Music Resume

Alan J. Lew
Houston, TX 77062
832-618-0117
west1710am@gmail.com
www.inwex.net

Bio: Born in Webster, Texas in early 77'. Lived in Austin, Los Angeles, and the Houston Area.
Received piano instruction at age 14 and had an opportunity to receive a scholarship for Julliard School of Music in NYC. Got mono before audition date, stopped playing for almost a year. Writing music since age 13. Working with MIDI devices and music programming since 16. Electronic Projects include inwex and fatal flower garden. fatal flower gardens output is for the most part modernistic classical.

History: Moved to Hollywood in early 99'. I did nothing in this city but write music and create artwork. I did basically nothing to expose myself. It was the best time of my life. I eventually had to move due to an unstable relationship in 05'. Now in the absence of Hollywood I try to expose my work. I just wanted to get into loop after moving back into Texas, yet things surely were not stable. Houston though at last - does have its cultural side. Musically and more visually speaking.
    I met a young talented director during May of 05' named Russell Rankin who attended the New York Film Academy. I wrote the music for his first feature Over-Due. I was soon hired on as a permanent composer for the rest of his films in Houston. I've done a large number of student films for free to get in the process. A lot of these films being crap in my opinion still never discouraged me from giving them the best music possible. So - let me score your movie!

Filmwork:

Over-Due: 2005 (Feature) Directed by Russell R. Rankin. Original Score by Alan Jordan Lew. (2005 Gulf Coast Film Festival)
Under The Rainbow: 2006 (47 min.) Directed by Russell R. Rankin. D.P: director of photography Larry Mckee. Original Score by Alan Jordan Lew (2006 Cambodian Film Festival)
21 Escorts: 2006 (52 min.) Directed by Russell R. Rankin & B. Billy D.P: director of photography "Dirty Derrick". Original Score by Alan Jordan Lew (Project for Film Institute only)
Radio Parade: 2006 (Feature) Directed by Russell R. Rankin. Original Score by Aaron Yee & Alan Jordan Lew. (Never released due to distribution rights)
Colonia: 2007 Silent and A.D.R. versions (Short 35mm Black and White) Directed by Russell R. Rankin. Original Score by Alan Jordan Lew. A.D.R. by Rankin & Lew.   

Programs I use: Sonar, Ableton Live, Sony Acid Pro, Project 5 v2.5 (soft-synth integration and workstation), Samplitude, (All projects done in 24/96khz) Used Soundtrack and GarageBand for Mac during certain film scoring.

Popular VST's I use: Native Instruments: (Absynth3+4, Battery1-3, FM-7+8, Kontakt3, Spectral Delay, Guitar Rig3&4, Pro-53) Amplitude, Ampeg, Edirol Orchestral, Izotope Ozone 3 & 4, and have been beta-testing Free VSTs since 2007. Many of these free VST that I use have blown me away in some aspects. I'm a proud supporter of home software/VST instrument and effect programmers.