Adrian grew up rebellious in a dying small town outside of Dallas, listening to Stravinsky, Holst, and Guns and Roses. Adrian was raised on the world’s best BBQ and down-home raw Texas blues, funk, and rock, local legends like Pantera and Stevie Ray Vaughan. A terrible student, Adrian smoked and partied his way through school, playing trumpet and hanging out with a tight circle of misfits. The only one of his friends to go to college, Adrian studied music at the University of North Texas and played guitar in an alt rock band. He survived NYC's finest rats and the COVID shutdown while earning his masters in music composition and theory from NYU.
As a well-known manager at Keith C. Anderson Music, Adrian represents exceptional talent including Academy Award-nominated composer Javier Navarrete (Pan's Labyrinth), Matthew Janszen (Tiny Toons Looniversity), and Ryan Elder (Rick and Morty).
Recent credits include the independent features Upon Waking (Buffalo 8 Productions) and Penitentia (streaming on most major streaming platforms), as well as the upcoming heavy metal drama Greg’s Going to Rehab with director Chris Lawing. Adrian previously was the music supervisor on the Student Academy Award and Student BAFTA winning short Making Waves, and his score for Ivan earned a Hollywood Music in Media Award nomination.
Adrian obsessively collects instruments and currently plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar, bansuri flute, ney flute, Duduk, synthesizer, violin, oud, cello, melodica, trumpet, and dulcimer.
A passionate believer in the power of music to change lives, Adrian has taught music to underprivileged children in free programs for the city of Los Angeles.
In his downtime, Adrian loves slow mornings in the kitchen listening to jazz and making hash browns and biscuits with his girlfriend.