Music Annotation Expert for Field Recordings and AI Review

What You'll Do6

• Annotate 30–90 second field recordings by identifying instruments, tempo, key, and timestamps for background events like traffic, sirens, or applause.
• Compare paired recordings of the same song from different locations and note similarities and differences.
• In later phases, review AI-generated descriptions of clips and mark them as correct, incorrect, or fabricated, with a short written justification.
• Attend a paid onboarding and calibration session plus a brief weekly sync.
• Use a web platform with dropdowns, timestamps, and structured notes to complete annotations.
• Maintain a quiet workspace and use quality headphones for accurate listening.

Requirements7

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in music or audio.
• Strong analytical listening skills: ability to isolate individual instruments in noisy, real-world mixes.
• Ability to identify tempo within a few BPM and musical key using relative pitch with a reference.
• Comfort with repetitive, detail-oriented annotation tasks in a web platform.
• Clear written English for brief, evidence-based notes (e.g., 'accordion enters around 0:12').
• Own quality headphones, a quiet workspace, and reliable internet.
• Availability of 20–25 hours per week during the engagement.

Who Should Apply

Musicians, producers, music educators, sound recordists, or audio editors with 3+ years of experience who can pick out instruments in noisy field recordings and notate tempo and key. The role suits detail-oriented people who are comfortable with repetitive annotation and can write clear, concise notes in English.

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