Music Specialist | $8/hr Remote

Position: Audio Annotator Music Type: Contractor Assignment Compensation: $8/hr Location: Remote Commitment: Part-time (20-40 hours/week), for 6 weeks Role Responsibilities Listen critically to music clips and write clear, concise, evidence-based descriptions of musical elements. Identify musical forms and section functions, including intros, verses, choruses, bridges, and outros. Identify instruments, playing techniques, and arrangement roles such as bass lines, grooves, pads, leads, counter-melodies, and fills. Analyze harmony, including chord progressions, chord names, pedal points, cadences, key changes, and modulations. Describe the harmonic and melodic roles of individual instruments within an arrangement. Analyze rhythm and groove, including meter, drum patterns, syncopation, tempo changes, and half-time or double-time relationships. Describe melodies, hooks, repetition, call-and-response patterns, vocal styles, and melodic variations. Identify dynamics, textures, builds, drops, crescendos, layering, and changes in musical density. Recognize production techniques such as reverb, delay, distortion, filtering, sidechain effects, stereo imaging, and lo-fi or polished treatments. Describe musical transitions, including fills, risers, stops, cuts, fades, starts, and endings. Review machine-generated descriptions and identify missing, invented, mistimed, or inaccurate musical content. Maintain consistent judgment and annotation quality across audio clips and batches. Requirements Bachelor's degree in Music, preferably specializing in composition or music theory, OR at least 1 year of hands-on music production experience in mixing and/or composing. Strong theoretical understanding of music, including harmony, melody, rhythm, instrumentation, and musical arrangements. Ability to listen critically and identify quiet, brief, overlapping, and changing musical details. Ability to distinguish individual instruments and describe their roles within complex arrangements. Strong understanding of musical structures, chord progressions, tempo, rhythm, and production techniques. Ability to describe music clearly using both everyday and technical musical terminology. Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain focus and consistency across long batches. Application Process Apply via the Easy Apply. Check your email for next steps. Show more Show less