Ryan Downe

Ryan Downe is an American musician and audio engineer. His debut album The Hypocrite was released in 1996 by Elton John's label named The Rocket Record Company.[1] Downe opened for The Who,[2] and for Iggy Pop,[3] during their 1997 tours. Later he and his guitarist Johannes Luley opened Freudenhaus Recording Studio in San Francisco.[1] It was during this time that Downes is credited with co-engineering and playing/singing on the Grammy Award nominated album, Arepa 3000, by Los Amigos Invisibles.[1]

Downe then joined up with Luley, keyboardist Tom Lynham and drummer / co-lead-singer Matt Swindells to create the band Moth Vellum. Their first and only album was well received in the Prog Rock community, selling well on both sides of the Atlantic. The album is still available at My Sonic Temple.

From May 2002, he worked for Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life in a variety of roles from content, project management, and chief of staff.[4] In November 2009, he left Linden Lab with founder Philip Rosedale to work on a company called Love Machine Inc.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Michael Sutton. "Ryan Downes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. ↑ "Rolling Stone gives lineup for The Who's 1997 Tour". Reuters. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  3. ↑ "MTV gives lineup for Iggy Pop's 1997 Tour". Reuters. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  4. ↑ LinkedIN Profile of Ryan Downe
  5. ↑ Oshiro, Dana (2009-11-13). "Second Life Founder Launching Reputation Currency System". Readwriteweb.com. Retrieved 2012-04-04.

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