John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners “Excitable Edgar”. 

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Erminia Blackden, an integrated strategy director at ENGINE. She's experienced in research, CRM, media and advertising in a career that spans 20+ years.

Erminia is also author of 21st Century Woman and active writer, speaker and campaigner on why brands fail to recognise the power of women – the world’s largest emerging market.

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Having a GAS...is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film; for TV; for commercials; for dancing to; for cooking to; f*cking to, and more.

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GAS™ Music is a musical creative agency in Manchester, UK.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Pedro Bromfman, a prolific music composer working in film, TV and video games. Pedro's most well-known work is arguably the score for the recent triple-A game 'Far Cry 6'. However you could be forgiven for only being aware of his score for the smash hit Netflix series 'Narcos'.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Crispin Hands is a Canadian composer and sound designer. He is an award winning audio creator who has been involved with video games for over 17 years. He started working on games in May 1995 at Electronic Arts. In April 2000, he left and started work for Relic Entertainment as an audio director. He stayed there for 6 years and then moved on to Pandemic Studios in March 2007. At the beginning of 2009, he worked for Electronic Arts again at their Black Box division. He left there before the end of the year and then worked for Rare, working on their Axis & Allies title. In March 2010, he worked for BigPark, also working on their Axis and Allies video games. Today, Crispin runs Lionhead Studios where he composes music and sound for all sorts of media including video games. He is currently composing the music for Minecraft Legends.

Today, I'm having a gas with Jeremy Hagry, a mix engineer in London.

 

Jeremy set up his own studio at the age of 20, having worked briefly for the renowned plugin developer Waves.

 

You can see Jeremy's work here: https://www.duneaudioproductions.com

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Karen James, the commercial director of Chief Productions, one of Manchester's most respected and prolific film-production companies.

In the advertising world, Karen has seen it all - with the possible exception of media planning. Before Chief, she worked as an account manager for Ogilvy Sydney and McCann Manchester before a stint as a brand manager for the Little Greene Paint Company. Due to her extensive knowledge of both brand and agency side, she was snapped up by Chief to run their day-to-day operations.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a gas with Sean Thompson, a founding partner and Executive Creative Director at WhoWotWhy. Sean has had an illustrious career, working with Wieden + Kennedy to establish Honda as one of the coolest brands around in the early 2000s.

We sat down to discuss three of his more notorious TV Commercials with a strong musical component: Honda: Grrr!, Honda: The Impossible Dream, and GiffGaff: The Big Swim.

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Today, advertising executive Rory Sutherland returns to the Having a GAS podcast!

 

Rory Sutherland is the Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy, author of Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense and the deliverer of TED Talks that have been viewed almost 7 million times. We are delighted to welcome Rory back onto the Having a GAS podcast.

 

Thank you to our sponsor: Eventide Audio | Studio Processors, Effects Pedals and Plug-ins

GAS Music: Gas Music, production and sound design | Gas Music (gasismusic.co.uk)

 

Timestamps 

(00:00:00) Pre-Intro

(00:01:14) Introduction

(00:02:06) Guessing Super Bowl Commercials

(00:28:18) Comparing the Oppenheimer and Poor Things Soundtracks

(00:33:24) James Bond Soundtracks

(00:37:14) Rory Sutherland Interview

 

Based in Brisbane, Aiden Kenway is a professional music producer and successful YouTuber, with over 250k subscribers at time of recording.

Aiden describes his channel as "the ultimate hub for mastering music production and discovering creative inspiration!"

Aiden's most popular videos are full recreations of popular hip-hop tracks, including 'Industry Baby' (Lil Nas X), 'Sicko Mode' (Travis Scott) and 'The Hills' (The Weeknd).

His viewers value Aiden's content for his commitment to accuracy whilst maintaining a personable and accessible style.

In this episode, Aiden discusses the inception of his YouTube channel, how he intends to evolve it and how his recreations have expanded his own production tool-set.

 

Troy Farnworth is an Executive Creative Director at Leith with over 10 years of experience. 

Phil Evans is also an Executive Creative Director at Leith. A copywriter and former agency owner, Phil has been recognised at countless award ceremonies.

On the back of successive record-breaking years, Leith is opening its second home on Richmond Street in Manchester, their first office outside of Scotland that will focus on offering end-to-end production facilities through their recent venture Leith Studios.

Today, I'm having a GAS with Jason Spencer, ITV's head of business development. In a nutshell, Jason is responsible for selling ITV's advertising space. There were two big areas I wanted to discuss with Jason:

1) The viability of TV advertising in an age where more and more users are switching to on-demand providers like Netflix, Disney+ and Prime;

2) How the sausage gets made on broadcast TV and how the commercial revenue actually pays for the production of content.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Kalle Hellzen, the Chief Creative Officer at 180 Amsterdam; one of Europe's most renowned creative shops.

 

Kalle joined 180 after an eight-year European hiatus. He served as executive creative director at R/GA and helped build the company from scratch to over 75 employees in just two years. Previously he established the creative arm of ACNE in the US as partner, creative director and director. He also held executive creative and innovation positions at award-winning game development studio Toca Boca and Goodby Silverstein & Partners.

Throughout his career, Hellzen’s work for has garnered a swath of international accolades including Cannes Lions, Art Director's Club, SXSW, the One Show, Clio Awards, Epica, New York Festivals and many more.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Anna Lapwood is an organist, conductor and television and radio presenter, currently Director of Music at, and Fellow of, Pembroke College, Cambridge. On appointment she was the youngest person to hold the position of Director of Music at an Oxbridge college, taking up the position at the age of 21. As a broadcaster, Lapwood hosted a weekly classical music show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire from 2018 to 2020,[4] and is a contributor to BBC Radio 3, having appeared on Record Review with Andrew McGregor. Because of her popularity on social media, she has occasionally been referred to as the "TikTok Organist" and uses the hashtag #playlikeagirl.

Today, I'm having a GAS with Franki Goodwin, Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi London and Executive Producer at Western Edge Pictures – her Feature Film Production Company. 

After graduating from Glasgow School of Art, she started Franki&Jonny – a design and digital agency for entertainment brands. For ten years, they developed integrated, award-winning movie campaigns. Franki was recently credited by the FWA as a ‘Digital Pioneer’ for her work in this period.

In 2011, she started to develop her own films and the marketing strategies around them. Credits include “Prevenge”, which opened Venice Critics Week 2016 and 'Pistorius' the Amazon Original Series which launched globally in 2018.

She joined Saatchi in 2013, bringing her unique digital expertise and storytelling skills to an integrated advertising role, as creative lead on multiple clients including HomeAway, Direct Line, Deutsche Telekom and Betway.

Franki has won over 100 international creative awards including a BAFTA, a few Gold Cannes Lions, Clios and D&ADs. She has also been honoured to be a judge for the Cannes Lions, the Royal Television Society, The Creative Circle and has appeared on panels about everything from Movie Posters to Virtual Reality.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Andy Nairn, a founding partner at Lucky Generals.

Andy has written a new book called 'Go Luck Yourself: 40 ways to stack the odds in your brand's favour', which you can pre-order here.

In the book, one of the world’s leading brand strategists explains how a hunting trip led to the invention of VELCRO®. How a little mermaid inspired a famous campaign for Amazon. How a stolen rabbit spurred on Walt Disney. And more importantly, how you can stack the odds in your brand’s favour.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Matt Gooden, one of WhoWotWhy's three co-founders.

Matt developed a reputation as a creative whilst working at Wieden + Kennedy, and after being 'fired', along with his creative partner Ben Walker, joined forces with Sean Thompson to create one of the most exciting and quickly rising creative agencies in London.

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Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Jeff Ellis, a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and multiple time Grammy-nominated mix engineer. We speak in-depth about Frank Ocean and Jeff's more recent work with artists like Doja Cat and d4vd.

More on Jeff Ellis here: https://jeffellisworldwide.com

“I got my start at the famed EastWest Studios in Hollywood California, (formerly United/Western Recorders) where artists such as Frank Sinatra and The Beach Boys once recorded. I worked with countless top artists during my tenure at EastWest and rose through the ranks to become one of their main engineers."

In 2011, Jeff left EastWest Studios to engineer Frank Ocean's channel ORANGE. The Album was a critical success, earning him a 2012 Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album, as well as nominations for Album of the Year and Record of the Year. The album includes the Platinum selling single 'Thinkin' Bout You' which was his first platinum selling mix. Jeff would continue as Frank Oceans engineer during the recording of his follow up album Blonde.

After the release of Blonde, Jeff transitioned to focusing on mixing and has since worked with many other notable artists such as Doja Cat, JOJI, The Neighborhood, Kali Uchis, Rico Nasty, Snow Aalegra, Omar Apollo, Vance Joy and many more.

In 2021 Jeff returned home to EastWest studios as a permanent resident mixer in Studio 4.

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Andrew Scheps, one of the most respected and well-reputed mix engineers in the music industry.

Andrew has worked with a number of incredibly successful artists on chart-topping albums such as By the Way by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, 21 by Adele and Beyoncé by Beyoncé.

These days Andrew resides in the UK, where he enjoys a peaceful life in the English countryside.

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More from Andrew Scheps:

Andrew Talks to Awesome People: https://bit.ly/3BS47Fk

Scheps Omni Channel by Waves: https://bit.ly/2TGbkaz

Low Roar: http://www.lowroarmusic.com/

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Jon Corner, the CEO of The Landing; a tech startup hub in MediaCityUK, Salford.

 

Jon made his start in the music industry as a producer in London, but became intrigued by the potential of the digital technology that was emergent in music in the 1980s, and began down a path that led him to become the Chief Digital Officer of Salford.

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Danny Manu is a British-Ghanaian engineer and tech entrepreneur who built the world's first auto-translator earbuds. Danny studied at Oxford Brookes University and describes his mission in life as striving to improve lives. He was recently recognised by Google for his contributions to science, arts and culture.

Danny describes himself as "a very ambitious, hard-working engineer who strives to develop life-changing solutions to improve people’s life".

He had previously worked at Quanta Networks Inc. and MEDYBIRD before establishing MyManu in 2014. He has a background in music and art.

Today, I'm having a gas with Rory Sutherland. The vice-chairman of Ogilvy UK. 

Before founding Ogilvy’s behavioral science practice, Rory was a copywriter and creative director at Ogilvy for over 20 years, having joined as a graduate trainee in 1988.

He has variously been President of the IPA, Chair of the Judges for the Direct Jury at Cannes, and has spoken at TED Global.

He writes regular columns for the Spectator, Market Leader and Impact, and also occasional pieces for Wired.

He is the author of two books: The Wiki Man, and Alchemy, The surprising Power of Ideas which don't make Sense.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Katy Sumption, the newly established Executive Creative Director at Atomic London.   Katy, who previously worked agency side at Iris and as Creative Director at Exposure, was cofounder of The Elephant Room. She has also worked client side at Dyson. -- Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more... -- GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms. -- http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​ -- © GAS™ Music 2021

Today, I'm having a GAS with Digby Lewis, a branded content creative director in London. Digby is a Swiss-army knife when it comes to the media.

He began his life as an accomplished musician studying at Eton College. He then embarked on a career as a producer / director for MTV and VH1, before movinig through a some of the coolest tech content businesses of the last decade like Dailymotion and Buzzfeed, before moving to Iris Worldwide to head up their branded content division.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Mark Elwood Executive Creative Director at Leo Burnett London. Mark began his career as a typographer at Leo Burnett in 1998, before returning as ECD 22 years later.

Past roles include; head of design at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, partner and creative director at Fallon and founding partner and executive creative director at 101 London. 101 merged into MullenLowe in 2017, Mark's previous agency before re-joining Leo Burnett.

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

http://www.gasismusic.co.uk

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Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Duncan Ward, Chief Conductor of philharmonie zuidnederland (South Netherlands Philharmonic).

In this episode, host Greg Owens speaks to Duncan about his musical homecoming, making his debut at The Barbican with the esteemed LSO.

Duncan will take the baton at two concerts. The first, on November 16th, is a collaboration with cellist Abel Selaocoe at the EFG London Jazz Festival. The second, on November 23rd, features a programme combining Czech and French masterpieces.

More about Duncan Ward here: https://www.duncan-ward.co.uk/about

Tickets for Duncan's events at Barbican here: https://www.barbican.org.uk

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Dr Tim Summers researches and teaches music in Western popular culture at Royal Holloway University of London, with a particular focus on music for film, television and video games. His books include Understanding Video Game Music, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – A Game Score Companion and The Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music. He edits the Journal of Sound and Music in Games for University of California Press. The main recurring theme of his research is an attempt to understand the musical experiences and educations that mass media provide for the huge audiences they address.

Today, I'm having a gas with James Cross, a creative director at BBC Creative. James tells all about his journey from interning for Alan McGee at Poptones and being given a shot at writing the press releases, all the way to leading the creative output for one of the UK's most beloved institutions.

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Today, I'm having another GAS with Andrew Scheps.

Andrew has worked with a number of incredibly successful artists on chart-topping albums such as By the Way by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, 21 by Adele and Beyoncé by Beyoncé.

These days Andrew resides in the UK, where he enjoys a peaceful life in the English countryside.

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More from Andrew Scheps:

Andrew Talks to Awesome People: https://bit.ly/3BS47Fk

Scheps Omni Channel by Waves: https://bit.ly/2TGbkaz

Low Roar: http://www.lowroarmusic.com/

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today I'm having a GAS with John Paterno, a Grammy-winning music producer, mixer, composer, engineer, mastering engineer, and musician.

Dubbed ‘Mr Meticulous’ by industry writer Mr. Bonzai, Paterno is known for his attention to detail while at the same time allowing artists to feel uninhibited in their creativity.

John moved to Los Angeles two weeks after graduation from the University of Miami MUE [Music Engineering] program. A short period of freelance assisting concluded with a staff position at Sunset Sound/Sound Factory in Hollywood, where for five years he was exposed to many great engineers, producers, and artists.

After breaking out of assisting, John worked with a wide range of producers including Mitchell Froom, Joe Chiccarelli, Byron Gallimore, Celso Valli, and Stephen Duffy. He won a Latin Grammy for his work with artist/producer Soraya. John has produced or co-produced projects for Gov’t Mule, Michael Landau, Caleb Henry, Andrew Synowiec, The Black Mollys, Mitchell Froom, Lustra, Robbie Williams, The Lilac Time, and many other artists. He has also co-written songs with artists and has written pieces for TV and film.

A recent addition to Paterno’s offerings is Mix-Therapy — live, one-on-one-over-the-internet mixing instruction. More info available at: http://www.musicdafoz.com/

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today, I’m having a GAS with Jules Chalkley, Ogilvy’s Chief Executive Creative Director.

As his title suggests, Jules has an immense amount of experience working on top brands such as Ikea, M&S, Land Rover and Virgin Atlantic.

He also oversaw creative for the BBC’s coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games which saw an audience of 200 million worldwide.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Laura Jordan Bambach, President & Chief Creative Officer at Grey London.

Laura is also founder of SheSays & Oko, a speaker, author and artist. An award-winning creative with a long history of innovative commercial work, Laura is a firm believer in the power of creativity to make positive change.

In her role at Grey London, she leads one of WPP’s most creative agencies.

Under her stewardship as founder and CCO, creative agency Mr. President was awarded Agency of the Year by The Drum and AdAge, and independent agency of the year in Campaign.

One of the world’s few female Chief Creative Officers, she is former president of D&AD, has recently been named one of Britain’s most influential people within the Debrett’s 500 annual list for the second year running, scooped up Individual of the Year at the Dadi Awards and been awarded an honorary doctorate for her services to graphic design from University of the Arts London (Norwich).

In 2018 she received the Alumni Award for Art and Culture from the University of New South Wales.

She was one of BBC’s 100 Women in 2018.

Laura is also a co-founder of SheSays, a global volunteer network which works to get more women into the creative industries. With over 40,000 members operating in 43 cities worldwide SheSays includes mentoring, events and the annual VOWSS showcase of the best film work made my women around the globe. She is also a co-founder of The Great British Diversity Experiment, the largest practical experiment in diversity and its contribution to commercial creative practice.

She lectures around the world extensively and has been invited to be part of the Facebook Global Creative Council, a think tank to help steer the future of social media.

She has been a jury member or chairman on many prestigious industry awards including D&AD, Cannes Lions, ANDYS, The British Arrows, Campaign Big Awards and Creative Circle.

Laura continues her arts practice exploring areas of identity and gender; and is also a trained taxidermist.

Today I'm having a GAS with Sue Higgs, a creative director in London with a wealth of experience working for major agencies, including M&C Saatchi, Ogilvy, Publicis, Havas and Grey.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Jason Brownlee. Jason is the Founder and CEO of Colourtext and has both a corporate and start-up business background.

His past roles include Head of Audience Insight at Emap (now Bauer Media), the establishment of research consultancy ‘Other lines of enquiry’ and Founder of Dollywagon Media Sciences.

Jason created Colourtext as a new spin-out from Dollywagon following an intensive 12 month R&D effort.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Shawn Everett, a six-time Grammy Award-winning producer and mix engineer.

I genuinely believe that Shawn is one of the architects of the sound of pop music between 2010 and 2020. Not that his career ends in 2020, just to say that the huge, deep, wide and saturated sound of that decade is certainly exemplified by his productions.

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After graduating high school, Everett was accepted as a Work-Study participant in the Audio program in Music & Sound at The Banff Centre, Alberta. He took the opportunity to immerse himself in unconventional audio practices over the following four years, experimenting in the campus studios and working on sonic installations. Everett relocated to Los Angeles in 2005 and expanded his industry network through producer Eric Valentine. He began engineering for producer Tony Berg, former A&R executive for Geffen Records and Virgin Music. Hailed in 2017 by Pitchfork as “indie rock's new go-to sound engineer”, Shawn Everett has infused his creative flair into records by a multitude of renowned artists including Weezer, John Legend, Phantom Planet, Blake Mills, Perfume Genius, Haim, Warpaint, Grizzly Bear, The Killers, and Beck.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Nicky Unsworth, who's been CEO of Manchester agency BJL for the last 24 years.

Nicky gives us an overview of the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of the C-Suite, and how she sees the industry responding in the future.

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Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Nils Leonard, CCO & founder of Uncommon, a creative studio building brands. More on Uncommon here: https://www.uncommon.london

Nils Leonard has spent over 18 years in the advertising and design industry working across a spread of the most recognised and influential agencies in London. In his most recent post as Chief Creative Officer of Grey LDN, Nils oversaw the most profitable and awarded years in the agency’s 52 years history and became one of the youngest agency chairmen in the world leading its brands globally and locally.

In 2015 Grey LDN became the only agency in the world to win two Grand Prix at Cannes Lions and under his creative guidance the Grey was named most awarded agency of the year twice in just three years at D&AD.

Nils was voted into the Ad Age creativity 50 and named the most creative person in advertising globally by Business insider.

An unconventional background in design, his most recent work on the Tate Britain won the Grand Prix at the Design Week awards and picked up 15 lions at the Cannes festival of creativity.

A creative champion, agitating for change and diversity in the industry, Nils is a regular speaker and judge at industry events, is on the board of trustees of D&AD and is listed as the Sunday Times 500 most influential people in the UK. Over the last year Nils has led the inception and launch of the ethical capsule coffee brand Halo to global acclaim. A true challenger brand Halo was reviewed by GQ Magazine as ‘The coffee keeping Nespresso ambassador George Clooney awake at night.’

More recently Nils has founded the Uncommon Creative Studio alongside Lucy Jameson and Natalie Graeme. Uncommon is a creative studio building brands the world is happy exists.

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today I'm Having a GAS with Meanwhile. Founded by James Cross, Tim Jones and Alastair Marchant, Meanwhile describe themselves as "a creative company for people who'd rather set agendas than follow them".

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with...Hugh Todd, a highly awarded creative director in London.

He's worked for MullenLowe, Leo Burnett, VCCP, J. Walter Thompson and BBH.

One of Hugh's more recent campaigns for MullenLowe was the 'We are Nurses' campaign for the NHS, a 360 campaign to recruit much-needed staff for the UK's healthcare provider.

The work proved incredibly successful, helping reverse the negative trend in UCAS applications, with figures up 6%. www.mullenlowegroup.com/news/we-are-nurses

Hugh's work can be found, unsurprisingly, at www.hughtodd.com 

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Dave Dye, adland's answer to Joe Rogan.

Dave is an esteemed art director with several creative shops under his belt.

Dave has also been developing a reputation as the custodian of advertising culture with his blog, Stuff from the Loft.

He also runs a couple of podcasts, both of which can be found here:

Wave + Dave - https://apple.co/329I4sK

Stuff from the Loft - https://apple.co/2Q4xsWq

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Join Greg, Aaron, Nathan and Ruraidh for music related banter, quizzes and other items, preceding the main interview.

Today, Andrew Scheps returns to the Having a GAS podcast and is IRL and 'unplugged' for the first time!

We discuss his Grammy Nomination for mixing 'The Blue Hour', his mix bus processing, his collaboration with Waves on Scheps Omni Channel 2, distortion, reverb, parallel processing, his preferred headphones for mixing and why mix engineers choose to mix in the box, Red Hot Chili Peppers, fame, AI and much more!

 

Watch the interview: https://youtu.be/yY6-iSavai0?si=ifLvMcXbo-WZ2XKk

Check out Low Roar: Low Roar official (lowroarmusic.com)

Listen to 'The Blue Hour': https://bit.ly/4bk2rGo

Thank you to our sponsor: Eventide Audio | Studio Processors, Effects Pedals and Plug-ins

GAS Music: Gas Music, production and sound design | Gas Music (gasismusic.co.uk)

 

Timestamps

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:02:38) Begin Chat

(00:03:07) Introducing the GAS Team

(00:07:46) Academy Awards

(00:12:10) Sponsor

(00:12:33) Ruraidh's Story

(00:16:30) The Rite of Spring

(00:19:09) Music Quiz

(00:23:02) RAK Studios

(00:27:37) Interview with Andrew Scheps

(02:09:38) Outro

Today, I'm having a GAS with Richard Denney, the ECD at St. Luke's.

Richard's success began early when he became the youngest ever board member of RKCR/Y&R in 1998.

He then made his reputation as a bankable creative director, cruising through the biggest name agencies in the industry - including Saatchi & Saatchi's, DDB and MullenLowe before settling in at St. Luke's.

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Sophie Lewis is the Chief Strategy Officer at M&C Saatchi London, having recently joined from DentsuMB. 

Lewis' previous work includes planning on Mother’s original “Here come the girls” work for Boots in 2007 and on Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO's “Live well for less” positioning for Sainsbury’s in the early 2010s. She was also CSO at VMLY&R and is a member of the APG committee.

Today, I'm having a GAS with Dan Watts, the executive creative director at Pablo, one of the fastest rising independent agencies in London.

Dan's had a varied and successful career. He's worked on and around famous campaigns like Channel 4's relaunch of the Great British Bake-Off. So I was keen to get a handle on how he plans to distill the lessons learned over his career so far and use them to create unbeatable work for Pablo.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Neil Williams, the head of film at HAVAS Lynx, one of the most successful UK creative agencies outside London. He tells us all about growing up in the golden age of Brit Pop.

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A veritable powerhouse of the Croatian techno scene Insolate has been establishing a global presence as a DJ and producer for over 20 years delivering as both a label boss at Out Of Place and the creative force behind their electrifying TRAUM events.

Hailing from Osijek, Croatia, on the wide Croatian East – a town that at first glance a heavy industrial atmosphere overshadows, she is making her first steps as a DJ back in 1997 before taking over European and worldwide clubs. Her list of clubs and partys she played is impressive and includes Berghain, Rex, Tresor, Under Club, Club d’Anvers, Unter, Exit Festival, Tomorrowland, ADE and Dimensions Festival. Amongst many European clubs she played numerous tours in Colombia and recently added USA, China and Argentina to the list. As a producer, she's had a string of releases on highly respected labels including DJ Deep's Deeply Rooted, Marcelus’s Singular and Developer’s Modularz - supported and played by some of techno's finest including Laurent Garnier, DVS1, Dax J and Ilario Alicante. Also she released the stellar Obscure Object Of Desire EP on JoeFarr's new User Experience imprint, EP for a Suara and beautiful EP for Proletarijat, label run by Sev Dah. She also contributed to Ben Sim’s compilation Tribology among giants as Planetary Assault Systems, Oscar Mulero, Steffi etc. and also made super interesting collaboration with french producer Arnaud le Texier and released EP with him for Prodigal Son. In 2019. she announced her debut album. The album Order is Chaos was released as a double vinyl and contains 10 tracks with extremely interesting collaborations with MATRIXXMAN and singer SARA RENAR. DJ Mag (UK) described album as “exciting journey thru trans-dimensional vocals, acid drenched sequences and floor obligated bangers.” Insolate is also a major contributor to the Croatian techno scene, so much so that she was in Ibiza to receive the award for "Dance Nation of the Year" at the DJ Awards on behalf of her nation. Her and long-time partner in crime Volster also run the event series TRAUM in her native Osijek. TRAUM events have cemented their place in the clubbing calendar with quality artists like Paula Temple, Antigone, Cassegrain, Janice, Etapp Kyle and Milton Bradley, just to name a few. The success of the TRAUM nights caught the attention of Red Bull Music Academy and Dimensions – both of which they have hosted official events for. Insolate being an international messenger of techno was recognised by Ambassador award that gave her a title "Croatia’s ambassador overseas" for 2017. The final part of putting Osijek on the techno map was taken in 2015 with the launch of the label Out Of Place which Insolate runs with Volster. The label was named in honour of the beautiful struggle of carving your own way into the scene from a place that's well off the grid from the traditional capitals of techno. Now five releases strong, the label has already had contributions from heavyweights like Milton Bradley, Developer, JoeFarr, Francois X, Janice and many more. As a DJ, Insolate is well known for her no-compromise, pure-bred techno sets. It's clear to anyone who's seen her perform that she's an artist with a lot of experience but also plenty of inspiration and ambition, and a deep knowledge of techno. She is simply a natural presence in a DJ booth. If you've seen her play, you will know exactly what this means.

Today, I'm having a gas with Paul Burke, a veteran creative who's seen it and done it all in adland. Paul is genuinely the most authentic character that I've spoken to for this series and he radiates charm and straightforward common sense.

He's worked for top brands like Barclaycard, Heinz, Birdseye, Harvey Nichols, Boots, British Gas...the list goes on.

Over the years, he developed a particular love for radio advertising due to the necessity of good writing to get the idea across.

He's also had four novels published. One of them, Father Frank, is being turned into a film.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Tim Cook, a Creative Director at M&C Saatchi in Berlin.

 

Tim seemed very familiar to me, as he hails from the North West of England, so his manner and dialect made me feel right at home!

 

He told me all about his life in Berlin, his time at Native Instruments, and his journey from the air force, to music, to advertising.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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 GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Steve Harrison, a British copywriter, creative director and author who is regarded by Campaign Magazine as the greatest Direct Marketing Creative of his generation.

He has won more Cannes Lions awards than any other Creative Director in the World.

His latest book, Can't Sell Won't Sell: Advertising, politics and culture wars, asks the question: why has adland has stopped selling and started saving the world.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Laurel Stark and Sheila Judkins, Creative Director and Director of Brand Management respectively at The Sims.

Laurel is a relatively recent appointment at The Sims, so I was keen to find out what it's like shouldering the weight of such a celebrated global brand.

Helpfully, she invited Sheila in so we could get multiple perspectives!

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Reuben Cohen, a mastering engineer at Lurssen Mastering.

Reuben has worked on a number of hit records, perhaps most notably the 2014 international sensation 'Happy' by Pharrell.

However, Reuben's prolific output is far too extensive to list here, which is an impressive thing to be able to say of someone who's only 35 years old.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Yoad Nevo.

Yoad is a prolific mix engineer, having worked with artists including Sia, Giggs, Pet Shop Boys, Goldfrapp, Moby, Air, Morcheeba, Girls Aloud, The Dandy Warhols, Bryan Adams, Duran Duran, Sugababes, Sophie Ellis Bextor, KT Tunstall among others. As an audio technologist, he's worked on over 100 product releases for Waves Audio.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today, I'm having a gas with Clare Freeman, a podcasting pro from Manchester.

Clare's knack for podcasting has kept her in demand as the medium has grown. Her most recent success has been being headhunted to produce the brand podcast for Slimming World.

 

Today, I'm having a GAS with Andy Bunday, the creative director at Manchester's branch of The&Partnership.

Like many top creatives, Andy cut his teeth at BBH in the 90s.

As a result, he gives some great insight on the culture, the creative and the transformations he's seen in the industry, over the last thirty years.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Steve Albini, the founder of Electrical Audio recording studios in Chicago.

Steve is most widely known for having engineered In Utero, by Nirvana; Surfer Rosa by Pixies; Rid of Me by PJ Harvey and The Weirdness by The Stooges, but has worked on literally thousands of albums besides these in his extensive career.

Steve is also notorious for his stance on analogue recording techniques, and is a vocal critic of digital media, citing its inevitable medium-term obsolescence as a fatal flaw which has never been properly addressed.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with James Brook-Partridge, Ogilvy's head of moving image.

James spent the last decade in senior production roles at Ogilvy and Hogarth in Asia-Pacific. He was regional head of broadcast production in Hong Kong and then Singapore from 2009, and in 2015 became regional head of production at Hogarth & Ogilvy – a position that involved establishing the partnership between the two WPP shops as the integrated in-house production arm of Ogilvy.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Elliot Scheiner, a prolific and much-loved studio engineer and producer. Elliot began his career working with the legendary producer Phil Ramone. Scheiner has since produced and engineered a range of artists, including Foo Fighters, Toto, Jimmy Buffett, Beck, Faith Hill, Steely Dan, Band of Horses, Ricky Martin, Sting, Bruce Hornsby, Paul Simon, B.B. King, George Benson, Chaka Khan, Van Morrison, Donald Fagen, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne, Eagles, Aerosmith, Joe Jackson and Glenn Frey.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Eric Valentine, a renowned record producer with a wealth of best-selling albums under his belt, perhaps most notably Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Richard Huntington, the Chairman of the board and Chief Strategy Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi, arguably the most famous ad agency in the UK.

Richard - a self described 'high octane brand strategist' who '[hates] orthodoxy of any kind' - tells me all about his views on stakeholder capitalism, the utility of the industry, and the necessary unpredictability of creativity.

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