Michael "Mick" Gochanour is a Grammy Award-winning American director,
producer and composer. Gochanour is known for his work with The
Rolling Stones, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Sam Cooke.Gochanour grew up
in Moline, Illinois. Gochanour studied film and music at Black Hawk
College and played in local rock bands; he also worked in and
alternative record shop in Galesburg, IL and was a founding member of
The Pine Street Persuaders Blues Band before moving to New York City
in 1981.In New York Gochanour worked in entertainment management,
overseeing concert tours for Billy Squier, Tears for Fears, Billy
Idol, 10,000 Maniacs and many others. In the late 80s, he worked for
Gramavision, and later TVT Records as a Controller assisting with the
transition from a novelty label to a roster of indie bands including
Nine Inch Nails, The Connells and later Sevendust, Aphex Twin and
others.After leaving TVT, he formed MixUp NYC, a recording and
production studio. He also toured with Peter Gabriel (Secret World
Live), David Bowie (Black Tie, White Noise) and worked on the
pre-production of Madonna's The Girlie Show. In 1993 he began his long
association with Abkco Records. His most notable works for Abkco
includes films for The Rolling Stones, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Sam
Cooke. Gochanour also produced and/or directed music videos,
commercials and promotional films for The Animals, The Herman's
Hermits, Metric, Virgin Air and others. As a sound designer, composer
and musical supervisor, he has specialized in nature documentaries for
Turner Broadcast, World Wildlife Organization and the Discovery
Channel. He composed the soundtrack for T-Rex: New Science, New Beast
(2007) for Emmy-winning director Ann Johnson-Prum. His songs have been
produced and recorded by artist Ben Green, Jimi Zhivago, Percy Jones
and others.
producer and composer. Gochanour is known for his work with The
Rolling Stones, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Sam Cooke.Gochanour grew up
in Moline, Illinois. Gochanour studied film and music at Black Hawk
College and played in local rock bands; he also worked in and
alternative record shop in Galesburg, IL and was a founding member of
The Pine Street Persuaders Blues Band before moving to New York City
in 1981.In New York Gochanour worked in entertainment management,
overseeing concert tours for Billy Squier, Tears for Fears, Billy
Idol, 10,000 Maniacs and many others. In the late 80s, he worked for
Gramavision, and later TVT Records as a Controller assisting with the
transition from a novelty label to a roster of indie bands including
Nine Inch Nails, The Connells and later Sevendust, Aphex Twin and
others.After leaving TVT, he formed MixUp NYC, a recording and
production studio. He also toured with Peter Gabriel (Secret World
Live), David Bowie (Black Tie, White Noise) and worked on the
pre-production of Madonna's The Girlie Show. In 1993 he began his long
association with Abkco Records. His most notable works for Abkco
includes films for The Rolling Stones, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Sam
Cooke. Gochanour also produced and/or directed music videos,
commercials and promotional films for The Animals, The Herman's
Hermits, Metric, Virgin Air and others. As a sound designer, composer
and musical supervisor, he has specialized in nature documentaries for
Turner Broadcast, World Wildlife Organization and the Discovery
Channel. He composed the soundtrack for T-Rex: New Science, New Beast
(2007) for Emmy-winning director Ann Johnson-Prum. His songs have been
produced and recorded by artist Ben Green, Jimi Zhivago, Percy Jones
and others.
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