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The ultimate immersive solo music practice aid

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Portfolio

COMING SOON: Sound Design Projects

Pyramid: Animated Short - Sound Design Midterm project for CSULB MUS 556 - Sound Design Created December, 2022

Wall-E - Sound Design Midterm project for CSULB MUS 556 - Sound Design Created October, 2022

Technical Projects

DFA Builder and Input Verrification Website

Created a JavaScript program that a user can build a Deterministic Finite Automaton, and test input strings for validity. Implemented functionality for a user to input their own DFA specifications or chose from examples which are auto-filled into the input form. Designed and implemented a website in HTML/CSS/JavaScript to act as an interface for a user to interact with the program Carefully designed the program and accompanying application to be as accessible and user-friendly as possible, implementing such features as:

Sample form inputs to demonstrate the expected type of input
Ensured appropriate levels of color contrast was used to maximize readability
Designed all buttons and input fields to be large enough to accommodate individuals who struggle with mouse accuracy
Included alternate text for all images to accomidate screen readers

Spotify Playlist Analyzer

Connected with the Spotify API to gain insights about a user’s music listening habits, and more information about genres associated with different artists. Implemented a simple, but intuitive UI to communicate with the application. Functionality includes:

See a breakdown of genre occurrence rate on a user-inputted playlist based on the songs or the artists found on it.
Search for an artist, and see data such as associated genres and popularity
Get information about the overall genre(s) of a playlist based on the songs saved to it

Music Database

Designed, created, populated, and documented a database to store information about music, bands, and concerts
Built a Python application to interact with the database
Created functionality to allow a user to search for bands or playlists, view songs and albums, create or view concert details, etc.
Wrote SQL to populate database as well as create test queries
Built using the Tkinter library for Python

Painting Program

Wrote a small program to allow a user to draw on a blank screen with various pen colors, sizes, and stickers
Designed an easy-to-use interface
Used C++ for all functionality

Art Projects

Face Card Designs

Designed in Adobe Illustrator with plans to expand into a full card set

Animated Music Video

Brought together strangers to each draw or design one frame based on a given prompt
Translated participants drawings into digital copies
Animated video and brought everyones’ art together https://youtu.be/SN994PIem64

Lavender Shape Interaction Designs

A study in using one shape, in this case, a piece of lavender, and using the different shape interactions to create different shapes

Graphic Design Nature Logo

Commissioned to create a digitally designed logo which involved nature and magic

Music Video and Song Production

Digitally produced a cover of Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby in ProTools
Directed and recorded all video clips
Edited all video and audio https://youtu.be/ehgbjntPDtI

Data Science Projects

Coronavirus Data Visualization

Used WHO daily Coronavirus case data to create various visualizations
Processed over 1,000,000 rows of data in order to find meaningful data conclusions
Used R logic to mutate data into usable information
Created report in R Markdown