I’m a manager, musician, producer, & programmer who knows every stage of the creative process. Whether you’re writing new music, getting in studio, developing a release/social media strategy, or going on tour, I can organize and manage your project from start to finish so you can focus on your art!

Clients


Recent Projects

Sentisonics — A real-time tool for recognizing complex chord-scale relationships and assigning emotional weight to melody & harmony by Thundercat’s Dennis Hamm

The Blank Slate — San Diego Secret Shows


Résumé


Experience:

  • Oct 2022 - Now: Independent artist manager, producer, videographer (San Diego, CA)

    • Manager for PLEXUSPLAY, a jazz-trained vibraphonist and EDM producer

      • Overhauled website & revamping social media presence

      • Establishing passive income sources through merchandise, audience engagement, and software development projects

      • Booking performances at new festivals, events, and venues

    • Manager for Marcel Camargo, a Brazilian jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger

      • Establishing structure, release schedules, creative goals, and renewed direction to several ongoing and new projects/collaborations

    • Manager, Producer & Mixing Engineer for demos of Suite for Altazor:/vocablos sin sombra, Daniel Zermeño Gutierrez’s debut release and a musical reimagining of Vicente Huidobro’s monumental 1931 poetry book

      • Managed pre-production to help Daniel finish draft compositions within 1 month, and crafted album arc, themes, and instrumentation alongside Daniel

      • Booked session players, videographer, recording engineers, and studio time, and scheduled/managed/produced/budgeted recording sessions

      • Prepared written material, videos, and mixes for Tiny Desk & grant proposals, booked tour across various cities in Southern California, established merchandise manufacturing for said tour

    • Videographer for bassist Mark Dresser

      • Filmed & edited A Book of Infernos, a live performance/poetry reading by Mark and poet Jerome Rothenberg at The Loft, UCSD in May 2023

      • Filmed & edited promotional material for Mark’s 2023 release Tines of Change

    • Producer for upcoming folk/jazz/bossa album by composer, lyricist, & vocalist Ege Yalçinbas

      • Managed pre-production between Ege and arranger/musical director Daniel Zermeño Gutierrez

      • Scheduled/managed/produced/budgeted multi-day demo and final recording sessions at different studios

      • Selected/booked full rhythm, horn, and string sections as well as harp/percussion players, and performed on flute

  • Feb 2024 - Now: Software Engineer with Sentisonics (San Diego, CA)

    • Developing scalable code architecture for frontend & backend components of Sentisonics with Dennis Hamm

    • Expanding capabilities of real-time audio engine processing chord-scale relationships & tuned emotional weights

  • Nov 2023 - Now: Venue owner, audio engineer, booker, promoter, & manager of The Blank Slate, my secret black-box-meets-living-room concert venue (San Diego, CA)

  • Mar 2020 - Aug 2021: Producer & teaching assistant for UCSD MUS 95JC (La Jolla, CA)

    • Assisted Kamau Kenyatta in adapting the UCSD MUS 95JC Jazz Chamber Ensembles course to an online format during the COVID-19 pandemic

    • Audio engineer and videographer for numerous horn, guitar, bass, Rhodes, & drum kit tracking sessions in home studio, adhering strictly to COVID lab safety protocols

    • Produced, mixed, and video edited pieces each quarter for release on the UCSD Music YouTube channel (WI20 Showcase, SP21 Showcase, Pat’s Picks)

  • Jun 2018 - Now: Software engineer/consultant (San Diego, CA)

Education:

  • Jan 2022 - Jun 2022: Master of Science in Computer Science, specialization in Artificial Intelligence, University of California San Diego (La Jolla, CA)

    • Thesis: Systems Design of Underwater 3-D Camera Modules

    • Selected Coursework: Computational Algorithms (MUS 270C), Validation/Testing of Embedded Systems (CSE 237C), Machine Learning Methods for 3D Geometry (CSE 291), Structured Prediction for NLP (CSE 291)

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2021: Dual Bachelors of Science in Computer Science & Cognitive Science (spec. Machine Learning & Neural Computation), with minors in Music & Biology, University of California San Diego (La Jolla, CA)