I'm a musician who specializes in stylistic arranging of most styles there are, but specifically in "anachronistic" styles (modern songs in old styles, and occasionally vice versa). I'm most known online for my sea shanty arrangement of Sail by AWOLNATION. My composed music is usually a combination of humor and multiculturalism as I grew up in Japan and have lived in a wide variety of cultures. --- **Employment and project experience** **Freelance Musician** jimlapbap _January 2008 - Present_ **Senior Lecturer** Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (Malaysia) _September 2014 - August 2018_ --- **Qualifications and education** _PhD in Music Composition_ at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa _Masters of Music in Composition_ at University of Missouri-Kansas City…I'm a musician who specializes in stylistic arranging of most styles there are, but specifically in "anachronistic" styles (modern songs in old styles, and occasionally vice versa). I'm most known online for my sea shanty arrangement of Sail by AWOLNATION. My composed music is usually a combination of humor and multiculturalism as I grew up in Japan and have lived in a wide variety of cultures. --- **Employment and project experience** **Freelance Musician** jimlapbap _January 2008 - Present_ **Senior Lecturer** Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (Malaysia) _September 2014 - August 2018_ --- **Qualifications and education** _PhD in Music Composition_ at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa _Masters of Music in Composition_ at University of Missouri-Kansas CityWWWW…