Howard Bowler

emperor

howard@hoboaudio.com

Howard Bowler has made audio his mission in life. Starting out as a musician, he's shared the stage with such notable acts as, Blondie, Talking Heads, Ramones, B52s, Grand Master Flash, AC/DC, and many others. In the late 80s he produced the top 40 charting single, "Saying Sorry Don't Make It Right". During that time he built his first recording studio and engineered the demos for his two A&M albums. In 1992 he joined AT&T to develop audio for interactive TV. Shortly afterwards, Howard joined Grey Worldwide, built their audio studios and was promoted to manager of the in house post division of Grey. After ten years of record revenue, Howard has opened Hobo Audio Company.

Chris Stangroom

señor audio engineer

chris@hoboaudio.com

Chris began his career as a mixer in the live sound arena. Once deciding to ground himself to studio work and moving to the heart of East Coast audio post-production, he was taken in by Goldcrest Post. While there, he had the opportunity to work closely with many talented sound engineers on numerous feature films & television shows. After helping construct Goldcrest's foley stage & broadcast mix room, Chris became one of the wiring techs for both of Hobo Audio's studios. Now hired on as Head Sound Engineer, Chris has been mixing, sound designing and creating general chaos for all of Hobo Audio's clients. His background laden with music, Chris treats everything as a unique instrument, working together to form a sonic landscape for your commercial spot, TV show, or short/feature film.

Julienne Guffain

dragon slayer

julienne@hoboaudio.com

Julienne showed up at Hobo's doorstep one day in a basket. It just so happened that before randomly landing here, she had studied the art of foley under C5's finest, Marko Costanzo and George Lara, and also worked as a sound engineer for Silver Sound. Her love of audio developed while studying film at NYU.

After realizing she hated cameras but that microphones were fun, she delved into the wonderful world of location sound and later into post, working as the head engineer of NYU's ADR, Foley and Mix suites. Today she is a proud Hobo.

Steven Davies

hiphopapotamus

steve@hoboaudio.com

Stephen Davies comes from the city of sunshine, Rochester NY. That was where his passion for music, recording, guitar, and espresso began. This passion was further developed while working at Rochester recording studio- The Studios at Linden Oaks and also during his time at Duquesne University where he graduated with a degree in Music Technology. During his 7 years at The Studios, he gained immense experience while working with incredible engineers and musicians. Stephen's guitar playing and engineering can be heard on numerous national TV and radio commercials for GMC, Chevy, Buick, and Raymour & Flanigan. After moving to NYC, fate brought Stephen to Hobo Audio. This is where he now dwells and seeks to achieve audio nirvana with his fellow Hobos as well as create toe-tapping, foot-stomping, and head-bobbing music for commercials.

Danna Rosenthal

Executive Producer

danna@hoboaudio.com

Danna has come a long way from playing trombone at the “Fame” High School, La Guardia. She graduated magna cum laude from UMass, Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy. When she wasn’t trying to figure out whether or not she, in-fact existed, she could be found running the sound board for the 300+ person marching band, singing and arranging for the campus’ female acapella group and pursuing her curiosity of music technology in classes like ‘Electro-acoustic’ and ‘Computer Music’.

Danna got her first internship at a premier commercial film-editing house in New York. After that, she made the small leap to learning the ins-and-outs of post audio facilities and music production houses here and abroad. It quickly became clear that she was destined for a career in the music or audio field. She has worked at a slew of music and audio post houses such as G&E Music, Tone Farmer, One Track Music and Bionic all in NYC as well as Angell Sound in London. Following graduation, a successful film-score composer quickly snatched her up. It was with him that she cut her teeth as a composer, audio mixer and sound designer doing work for Discovery Channel, History Channel, MTV, Universal Records, Sesame Street and a couple of independent films.

Now you can find her Hobo-ing it up by day as the in-house Executive Producer and burning vinyl behind the ones and twos at night all over NYC under the alias, Whitney Day.

Leigh-Anne Pike

freckles

la@hoboaudio.com

Leigh-Anne was born and raised in the unknown town of Flourtown, PA. Her passion for television, music, and her desire to get out of her small town brought her to Hofstra University, home of the "fist pumping" and "GTL" ways of life. Fueled by her Television Production major, Leigh-Anne produced many of her own programs, including a live televised concert.

Having always dreamed of working in the Big Apple, she quickly acquired internships at film, TV, and post production companies. Fresh out of college and wandering the streets of New York, Leigh-Anne was heckled by a Hobo and has been with us ever since.