- Jason Howell
Jason Howell is a producer for
CNET .com and a musician residing inCalifornia .Education
Jason graduated from San Francisco State University's Broadcasting and Communication Arts program with a bachelors degree in radio and television on May 23, 2004. His GPA upon graduation was a 3.97. Ten years before, he had been a freshman at
Boise State University studying mass communicationsCite website | url = http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2004/spring/81.htm | title = SF State News | website = http://www.sfsu.edu | accessed 6 November 2007] .CNET Career
Jason came over to CNET.com from ZDNET.com to take over the role of Podcast Producer. While Veronica Belmont was still at CNET, Jason would help prepare the show, but Veronica still operated the audio board and edited the show. Upon Belmont's departure on July 20th, 2007, Howell took over the audio engineering. Jason first officially co-hosted the show on Episode 596 with Molly, dubbed the "Jollycast" by the hosts. The initial air date was November 2nd, 2007 [ cite website | url = http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-11455_7-9810054-10.html?tag=head | title = Buzz Out Loud Episode 596 | website = www.cnet.com | accessed = 6 November 2007 ] . Tom Merritt was on vacation. Howell's previous job had been at Asphodel Records in San Francisco, where he had been an intern focusing on audio engineering [Cite website | url = http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2004/spring/81.htm | title = SF State News | website = http://www.sfsu.edu | accessed 6 November 2007] .
Music
Howell is a techno/remixer who releases under the name "Raygun". The musical talents of Raygun first appeared on disc with Zer0 G Records’ release of "The Sound of Words". A review of the album by wordandsound.net said
a two tracker… that’s already drawing raves and comparisons to the work of Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano.
[ cite website | url= http://www.wordandsound.net/article/29719 | title = The Sound of Words on Zer0 G Sounds | website = www.wordandsound.net | accessed = 6 November 2007 ] . His latest release, entitled "Raygun - The Remixes EP" was released on July 15th, 2007 under the East German [ cite website | url = http://www.night-drive-music.com | title = Night Drive Music- Home | website = http://www.night-drive-music.com | accessed 6 November 2007 ] label Night Drive Music. Howell's latest production is "Funky Moves," which he produced with artist Ivan-I for Tarantic Records. [ cite website | url = http://www.djraygun.com/OfficialReleases.htm | title = Jason Howell (Raygun) - Official Releases | website = http://www.djraygun.com | accessed 27 July 2008 ] [ cite website | url= http://www.djraygun.com/Music.htm | title = Raygun| website = www.djraygun.com | accessed = 6 November 2007 ]References
ee also
*
Buzz Out Loud
*Tom Merritt
*Molly Wood
*Veronica Belmont External links
* [http://www.JasonHowell.net JasonHowell.net]
*Jason's Social Networks: [http://www.myspace.com/djraygun MySpace] , [http://twitter.com/raygun01 Twitter]
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