Music Technology
I create with sound.
I've been a musician since I was 12, and I earned a B.A. in Music Technology from Bethune-Cookman before my M.S. at Georgia Tech. My graduate research looked at identity in 21st-century rap through lyricism and spoken rhythm. At Amazon Music I led audio quality and hardware compatibility for Amazon Amp, and I set up its audio hardware testing lab. I started in a recording studio at Tree Sound, and today I teach computer science through music in EarSketch workshops at Georgia Tech.
M.S.
Music Technology, Georgia Tech
1,200+
Audio test scenarios for Amazon Amp, across 50+ device combinations
Since 2023
Annual music tech coding workshops at Georgia Tech
Featured work
Music tech work
Work where this is the main skill comes first, then work where it plays a supporting part.
Music Tech Workshops at Georgia Tech
I lead annual EarSketch and music technology coding workshops and student panels for high school learners at Georgia Tech, returning each year since 2023. Learners write Python and JavaScript to make music and meet computer science through sound.
- Workshops
- EarSketch
- Music and Code
Amazon Amp Audio Quality and Testing Lab
I led the Audio Quality and Hardware Compatibility programs for Amazon Amp, Amazon Music's live audio app, across 50+ device combinations and 1,200+ test scenarios. I also set up the audio hardware testing lab and wrote the procedures partner teams ran each release.
- Audio Quality
- Program Management
- Testing Lab
Tree Sound Studios
From Nov 2012 to May 2016 I worked at this Norcross, Georgia recording studio, first as a junior audio engineer recording across multiple DAWs and then running studio administration. I worked with producers and artists to get the sound they were after.
- Recording
- Audio Engineering
- Studio
Interactive Lab Lessons
Eight lessons that run right in your browser, from recursion and Git to sound and the Fourier series. I designed and coded each one with animations, live audio and quizzes.
- TypeScript
- React
- Interactive Learning
Your Voice Is Power
A curriculum and global coding competition I started and led with Georgia Tech's EarSketch team, Amazon Future Engineer and Pharrell Williams' YELLOW, where learners remix Pharrell's music in code. It was published in the IEEE RESPECT 2021 and ASEE 2023 proceedings.
- Curriculum
- EarSketch
- Published
Try it
Lessons you can use right now.
Each one runs in your browser. No setup and no account.
Music technology · beginner friendly
Anatomy of a sound.
Hear what a sound actually is. Shape its pitch, loudness, waveshape, and envelope, then build a synth and play a short tune. Real audio, right in your browser.
Music technology · signals · Part 1
The Fourier transform, Part 1.
How sound becomes a spectrum. Hear why a flute and a violin playing the same note sound different, read a sound as a waveform and a spectrum, build a tone from pure sines, and find bass, mids, and treble.
Music technology · signals · Part 2
The Fourier transform, Part 2.
How a computer calculates that spectrum. See where samples come from, build a test wave, multiply and add sample by sample, read the DFT formula, and calculate one frequency by hand.
Music technology · signals · Part 3
The Fourier transform, Part 3.
Use it on your gear. Shape sound with EQ, read a headphone curve, see a spectrogram, meet noise cancelling and song recognition, then solve sound mysteries to prove you can read a sound.
Hiring?
Roles I am open to.
I'm based in Atlanta and open to remote roles in learning experience design, music technology and software development. Email me about a role, or connect on LinkedIn.
- Audio Program Manager
- Music Technologist