Alan Roy Scott
Internationally-Acclaimed Songwriter, Composer, Topliner, Lyricist,
Songwriting Coach, Special Events Producer
As a professional songwriter for over 40 years, Alan's songs have been recorded by
Celine Dion, Luther Vandross, Notorious B.I.G., Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper, Patti LaBelle, Neville Bros., Roberta Flack, Cher, Jason Gould, El DeBarge, Tiffany, Patti Austin, The Spinners, Rick Springfield, Martika, Oak Ridge Boys, Ricky Martin, Anne Murray, Johnny Mathis, Pointer Sisters, Sheena Easton, Jason Gould, and Ray Charles among many. His work also has been featured in Films and TV shows
such as “Top Gun”, “First Wives Club”, “Coming To America”, “Falling Inn Love” (Netflix), “Redline”,
“Karate Kid III”, “Summer School”, “Fame”, “Fame/LA”, “Sons of Anarchy”, “Oprah’s Next Chapter”,
“Cruel Summer" (WB), “Santa Barbara”, “Guiding Light”, “Melrose Place”, & “Beverly Hills 90210”,
among others. Internationally key releases include Coco Lee, Hannah Boel, Edyta Gorniak, Clouseau, Paul Johnson, Rene Froger, Carola, & Tommy Nilsson.
In recent years, Alan participated in Eurovision 2020 with the song “Cleopatra” for Efendi representing Azerbaijan, as well as being in several Eurovision National Finals (Estonia 2022, Norway 2021, & Lithuania 2019 & 2018), and having numerous other releases (Azra, Michael Garvin, Ay Wing, Dr. Chrispy, Ana Galei, etc.).
He was an exclusive staff writer with EMI Music and Jobete Music (Motown) for a combined 11 years, having his own independent
Kyushu Boy Music Publishing since 1990.
Alan attended the prestigious Boston Conservatory of Music majoring in Music Composition. He has won top prizes in the John Lennon Song Contest, The American Song Festival, and numerous awards in International Music Festivals around the world, competing as composer and/or artist, representing the USA in such diverse locales as Kazakhstan, Turkey, Romania, FYR Macedonia, Lithuania, Japan, Poland, Russia, Egypt, Finland, Holland, Ireland, Czech Republic, & Indonesia among others.
He won the Grand Prize in the Sopot 85 Festival (Poland), Voice of Asia (Kazakhstan), and Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo (Stacy Lattisaw) among others.
Alan has been a private songwriting coach for more than 20 years, and has taught classes and has led workshops and seminars domestically through UCLA Extension,
The Songwriting School of Los Angeles, Musician's Institute, Songu.com, ASCAP, as well as the “Grammy-In-The-Schools” program for the Los Angeles Chapter of NARAS. Internationally, he has taught songwriting and music workshops in Australia
(through APRA & ASC), Ireland (through IMRO), Finland (through LAFO), and Denmark (through KODA) among others.