born for music.


Howard's career in Public Relations follows in the wake of decades of music journalism contributing to the Washington Post, Creem, Spin, Your Flesh, Forced Exposure, Boston Rock and The Village Voice over the years. Early in his career, Howard succeeded in publishing D.C. based fanzines DesCenes and DisCords.

Howard also has an active career as a musician, playing with bands, Half Japanese and The Slickee Boys as well as leading local DC twisted-pop micro-legends The Nurses, Underheaven and New Jersey's Love Pushers (featuring Jersey Beat fanzine editor Jim Testa, future Chicago Sun Times writer/author Jim DeRogatis and Crocodile Shop's Mick Hale). 

Being exposed to the best in new music while growing up, Jocelynn Loebl knew early on that she wanted to work in the music business. After beginning her career in music publicity as an intern at A&M Records, she continued her path representing developing artists at Chrysalis Records and Relativity Records.

After serving as Vice President of the boutique PR firm Set To Run Public Relations, she began a nine year stint a Columbia Records. At Columbia, she met Howard, someone like herself with a passion for music and was drawn to artistically and philosophically provocative recording artists, and a friendship of 15 years and counting, was born.

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howard's versitile expertise draws in a multitude of artists.

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Legends like...
Jeff Buckley, The Byrds (box set), Miles Davis (remix projects), Leonard Cohen, The Cure, Duran Duran, New Order, David Bowie, Beastie Boys, Jimmy Webb
Platinum sellers like...
Crazy Town, C + C Music Factory, Soul Asylum, Erasure, B-52s, NKOTB, Savage Garden, Our Lady Peace
Folks like us...
Bruce Cockburn, Jorma Kaukonen, Billy Bob Thornton, Bob Geldof
Ecstasy Without the Pills...
Josh Wink, Armand Van Helden, X Press 2, Hardkiss Bros., Eon, Bizarre Inc., Lo Fidelity Allstars, Chicane, Leftfield, Pop Will Eat Itself, Stereo MCs, Lamb, Stereolab, Xtravaganza Records
Hip Hoppers you know and love, like...
Schoolly D, Cypress Hill, X-ecutioners, DJ Muggs, Public Enemy/Slam Jamz Records, Third Bass, Kool Keith, Sporty Thievz, The Goats, Jermaine Dupri (film soundtracks)
Punks of Every Stripe...
The Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers, Angry Samoans, FIREHOSE/Mike Watt, Gun Club, Mercury Rev, Fishbone, Midnight Oil, Dredd Foole & The Din, B.A.L.L./Gumball/Don Fleming, D Generation, The Breeders, The Cramps
Metal Giants...
Alice In Chains, Bruce Dickinson, Judas Priest, Stereomud, Wendy O. Williams, Leslie West, Earache Records (Carcass, Entombed, Napalm Death), Corrosion of Conformity, Masters of Reality, Kyuss
Da Brits...
(The London) Suede, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Manic Street Preachers, Boo Radleys, Psychedelic Furs, Creation Records (Bernard Butler, Teenage Fanclub, Arnold), JJ72, Ocean Colour Scene, The Blue Nile, Electronic, Spacemen 3, House of Love
Beyond progressive....
Robert Fripp, Harold Budd, Wendy Carlos, Bill Bruford, Anthony Phillips, Penguin Café Orchestra, Larry Fast/Synergy
en-garde!...
Swans, Foetus, Einsturdzende Neubauten
Jet-Powered Pop....
T-Bone Burnette, Richard Barone, Bob Pfieffer, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Cowboy Mouth, Dramarama, Flat Duo Jets, Wheatus, Throwing Muses, Dead Milkmen, "The Ladies", Sophie B. Hawkins
The Ladies...
Chantal Kreviazuk, Michal, Bic Runga, Meja, Amanda Marshall

Axe Men...
Joe Satriani, Jerry Cantrell