Industry Experience
COMMUNITY MANAGER – MasterTheHandpan / Handpan Dojo - 2023 - Present
● Designed and curated the student forum experience and increased retention
● Hosted high-profile interviews, live Q&As, teaching workshops, and community events
● Directed social media strategy and coordinated release plans for major masterclasses
● Crafted compelling copy to attract and engage both current and prospective customers
MARKETING LEAD – Pantheon Steel - 2018 - 2023
● Led ecommerce solutions, content marketing, and social media
● Assisted with sales and business development
● Demonstrated handpans: music writing, recording, and production
OWNER – SylvainPaslierMusic - 2018 - Present
● Demonstrated handpans: music writing, recording, and production
● Directly sold handpans to customers globally, sourced from the world's best manufacturers
● Educated podcast listeners through journalistic interviews as host of The Handpan Podcast
● Wrote and produced original music for solo and collaborative albums
● Performed live and on-line
PERFORMER – Dollywood – Pigeon Forge, TN – 2009, 2010
● Performed four shows per day, six days per week for two two-month contracts in 2009 and 2010
● Educated listeners about the history and mechanics of the handpan
Notable Performances
● Fantasy Audio Magazine label Release Party, 2024
● Dubai World Exposition, UAE 2021-22
● Handpan Camp, Oregon, USA 2021
● Steel Mountain Handpan Gathering, Virtual 2021
● Pantasia Handpan Gathering, Virtual 2020
● Sound Healing/ Yoga Nidra, Arizona, USA 2020
● Peace Conference, Arizona, USA 2019
● Community events at Maricopa Public Library, Arizona, USA 2017-2019
● Pantasia Handpan Gathering, California, USA 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
● Charity events at Mayo Clinic, Arizona, USA 2016, 2017, 2018
● Steel Mountain Handpan Gathering, Colorado, USA 2018
● Museum of Natural History, Arizona, USA 2017
● Musical Instrument Museum, Arizona, USA 2015, 2016
● World Refugee Day, Arizona, USA 2015
● HangOut USA, North Carolina, USA 2014
● Handpangea, North Carolina, USA 2013
● Dollywood, Festival of Nations, Tennessee, USA 2009, 2010
● Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France 2010
● DidgHeadRadio Festival, Isle of Wight, UK 2009
● HangOut UK, United Kingdom 2008, 2009
Discography
● Hajmiin (album), 2024
● Future Rust Vol. 4 (feature), 2023
● Wadi (single), 2022
● World Music (album), 2022
● The Water Tower Sessions (EP), 2021
● The Search (single), 2021
● Take it Slow (single), 2021
● Gubalicious (single), 2021
● Deux (feature), 2019
● Un (feature), 2019
● Aurora (single), 2017
● Carousel (album), 2015
● Ananas (single), 2014
● Cousin’s Hang Duet (album), 2010
● Weneki (feature), 2010
● Wadhom (live album), 2009
● Wadhom (EP), 2009
● Hang Trio (album), 2009
● Les Fruits (album), 2009
Press Experience
● Hosted Live Q&A of Hang Massive, 2025
● Featured on BFF.fm radio, 2025
● Featured on The End podcast, 2023
● Interviewed for Expo TV, 2022
● Interviewed for Emirate TV, 2021
● Interviewed for Bloomberg News, USA 2021
● Performed on Fox News, Phoenix, USA 2016
● Featured in An Ear to the Ground, Tennessee, USA 2009
Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
● State University of Albany New York, USA – 2011 - 2012
● Université Stendhal – Grenoble, France – 2009 - 2011
Languages
● French – Fluent
● English – Fluent