

ABOUT SAMI
Sami Fong is a singer/songwriter, producer, and audio engineer based in California. She has been performing since the age of 10, where she began teaching herself guitar through YouTube. Within the first year of learning guitar, she was introduced to blues and classic rock by her cousin. This inspired her to keep performing and playing guitar. In 2012, she became more passionate about songwriting after listening to artists such as Ed Sheeran, Sara Bareilles, Taylor Swift, and Ryan Tedder. She began to write her own songs, record, and produce them in the studio, which led to her debut single, "Planes in the Sky," in 2016. Since then, Sami has produced new originals and cover songs. Her debut EP, Sami Fong, featuring "Chapters" and "Runaway." was released In November of 2019. In January of 2021, Sami released a new single, "Perfect," where she created her own rendition of Ed Sheeran's song. She continued to work towards a debut album, Songs I Wish I Wrote, which features "What Dreams Are Made Of (Acoustic Version)." The album inspired her to continue releasing more music from "She Will Be Loved" and "A Thousand Years" to "Crazier (Sami's Version)," which have been used in weddings and featured in travel and lifestyle videos on various digital channels.
As a music business professional, Sami specializes in song catalog management, music licensing, and sample clearances. Sami is currently a Rights & Licensing Manager at Seeker Music Group, whose catalog of songs includes hits from artists such as B.O.B., Christopher Cross, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, One Direction, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Combs, and many others. Her former experiences at Apple, Sugo Music Group, Unlimited Sounds Publishing & Distribution, and AMMO Artist Management established a strong foundation for her rights management and publishing/label administration skills. She is also a graduate from the University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music, where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Management/Business and minor in Jazz Studies - Guitar. After graduating college, she was inspired to start her own business, SFM Consulting. She worked on a wide variety of projects for marketing and studio production.
As a recording studio engineer and producer, she has worked on various projects from recording classical string quartets, jazz quintets, and acapella to rock bands and singer-songwriters at the Owen Studio. Sami has worked on Issadora Ava's No One Belongs Here More Than You - EP, where she produced, mixed, and co-engineered all of the tracks. The EP was featured in Music Connection magazine and acknowledged by Grammy-recognized songwriter and producer, Cliff Goldmacher. In addition, Sami's projects with the Conservatory of Music via SFM Consulting include being the sound editor/mixer and video editor for UOP's alma mater song, "Pacific Hail" (shown at the University of the Pacific's 2020 Commencement) and video for President Emeritus, Don DeRosa (in collaboration with Pacific Alumni Association) at the Leading Voices Series. Her latest project was shown at the 2021 University of the Pacific Commencement. Sami has also worked on an acapella project with the Pacific Stocktones, where she produced, mixed, and co-engineered their single, "I Need Your Love."










