The
Evolution
of
Composition.
Building the tools that should already exist.
Creative Utilities
Production ResourcesHarmonic Aligner
Drag slider to morph from modern compromise to mathematical perfection (4:5:6 ratios).
Wwise Companion
Implementation calculator for game music. Calculate sample-accurate loop lengths and delay times.
Sweetened Tuner
James Taylor's custom cent-offset tuning system. Essential for perfect acoustic resonance.
AI Music Assistant
Paste this system prompt into your LLM of choice to create a specialized assistant for generating musical descriptors and lyrics.
Future R&D
Concepts In DevelopmentThe Silence Sculptor
"Music is not what you add, but what you remove." Chisel away at white noise to reveal the groove.
Polyrhythm Galaxy
Align planets to create rare "Eclipse Events" where polyrhythms resolve into unison.
Quantization Breaker
Apply "Human Drift" via emotional keywords like "Anxious" (rushed) or "Lazy" (dragged).
Experiments
Process & DiscoveryFrom Instrumental to Anthem: AI-Powered Music Production
A back catalog of released instrumentals that always felt incomplete. Using Suno's Remix feature to collaborate with AI and finish the original vision. The principle: higher quality input yields stunning output. Every AI-generated track presented exactly as rendered—no edits, no mastering, not even a single import into a DAW.
User Experience
Album opener from Human-Computer Interaction. Contemplative mood, evolving synth pads, subtle rhythm. After ~2000 credits, the result feels radio-ready.
Road Bear
Lo-fi hip-hop beat with a repetitive synth line. The AI simplified my over-dense original to make space for the vocal—now the most important element.
Aer
Ambient textures, minimalist piano. The AI delivered an introspective vocal with a huge chorus at 1:07—exactly the dynamic contrast the track needed.
Lebec Happy Accident
Forgot to add a starting bracket to my lyric prompt. For the first 90 seconds, the AI literally sings my instructions back to me. These accidents are part of the process.
PromptFunk Meta Experiment
A funky, meta-aware track where the vocals describe what the prompt is doing in real-time. Used parentheses instead of brackets—another happy accident I regularly groove to in the car.
Takeaways
The ability to generate pristine, release-quality vocals on demand is a paradigm shift. For an instrumental artist, this is the holy grail.
I foresee a "proof-of-human" movement—artists using verifiable ledgers to prove their work is 100% unassisted, creating a new category where true unassisted talent is the main attraction.
Conversational Control of Audio Software
Using Model Context Protocol (MCP) to bridge AI reasoning with audio software APIs. Speak to your tools. Query project state in plain English. Batch-edit parameters with conversational commands.
Micro-Tuning for Alternate Tunings
Extending James Taylor's sweetened tuning beyond standard tuning. Browser-based tools that calculate optimal cent offsets for DADGAD, Open G, Nashville—any tuning system.
Tools for composers who think in systems.
Back Pocket Music builds creative utilities at the intersection of music theory, acoustics, and emerging technology. We're particularly interested in how AI can augment—not replace—the composer's workflow.
Our focus: conversational control of audio software, browser-based tools for tuning and tempo, and experimental interfaces that make complex musical concepts tangible.
We believe the universal API is sight. Everything here is built with minimal infrastructure: single-file tools that work offline, copy-pastable solutions, and documentation written for humans first.
- Interactive Music Systems
- MCP for Audio Software
- Acoustics & Tuning
- Browser Audio Tools
- Python / MCP SDK
- Audio Middleware APIs
- Web Audio API
- Vanilla JS / Tailwind
- Offline-first
- Single-file when possible
- Beginner-friendly docs
- Copy/paste deployable