He also worked with the famous filmmaker Sherwood Hu who invited him to teach classes at the prestigious Shanghai University for the Arts.
Today, Alan Audio Works, located in Los Angeles, serves as both as a state of the art studio.
His latest projects include the sound design for the thriller, action movie Section Eight, featuring Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren and Dermout Mulroney and directed by Christian Sesma.
His debut into the music industry began in high school by forming a band called The Mana Rays.
While preparing for his college piano auditions he was involved in a near-death motorcycle accident in the Cayman Islands, which severed two tendons in his left wrist.