Music Expert (Music Teacher / Musician)

Role Title: Music Expert (Music Teacher / Musician)

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

micro1 is engaging Music Experts (Music Teachers / Musicians) to contribute their analytical listening and music theory expertise to a unique customer project. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required - your domain knowledge is what matters.

Scope of Work

• Listen attentively to 30-90 second field recordings using quality headphones in a quiet workspace and provide detailed, structured annotations on musical content, including instrument identification, tempo, key, and timestamps for audible background events (e.g., traffic, applause, sirens).

• Document scene details through a project-specific web platform, ensuring clarity and precision in musical and environmental observations.

• Compare pairs of recordings of the same song from different locations, highlighting consistent and varying musical or contextual elements.

• Review and evaluate AI model-generated descriptions of musical clips, marking accuracy and providing concise, evidence-based written feedback.

• Participate in a brief paid onboarding/calibration session and attend short weekly online syncs to align on project standards and expectations.

• Maintain high annotation quality across repetitive, detail-oriented tasks using dropdown menus, structured notes, and timestamps.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on music or audio experience as a musician, teacher, producer, session player, or similar.

• Formal conservatory training or a degree in music theory or instrumental performance is highly desirable.

• Exceptional analytical listening skills - ability to isolate instruments and events from complex real-world audio mixes.

• Proficiency in identifying musical key and tempo (within a few BPM) using relative pitch and reference tools as needed.

• Experience with audio annotation, music transcription, or sound analysis preferred.

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills for precise annotation and collaborative feedback.

• Reliable access to high-quality headphones, a quiet workspace, and stable internet connectivity.