Htwe Lin Ko · Mandalay → Mae Sot → Houston, TX

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Songwriter, producer, mix & mastering engineer and filmmaker. More than 300 songs and five albums of writing songs that say what they mean, now working with artists and filmmakers from Houston.

300+songs for Burmese singers 5albums 415KYouTube subscribers 1MFacebook followers

About

Rock musician. Witness. Builder of songs.

Lynn Lynn (Htwe Lin Ko) is a Myanmar rock musician, songwriter, music producer and filmmaker now based in Houston, Texas.

Born in Mandalay, he taught himself guitar at age nine, played professionally from 1998 and became a professional songwriter in 2000, writing original songs in a scene then dominated by adaptations of foreign music. He has written more than 300 songs for Burmese singers. His 2008 album Think About It became a major success and established him as a nationally known performer, followed by four more albums through 2020.

In exile in Thailand, he expanded his work into film. His short film The Beginning explores the values needed to build a democratic nation. His musical feature The Way, Myanmar’s first musical film, portrays the trauma of a family living through conflict and was shot entirely on an iPhone 13 Pro. Both films won awards at international festivals, including the Cannes World Film Festival.

Profiled by The New York Times in 2023, Lynn Lynn continues to use music and film as instruments of witness, resistance and human connection. He arrived in the United States as a refugee in 2025 and is building the next chapter of his career in Houston, with a focus on music production, mixing and mastering.

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The youngest of four sons, Lynn Lynn was born in Mandalay to a railway-worker father. After high school he moved to Yangon, working as a bus conductor and security guard while pursuing music. Around 2000 he delivered a demo tape to a recording studio and was hired to compose for prominent Myanmar singers. He learned to navigate state censorship: lyrics were routinely returned for changes, and he sometimes found ways to restore his intended words.

A longtime pro-democracy voice, he marched with monks in the 2007 Saffron Revolution and later volunteered as a bodyguard for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi during the 2012 by-election and 2015 general election. His album The Fourth Revolution spoke openly about military rule.

After the February 2021 coup, the junta charged him and his wife, actress and singer Chit Thu Wai, with incitement. He crossed through jungle and swam to Mae Sot, Thailand, in August 2021; his family followed. There he turned to filmmaking, borrowing an iPhone 13 Pro as his camera and teaching himself new sound-mixing techniques for The Way, which also earned recognition for its soundtrack.

“I want to show that even while we are on the run, our art will continue to live powerfully.”Lynn Lynn
  1. 1983Born May 29 in Mandalay
  2. 1998Professional guitarist
  3. 2000Professional songwriter; 300+ songs for Burmese singers since
  4. 2008Think About It released; stadium-scale national success
  5. 2011–20Active in Myanmar’s democracy movement through art
  6. 2021Charged after the coup; exile on the Thai border
  7. 2023Completes The Beginning and The Way; profiled by The New York Times
  8. 2025Resettles in Houston, Texas

CH 1 · Songwriting

Original songs,
written to be sung.

Lynn Lynn built his name writing originals at a time when most Myanmar releases were adaptations. He has written 300+ songs for Burmese singers. Think About It began as love songs written for other singers before it became his own breakthrough record.

He writes melody and lyric together, in Burmese and English, from ballads to full-band rock.

Write for artists
Complete songs or co-writes for singers and bands
Topline & lyric
Melody and lyrics over your track
License a song
Existing catalogue available for artists, film and ads
Languages
Burmese · English
Song title hereFrom Think About It · 2008
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  • Think About It စဉ်းစားပါ2008
  • The Truth အမှန်တရား2011
  • Steel Butterfly သံမဏိလိပ်ပြာ2013
  • The Fourth Revolution စတုတ္ထတော်လှန်ရေး2015
  • Immortal Medicine မသေဆေး2020

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CH 2 · Music Production

From demo tape
to finished record.

Arrangement, programming, guitars and vocal production, shaped around the song. Lynn Lynn’s roots are in rock, and he produces and designs music for films. For The Way he arranged, composed and performed the entire score alone.

He works with artists across cultures and languages, and welcomes cross-cultural collaborations.

Full production
Arrangement, instrumentation, recording direction
Beats & instrumentals
Custom tracks or licensed instrumentals
Film score
Composition and sound for picture
Setup
Studio, software and gear list · to be added
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CH 3 · Mixing & Mastering

Clear, loud,
and still alive.

Stereo mixing and mastering for singles, EPs, albums and film. Lynn Lynn taught himself the craft under pressure while finishing The Way, and it is now the main focus of his work in Houston.

Mixing
From your multitrack stems, with revision rounds
Mastering
Streaming, CD and video-ready masters
Stem mastering
When the mix needs more than a stereo pass
Film & video
Dialogue, music and final audio for picture
Send
24-bit WAV stems, same start point, no master bus processing
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Rates

USD · per song
Mixing

$300/ song

Full stereo mix from your multitrack stems.

Book mixing
Mastering

$300/ song

Streaming-ready master from your final stereo mix.

Book mastering
Mix + Master bundle

$500/ song

Both stages, one engineer. Saves $100 per song.

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Songwriting · Production

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Quoted per project, based on scope and deliverables.

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CH 4 · Film Script Writing

Stories about people
who keep going.

Lynn Lynn writes and directs films about conflict, trauma and the search for peace and justice. He leaves Myanmar unnamed in The Way so its story can belong to audiences anywhere.

Short film · 2023

The Beginning

The values and shared responsibility needed to build a democratic nation, made by artists fleeing Myanmar after the coup.

Runtime
14:52
Budget
$2,000
Shot in
Myanmar, Thailand
Cast
Chit Thu Wai, Daung
  • Korea Int’l Short Film Festival · Winner
  • World Film Carnival Singapore · Winner
  • Cannes World Film Festival · Winner
Musical feature · 2023

The Way

Myanmar’s first musical film. A family living through conflict, shot entirely on an iPhone 13 Pro.

Runtime
1:02:22
Budget
$3,000
Shot in
Myanmar, Thailand
Cast
Chit Thu Wai, Aung Loon
  • Cannes World Film Festival · Winner
  • World Film Carnival Singapore · Winner
  • Festigious Los Angeles · Finalist
Screenwriting
Shorts, features and music-driven stories
Script licensing
Original scripts available for option or license
Music films
Music videos and musical narratives, script to sound
Trailer 01:02:22:00
“Who could stop the blowing wind… Who could stop the flowing water… The flag of victory will rise in the land where we live on.”Lynn Lynn, director · The Way

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Let’s make
something.

Songs, productions, mixes, masters and scripts. Tell me about your project.

Based inHouston, Texas
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