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Taryn Southern

Taryn Southern

Digital storyteller and artistLos Angeles, United States
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Taryn Southern

Taryn Southern

Digital storyteller and artistLos Angeles, United States
Professions
  • Artist
  • Writer
  • Producer
LevelSenior
About me
Taryn Southern is an artist and digital storyteller whose videos have received more than 500 million views across YouTube and been featured in Vanity Fair, Fast Company, People, Forbes, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and more. An early adopter of digital media, Taryn was one of the first people to sell two television series based on web videos - Project MyWorld to DirecTV and Private High Musical to MTV in 2007 and 2008. She later guest starred on more than a dozen TV shows, was a co-host of Discovery Channel’s highest rated late night talk show, Shark After Dark, and hosted her own Top 20 Countdown show on SiriusXM Radio. In 2013, she founded digital production + consulting company Happy Cat Media, which has advised dozens of companies on digital media strategies and influencer campaigns and produced more than 1500 videos for companies like Snapchat, Marriott, Maker Studios, Focus Features, ATTN, and more. Passionate about the intersection of science, tech, and storytelling, she is currently producing a documentary on the future of the human brain and working on the first music album composed with artificial intelligence, I AM AI, to be released in early 2018. She is also co-founder of Ladies of Crypto, a crypto-currency education initiative for women, and launched the Taryn Token, the world’s first tokenized song that allows large numbers of people to collaborate on a song and participate in the backend royalties using Ethereum smart contracts. An active VR/AR enthusiast and producer, Taryn has worked as an a brand ambassador for HTC Vive, Samsung, Oculus, Geena Davis’ Women in Media, and was recently granted one of ten grants for experimental VR filmmaking by Google
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Projects
  • The Voices in My Head | Music Composed with AI
    The Voices in My Head | Music Composed with AIThe 360 VR version: https://youtu.be/b2Oq_yGlAoI The original music version: https://youtu.be/IKNYxTdaV-c
  • Break Free | Song Composed with AI
    Break Free | Song Composed with AIDownload the song here: https://ffm.to/jrmxq2m The instrumentation was composed with artificial intelligence, lyrics and vocal melodies written by Taryn.
  • Life Support | 360° VR Music Video Composed By AI
    Life Support | 360° VR Music Video Composed By AIComposed with AI. This is an interactive 360° music video - for best quality, watch in 8k VR mode in a headset! Download/stream the song: https://ffm.to/xlwqkqp
Projects credited in
  • This International Women’s Day, meet the 200 Women Redefining the Creative Industry in 2018
    This International Women’s Day, meet the 200 Women Redefining the Creative Industry in 2018Discover our 2020 list here This International Women's Day, we asked influential icons to nominate 10 trailblazing women who they believe are redefining the creator landscape. The result? A unique and incredible list of 200 trailblazing women breaking barriers and inspiring change! Only 36% of jobs in the creative sector are currently filled by women. At the top of the tree there’s an even bigger problem - women make up only 11% of Creative Directors. In an attempt to change this, our month-lo
  • I am AI - VR Music Video Series
    I am AI - VR Music Video Series“I AM AI” is the first 360 VR visual album that incorporates 2D video with music composed with artificial intelligence with emerging virtual creation tools like TiltBrush and Blocks to take audiences on a mind-bending musical journey through the future. From digital storyteller Taryn Southern comes “I AM AI,” a three-part musical VR series composed entirely with artificial intelligence. Brought to life by different VR artists and directors across the globe, each piece explores the theme of man a