Personal Profile
Behind the Scenes With Meihui Qiao
Meihui Qiao is a sound designer, music composer, audio engineer, and performer (musical instruments include saxophone, keyboards, and guitars). She got her M.M. degree in Music Technology from New York University and received her B. A. degree in Recording Arts at Shanghai Normal University.
Meihui's skills include but not limited to:
- Sound design for film, game, and multimedia
- Scoring for film, game, & multimedia
- In-studio stereo (surround) recording / On-site recording, & Audio engineering
- Audio production for film, game, & multimedia
- Songwriting
Take a look around the site to get to know more about MQmusic.
"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ads Music Composition
OM Design Series Fashion Ads Music Composition
Background music composition for one of the series OM Design (http://ouma-nyc.com/) fashion advertisements.
Director & DP: Zhongsheng Gu MIC STUDIO NYC / Model: Liv Hanna from Lizbell Agency / Stylist OU Ma / Makeup and Hair Silvia Pro Makeup & Hair Team designer: O M Design Studio / Producer: Ciara Sun / Editing: Harve Lee / Music: Meihui Qiao / Camera Assistance: Ronald Lee
Ads Music Composition
OM Design Series Fashion Ads Music Composition
Background music composition for one of the series OM Design (http://ouma-nyc.com/) fashion advertisements.
Director & DP: Zhongsheng Gu MIC STUDIO NYC / Model: Liv Hanna from Lizbell Agency / Stylist OU Ma / Makeup and Hair Silvia Pro Makeup & Hair Team designer: O M Design Studio / Producer: Ciara Sun / Editing: Harve Lee / Music: Meihui Qiao / Camera Assistance: Ronald Lee
Recent Projects
OM Design
Music composer
Background music composition for one of the series OM Design (http://ouma-nyc.com/) fashion advertisements. Director & DP: Zhongsheng Gu MIC STUDIO NYC / Model: Liv Hanna from Lizbell Agency / Stylist OU Ma / Makeup and Hair Silvia Pro Makeup & Hair Team designer: O M Design Studio / Producer: Ciara Sun / Editing: HARVEYLEE / Music: Meihui Qiao / Camera Assistance: Ronald Lee
CV
Music Credentials
Sound Designer @ Bay Area Sound
Jun 2017 - Present
Design sound effect, edit voice-over recordings, and creat music for different projects, which includes Telltale Games- Minecraft story mode 2, Detour (global tour app), and Airbnb.
Audio Engineer
Sep 2013 - Present
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Contact clients, plan and set up recording sessions, and operate the mixing console and DAWs- Pro Tools 11,Ableton Live etc
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Edit and mix the recordings
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Lead audio engineer for the NYC-based indie Rock band, Noise Era.
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Recorded vocal for a Chinese animation series theme song, which was sung Shan Gao, a famous singer-songwriter based in China
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Provides critical support to Sunday morning services and concerts held at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in NYC. Engages in hands-on setup and breakdown responsibilities, including setting up speakers, cameras, recorders, connecting cables, accurately placing musical instruments and microphones. During the course of each event, serves as a mixing console operator providing live sound reinforcement.
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Mixed the stage monitors during the 2016 Chinese New Year FireMonkey Show in PlayStation Theater
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Operated sound board and cueing sound effects for a live stage show ‘A Better Place’ in The Duke on 42nd Street
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As Sound Mixer and Boom Operator, records on-location sound supporting the production of commercials, interviews, documentaries, and microfilms in locations in and around New York City.
Music Composer/Sound Designer
Sep 2009 - Present
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Compose music for clients including, scoring for film and multimedia and writing music for live performance (writing songs for Noise Era, an NYC based indie band)
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Design sound effect for films, commercials, and the different type of games (experience working with game engines includes, Fmod, Unreal Engine, and Unity),
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On-site SFX recording, Foley Art
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Designed action sound effects for different characters of a MOBA game, BLOOD OF STEEL, which was published in Dec 2016.
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Developed the original soundtrack for the microfilm LU AND LIU, which was shortlisted for the 40th Cairo International Film Festival in the section of Cinema of Tomorrow Competition.
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Original music composition for a short documentary, SUYEON NA, which was published online and viewed by 76.8 million people
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Original music composition for Ou MA Design series commercials and for an ELLE Men advertisement, which is promoted by JD.com - The Chinese most influential Global Online Shopping Site
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​Participated in a medical research project (music treatment and the relief of tinnitus) and had experience composing music based on Major pentatonic scale and the Chinese Medicine Five Elements principle for the purpose of the medical research.
Composer/ Sound Designer @ Audiobrain
December 2017 - Present
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Serves as an integral member of a creative team at this Emmy-award winning sonic branding agency that builds sonic branding, interactive audio, and product sonification for some of the world’s most prestigious and respected global companies.
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Direct and cooperate with creative the team in strategizing and executing an overarching audio branding plan for a variety of clients.
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Composing music and designing sound effects for multimedia and to ensure assets adhere to proper technical specifications.
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Direct and coordinate with other personnel to prepare, test, install, configure, and commission audio/visual equipment necessary for clients, events and orders.
Live Mixing Engineer
May 2015 – Feb 2016
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Mixed the stage monitors during the Chinese FireMonkey Show in PlayStation Theater
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Operated sound board and cueing sound effects for a live stage show ‘A Better Place’ in The Duke on 42nd Street
Studio Monitor @ New York University
Sep 2015 – Aug 2016
Maintained the use of the studios in the department of Music and Performing Arts Professions of New York University and managing the studio inventory (Microsoft Excel)
Provided technical information for consumers
Recording Assistant @Â MuteStudio
Sep 2012Â - Sep 2013
Provided microphone list and session plan for recording sessions, and set up recording sessions
Record, edit and mix the audio assets
Live Performance
June 2016Â - Present
Performing at shows all around NYC with Noise Era, as a rhythm guitar player and songwriter.