JOHN LASALA

COMPOSER/DIGITAL AUDIO PROFESSIONAL

Enthusiastic, experienced and easy-to-work with composer and digital audio professional—strengths include a diverse background in composition, studio recording, editing, mixing, mastering and production.

Areas of Expertise

– Audio Editing – Composition – Project Collaboration

– Mixing/Mastering – Sound Design – Effective Communication

SKILLS AND SOFTWARE

• Music composition, production and arranging
• Digital recording, editing and mixing
• DAWs: Adobe Audition, Cubase, Studio One, SONAR, Sound Forge, et al.
• Music notation
• Microsoft Office suite
• Video: Sony Vegas Pro
• Graphics: Adobe Photoshop

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

VolunteerMatch Digital Audio Editor Digital Audio Editor

2015–Present

• Volunteering as audio editor for ongoing archival restoration project

Freelance Composer, Producer & Sound Designer

2000–present

Selected Works	Roles	Venue/Event
The Baltimore Waltz stage play	Sound Designer, Composer	Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
Medea stage play/musical	Songwriter	American Theatre of Actors
3am, 89°, no wind dance theater	Composer	3-Legged Dog/HERE’s American Living Room festival
Soul Descending dance theater	Composer	HERE Arts Center/American Living Room festival, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath feature length animated film	Composer, Additional Score
City Hall short film	Composer, Audio Engineer
Sleeping Beauty Lies aerial dance	Composer	Lincoln Center
The Snow Queen dance theater	Composer	HERE Arts Center/American Living Room festival, NY International Fringe Festival
Dimensional Rift staged rock opera	Composer, Performer	Student Arts Festival at Staller Center for the Arts

 

The Very Us Artists, LLC Founder, Creative Director & Project Manager

2007–present

• Founded artist collective, managing over 50 composers, authors and visual artists on a variety of collaborative projects
• Excelled at project management to meet publishing and production deadlines

Selected Works	Roles
Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero collaborative album+book	Producer/Author/Book Editor
My First Sing-Along Dictionary collaborative album+book	Producer/Songwriter
Roughly Produced Masterpieces collaborative album	Producer/Composer
Nascence and Child collaborative album	Producer
Opus Cipher: The Prototype collaborative album	Producer/Composer

 

Michael Whalen Music, New York City Music Editor and Copyist

2003–2005

• Assisted with music editing on projects for film, TV and movies
• Produced studio recordings
• Transcribed audio recordings into written scores

Watercolour Management, Ltd. Creative Director/Board Member

1997–2004

• Responsible for advising clients and offering artistic guidance on projects
• Assisted with business structure for non-profit organization

 

EDUCATION & ACCOLADES

• The State University of New York at  Stony Brook
  Bachelor of Arts: Multidisciplinary Studies (Music and Theater)
  
• NY International Fringe Festival
  Excellence Award for Music Composition (The Snow Queen)
• Sounding Board (American Composers Forum)
  published “Composers Are From Venus…”
• Dance Theater Workshop Creative Partnerships Seminar
  panelist