Colin Owens

Shapemix

Cross-modal music mixing · Founder & CPO · US patent

Role: Founder & Chief Product Officer

Founded and led the company across product, software, content, and design. Ran the office of developers, content editors, and designers; partnered with the NYC venture team to deliver results. From research thesis through funded launch.

Owned product vision, strategy, GTM, and core infrastructure end-to-end. Coded the original demo in Java. Wrote the fundamental drawing code in Objective-C. Architected the server/client stem-hosting and mixing engine.

Raised $2M and launched four iOS apps, including a SPIN Magazine co-branded remixing contest. The platform transformed audio tracks into spatially manipulable shapes — the cross-modal thesis, made real and shipped.

US Patent 20110271186A1 — Visual Audio Mixing System and Method Thereof. A cross-modal mixing surface where sound is shaped via manipulation of objects with weight, resistance, and spatial relationships.

On iPad

On iPhone

"Easy mode" app

Monetization strategy

Visual language

Process flow

 
Colin Owens
2026