The Hidden
Dimensions
Beyond the code, beyond the cloud, beyond the databases—discover the diverse skills that make me a more complete engineer and creative.
Music Production
Working Musician, Arranger & Audio Engineer
Active keyboardist on a Nord Stage 4 88 in an indie band — three originals in pre-release with major-label discussions underway. Arranged a full locally-released indie album plus singles for independent artists. Tracking, comping, mixing, and stem export in Logic Pro X on MacBook Pro. A trained ear across hip-hop, R&B, OPM, pop, jazz, rock, worship/choral, electronic, and folk — comfortable working at the stem level (drums, bass, vocals, synths, FX) and identifying production techniques like reverb, delay, sidechain, automation, and vocal processing.
Genre Fluency
AI Literacy & Annotation Quality
- ▸Training-data thinking — aware of how labeled audio feeds supervised/contrastive learning and why label noise hurts model quality.
- ▸Schema & guideline reasoning — spot ambiguous categories, overlapping labels, and edge cases that hurt models downstream.
- ▸Edge-case flagging — tag uncertain or out-of-distribution examples explicitly rather than forcing them into the wrong bucket.
- ▸Production AI background — Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Anthropic & OpenAI APIs in daily use.
Tools & Technologies
“Music annotation isn't just listening — it's understanding how labeled audio compounds into model quality across thousands of examples.”
Nord Stage 4 88 — live keys session
Choir Direction
Fifteen Years of SATB Ear Training
Directed a Catholic liturgical SATB choir for weekly services — arranging and adapting hymns, training voice leading, and developing the multi-part listening that powers every harmonic decision I make. Long-form repertoire across sacred, choral, and folk music. Recently composed an original Communion hymn in 8.8.8.8 Long Meter compatible with traditional tune families.
Tools & Technologies
“Choral direction is the practiced ensemble leadership behind every architecture decision.”
Visual Art
Designing What Words Can't Express
Visual art sharpened my eye for hierarchy, balance, and user experience. The same principles that make a composition compelling make an interface intuitive.
Tools & Technologies
“Design is not just what it looks like. Design is how it works.”
Solo Building
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Workflow Automation
Making Systems Talk to Each Other
I connect the dots between applications, automate repetitive tasks, and build workflows that run themselves. If it can be automated, I've probably automated it.
Tools & Technologies
“The best code is the code you never have to write because a workflow handles it.”
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These diverse skills make me a more complete problem solver. Let's discuss how I can bring this unique perspective to your project.