Love Music More (with Scoobert Doobert)

If you watch ad-supported streaming or TV, you’ve heard Mike’s work. From the Super Bowl to multi-year global campaigns, he’s the guy behind the musical storytelling for the world’s best brands. Find out what actually makes a top music supervisor tick. How he discovers. What he loves. And also learn what goes into this wild job! Mike’s one of the best (and kindest) in the business. Sync is how musicians make a lot of their money now, but it’s often a black box. There’s no one that shares wisdom so freely as Mike — a great guy who truly loves music! Since joining Droga5 in 2016, Mike Ladman founded and developed the Music Department managing music and audio capabilities across the agency and client roster. During this time, Mike has helped lead the agency to win over 90 music and advertising industry awards, notably 1 sports Emmy, five Cannes Lions, two D&AD Pencils, four Clios including the Grand Music Clio, eight AMP awards, 2 Guild Of Music Supervisor Awards, a Ciclope award among others, across Droga5 clients such as Google, The New York Times, Facebook, Hennessy, Levi’s and others. He has created and supervised music across global campaigns including work for the Super Bowl, Olympics, Grammy’s Oscar’s, Emmy’s, and Presidential Elections. In 2018, Mike was named one of Billboard's Top Branding Power Players. He has been an international music delegate around the world at music festivals and conferences in Denmark, Amsterdam, Israel, Brazil, Mallorca and more. Prior to joining Droga5, he was a Music Producer at McCann for nearly seven years, where he provided music for clients, such as Microsoft, the United States Army, Verizon, MasterCard and more, across the agency’s roster. Mike received his first film credit managing the music supervision for an indie film, Tracktown, which premiered at the LA Film Festival in 2016. In his free time he DJ's under the alias DJ PuppyHiccups and produces music under many aliases with lots of collaborators. Connect with Mike on his: ✏️ ⁠IG⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/ladmanmusic/?hl=en] And listen to his eclectic Spotify Playlist at: ⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/molowda/]✏️ ⁠LadmanMusicDiscovery [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0eW6j3PTTAMQX1AurSe4NG?si=48c883c11fb7485c] For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://distrokid.com/?c=lovemusicmore] Subscribe to this pod's blog on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://lovemusicmore.substack.com]⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊‍♂️ Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ScoobertDoobert.pizza⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://scoobertdoobert.pizza/]🍕⁠ Pick up my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠new LP "I" on vinyl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://newcosmosrecords.bigcartel.com/product/Scoobert-Doobert-I-vinyl] in its full spinning colorfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://newcosmosrecords.bigcartel.com/product/scoobert-doobert-i-vinyl] while they last 🎨 Double tap and dive a little bit deeper. Have the momentum. Awesome and weird and wonderful. And the consistency. In the zone. To figure out a thing. That’s the magic. Contributing to that joy. Sprinkle on something. It’s like, relax. If all we have is time. It was everything. It was wild. Find that new shirt. Kick off this whole cycle of feeling good. Wanna do cool stuff. Figure out what’s the best approach. Kinda rinse and repeat. The structure and the changes within a song. Chasing the dragon. Ideate. Transference. Aware. All of that. Chasing that thing. Keeps that carrot. A song can unlock that. The creative vibe. Can do this. Listen to everything. The consistency thing. That can endure. A great song plus time. Some cooler direction or genre. Coalesced into this moment. Being in the record store. It sounds strange now. Back into the show. Is when it’s really music is telling the story, A bunch of things in play. Cool crate digger. Recontextualized and repurposed and reimagined and brought to life. Hit the airwaves. Boom. A high-wire act. 🌉 Edited by Rebecca Sansom Set Design by Max Horwich Podcast Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beformer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://beformer.co]

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The majority of bands don’t make it, and if they do, they don’t last. What’s the secret? How do you grow together, push each other, and keep innovating as a musical team? Mo Lowda & the Humble’s about to drop their fifth album, and in my opinion, it’s their best music yet. The whole band joins for this special episode on what it’s like to be a road-warrior, touring band in 2025, making records in studios on the journey along the way. For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://distrokid.com/?c=lovemusicmore] Subscribe to this pod's blog on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://lovemusicmore.substack.com]⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊‍♂️ Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ScoobertDoobert.pizza⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://scoobertdoobert.pizza/]🍕⁠ Pick up my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠new LP "I" on vinyl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://newcosmosrecords.bigcartel.com/product/Scoobert-Doobert-I-vinyl] in its full spinning colorfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://newcosmosrecords.bigcartel.com/product/scoobert-doobert-i-vinyl] while they last 🎨 Connect with Mo Lowda & the Humble on their: ✏️ IG [https://www.instagram.com/molowda/] ✏️ Website [https://www.molowda.com/home-1] Feels like now. With a different mindstate. Lifts all the spirits. Stabilizes the molecules. Keep everybody involved. Like to hang. Nice, warm, sizzly. Just have fun. It’s a muscle. So much human connection in music. The more you know. Elements playing off each other. A benefit to creative constraints. Being purposeful. Closing that hole-loop. Ways to approach. Excitement, pleasure, and purpose all in one. A wave and an energy to it. Soaking it up. Mixing at the source. Meticulous about tones. Hash it out. Like a fun journey. Map stuff out. Important to end on a good note. Riding that energy, finding that energy. Beautiful places all around. Music is a natural rhythm. Feels good to be excited. Keep that going. Bombastic and organic. Momentum on a record. Pulling through. Continual and everlasting. Magic about that interpersonal. 🌌 Edited by Rebecca Sansom Set Design by Max Horwich Podcast Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beformer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://beformer.co]

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Harley probably played CBGB more than anyone else alive. His impact on New York City music and the hardcore scene can’t be overstated. And neither can how difficult his life was. He was a kid living a brutal adult life, but music got him through it. Just like it gets so many through it. I truly think after hearing about his journey, in his words, you’ll love music more. Because it’s everything, or, “almost everything.” For 30% off your first year of DistroKid to share your music with the world click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://distrokid.com/?c=lovemusicmore] Subscribe to this pod's blog on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://lovemusicmore.substack.com]⁠⁠⁠⁠ to receive deeper dives on the regular 🏊‍♂️ Tune into my music and surf the different-yet-connected platforms at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ScoobertDoobert.pizza⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://scoobertdoobert.pizza/]🍕⁠ Pick up my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠new LP "I" on vinyl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://newcosmosrecords.bigcartel.com/product/Scoobert-Doobert-I-vinyl] in its full spinning colorfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://newcosmosrecords.bigcartel.com/product/scoobert-doobert-i-vinyl] while they last 🎨 ✏️⁠⁠ Watch the Wired for Chaos Documentary Trailer [https://youtu.be/ojOfP12Glok?si=oLTV-xFRC_5owBtm] Check out more about the film on its: ✏️⁠⁠ ⁠IG [https://www.instagram.com/wiredforchaosfilm/]⁠ ✏️⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Website [https://www.wiredforchaos.com] When you’re ready to give up, don’t. Something that’s like deeper. Something in it. A long run. Really powerful. Energies in play. The strength thing. Way to let the steam out. Whole feeling about everything. All of those things at the same time. The extra integrity. Around musicians. Actual ideas. On a musical scale of Godzilla. 🦖 Edited by Rebecca Sansom Set Design by Max Horwich Podcast Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beformer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://beformer.co]