Miranda Tonglin Xu
New York,NY
Summary
I am a music producer who loves working with a various style of music, especially pop, R&B, and electronic music. With eight years of experience in the music industry, I have done music production, songwriting, and screen scoring for various artists and projects in China, New York, and Hollywood.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Music Producer / A&R Officer
Sony Music Entertainment
03.2022 - 06.2023
- Worked as the record producer and A&R for top tier artists in SME China including Sury Su, Evan Lin, Nene Zheng, and Roada Xu
- Planned for their artist paths by examining the ability and characteristic of each artist
- Supervised the production of all songs by those artists
- Produced Sury Su's first EP "Domain" which lead her to winning the New Artist of the Year and Best 3 Artists in 37th Gold Disc Awards 2023
- Produced Nene Zheng's EP "Gentle On My Mind". Co-wrote 4 songs in this EP (including hit-song "All About That Day" with 2.7M steaming on YouTube)
- Scouted for new artists with potential and brought them to monthly new-signing conferences
Film Music Composer Assistant
David Benjamin Steinberg
Los Angeles, CA
07.2021 - 09.2021
- Provided administrative support for David Benjamin Steinberg. Worked closely with David to provide effective assistance for specific aspects of business/music composition operations, including coordinating calendars, scheduling meetings with directors and music editors, organizing and updating cue sheets, sending reminders for deadlines, answering phone calls and replying emails
- Created Logic Pro templates, including choosing and loading appropriate sound libraries and plugins based on the cue style. Synced videos, created tempo maps and click tracks before David's writing. Cleaned up the project after David's writing
- Set up Pro Tools projects before sessions. Troubleshot during the sessions if needed
- File management. Compiled and kept track of all cues done or to be done for each project
Songwriter
Touch Music Publishing - Taihe Music Group
01.2019 - 07.2020
- Signed as an exclusive song writer by Touch Music Publishing, which at that time was their youngest exclusive songwriter
- Composed songs for singers, albums and TV show theme songs in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. 19 songs were selected into Taihe's official music library
Music Column Host / Audio Editor & Producer
Jinan Radio Station (Music Channel)
09.2018 - 08.2019
- Spearheaded the production of over 100 episodes by creating editorials featuring different western artists and their music
- Episodes were broadcasted Monday-Thursday at 7PM during "887 Music in Trend," the signature show of the station
Intern, Music Editor & Production Assistant
Jinan Radio Station (Music Channel)
05.2018 - 08.2018
- Updated radio station's music library, authored scripts for interviews and assisted in interview/broadcast/podcast recording sessions
- Proposed the idea of creating a "western-music section" in "887 Music in Trend," which lead to big success of the station and eventually turned into its own unit
Education
Master of Arts - Songwriting And Production
Berklee College of Music
New York, NY08.2024
Master of Music - Screen Scoring
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA08.2021
Master of Science - Integrated Digital Media
New York University
New York, NY05.2020
Skills
- Music Production
- Songwriting
- Screen Scoring
- Piano, Hulusi (Chinese flute)
- Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, Sibelius
- English, Mandarin
Select Works
- 「Songwriter」"Billionaire" - title song for Chinese TV series "Bewitched" (30M stream count)
- 「Songwriter & Producer」"The Tunnel" - title song for the podcast story series of the famous Korean drama with the same title
- 「Songwriter」"Memories" - insert music in romantic drama "Love Unexpected" (20M stream count)
- 「Lyricist」"AliExpress" - commercial song for "12.12 Deal Day" of 2019 at the international branch of Alibaba
- 「Composer」"Asteroid" - a storytelling podcast on Maoer FM (4.7M stream count)
- 「Songwriter & Producer」 "Welcome to Oaktown" - opening song for podcast series "Life of Mr. Arthur" (2M stream count)
- 「Composer」"Brave New Influencers" - a series of short films directed by Becca Li (winner of 2020 Huayi Brothers Media Group Best Newcomer Award)
Timeline
Music Producer / A&R Officer
Sony Music Entertainment
03.2022 - 06.2023
Film Music Composer Assistant
David Benjamin Steinberg
07.2021 - 09.2021
Songwriter
Touch Music Publishing - Taihe Music Group
01.2019 - 07.2020
Music Column Host / Audio Editor & Producer
Jinan Radio Station (Music Channel)
09.2018 - 08.2019
Intern, Music Editor & Production Assistant
Jinan Radio Station (Music Channel)
05.2018 - 08.2018
Master of Arts - Songwriting And Production
Berklee College of Music
Master of Music - Screen Scoring
University of Southern California
Master of Science - Integrated Digital Media
New York University
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