Jason Howell

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Jason Howell is a producer for CNET.com and a musician residing in California.

[edit] 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 ^[1]. His GPA upon graduation was a 3.97^[2]. Ten years before, he had been a freshman at Boise State University studying mass communications^[3].

[edit] CNET Career

Jason can be heard frequently on CNET's most popular podcast, Buzz Out Loud, hosted by Tom Merritt and Molly Wood. He became the main producer of the show following Veronica Belmont's departure on July 20th, 2007 ^[4]. 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 ^[5]. Tom Merritt was on vacation^[6]. Howell's previous job had been at Asphodel Records in San Francisco, where he had been an intern focusing on recording engineering^[7].

[edit] 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. ^[8]. His latest release, entitled Raygun - The Remixes EP was released on July 15th, 2007 under the East German^[9] label Night Drive Music. His music has been influenced by many, including Underworld and Derrick May^[10].

Album Name	Label	Date
The Sound of Words	Zer0 G Records	June 2004
Hedfok	Infamous Light Recordings	November 2004
Velosophy EP	Night Drive Music	March 2005
Q on the Turn Remixes	Jah Love Recordings	October 2005
Girl from Cuba EP	Jah Love Recordings	June 2006
Bar Groove EP	Tarantic Records	January 2007
Blessed Dub	Tarantic Records	May 2007
Raygun - The Remixes EP	Night Drive Music	July 15th, 2007

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