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 EditorDigital Audio Editor |
2015–Present |
- Volunteering as audio editor for ongoing archival restoration project
FreelanceComposer, 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, LLCFounder, 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 CityMusic 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