CULVER CITY, USA // Gabe McDonough is a Los Angeles based music supervisor, producer, and musician who began his career as an outside-of-Toronto teenager playing indie rock guitar. He moved to London after university, playing bass in bands like Piano Magic and deepening his connections with makers of electronic, ambient, and dance music. Upon return, a former bandmate from Kelowna, BC offered McDonough a place to stay and work at the storied Rainbo Club above Soma studios in Chicago. A series of music jobs at indie label Thrill Jockey, promoting bands at the Empty Bottle club, performing, and hosting a podcast led to his first job as music producer. At ad agency DDB, he successfully connected global brands with artists ranging from Santigold to Os Mutantes.

Named one of Billboard’s “40 Under 40,” McDonough won Midem Music Award for best use of a song in a commercial for a Sprint spot featuring a remake of Wilco’s “I’m Always in Love.” Prior to that, AdWeek also recognized one of his spots as one of the “5 Best Ad Songs of All Time.” McDonough served as Governor of the Chicago Chapter of the Recording Academy. He continues to create and perform genre-spanning music, including experimental (Mausim) electronic/techno (Thick Bricks), and ragged homespun rock (Bleed Singers). He also manages up and coming buzz band Pleasure Pill.