Sam Bierman

43-25 Hunter St. Long Island City, NY 11101

818-935-9717
sam@sambierman.com

Skills • Music Theory expert with contemporary, classical, and jazz education
• Perfect Pitch - able to quickly learn and notate music by ear
• Proficient in Logic Pro, Mainstage, Komplete, Waves, Omnisphere, SoundToys, EZ Drummer, Sibelius,
Pro Tools, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Social Media branding and marketing trends

Experience Pop Keyboardist, Songwriter/Producer, Composer August 2016 – May 2018

Member of ÊMIA (2.5 million YouTube views), The Step Dads, solo artists
• Performances at GroundUP, Okeechobee Music Fest, SoFar Sounds, WLRN, Adrienne Arsht Center,

• Performed with Il Volo, Michael McDonald, GRiZ, Eric Krasno, Snarky Puppy, Vulfpeck, Gallant,
Lawrence, Becca Stevens

• Eight-show East Coast Tour

• Music on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud, and YouTube, and reviewed on several music blogs
o Experienced with studio recording and equipment

• Composed score for “Retro Couture”

o Screened at Miami and Panama Fashion Film Festivals, Intl. Fashion Film Festival Brussels

Jay Vincent - Composer May 2016 – March 2018

Composer Assistant, Coordinator, Bookkeeper
• Additional music for Cartoon Network’s Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, Dreamworks’ Harvey Street
Kids, films Hope Spring Eternal and Calvinist
• Proficient in tempo-mapping, creating sheet music, drafting spotting notes, making MIDI mockups
• Helped categorize cues and keep running totals of writing share and total music written

The Music Collective, Creative Group, Studio City, CA May – August 2015
Music Supervisor Intern, Composer Assistant for Sebastian Cano-Besquet
• Created scores from MIDI and recordings, sat in on recording sessions

• Shadowed supervisors and studio personnel, filled in for receptionist, attended meetings

• Organized library music to pitch to clients, read, drafted, and filed agreements

• Filled out cue sheets, tracked registrations with PRO’s, various data and financial analysis

• Worked at AdRev using various music platforms and Content ID

Education University of Miami, Frost School of Music, Coral Gables, FL August 2014 – May 2018
Bachelor of Arts in Commercial Music and Production, GPA: 3.84
Double Minor in Songwriting (CAM) and Music Business
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Lambda Delta and Golden Key Honor Societies
• Downbeat Award Winning Ensembles
Private Music Instruction August 2010 – May 2014
Chris Walden, Alan Pasqua, Shelly Berg, Kate Reid, John Hendricks, Lillian Sengpiehl, Jeff Colella, Daniel
Strange