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Music & Sound Annotation Expert
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Role Title: Music & Sound Annotation Expert
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
The company is engaging Music & Sound Annotation Experts to contribute to a customer's project at the forefront of music and audio technology.
Your ears are the ground truth. You'll listen to short field recordings and document exactly what's audible — instruments, tempo, key, background sounds, crowd reactions — through a structured web platform built for this project. Later phases involve grading AI model answers against what you actually heard.
What you'll do
- Listen to 30–90 second field recordings (headphones, your own quiet workspace) and complete structured annotations: which instruments are present, tempo and key, timestamps of background events (traffic, sirens, applause), scene details
- Compare paired recordings of the same song captured at different locations and judge what stayed the same and what changed
- In later phases: review AI model descriptions of clips and mark what's correct, wrong, or invented, with a brief written explanation
- Attend a paid onboarding/calibration session and a short weekly sync
Who we're looking for (any of these backgrounds)
- Working or gigging musicians, session players, producers, or mixing engineers
- Music educators, ear-training instructors, band/choir directors, conservatory students or graduates
- Location sound recordists, sound designers, foley artists, or podcast/documentary audio editors
Requirements
- 3+ years of hands-on music or audio experience
- Strong analytical listening: you can pick individual instruments out of a busy, noisy, real-world mix — not just studio recordings
- Can identify tempo (within a few BPM) and musical key (relative pitch with a reference is fine)
- Comfortable with detail-oriented, repetitive annotation work in a web platform — dropdowns, timestamps, short structured notes
- Clear written English for brief, evidence-based notes (e.g., "accordion enters around 0:12")
- Quality headphones, quiet workspace, reliable internet
- Available 20–25 hrs/week for the engagement window
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Audio annotation
- Analytical listening
- Music theory knowledge
This role at a glance
At $30–$45/hr, the Music & Sound Annotation Expert role comes to about $2,600–$3,900 a month for 20 hours a week, or $5,200–$7,800 a month full time — roughly $62,000–$94,000 over a full year. These are estimates before tax; contract roles are paid for the hours you work. It was posted 8 days ago. AI Training roles listed on RemoteJobsOne have stayed open a median of 56 days before closing, counted over the 32 that have closed so far.
20 hours a week
$2,600–$3,900
a month, before tax
Full time
$5,200–$7,800
a month at 40 hours a week
A full year
$62,000–$94,000
full time, 52 weeks
Open for
8 days
AI Training roles here close after about 56 days, counted over 32 that have closed. Apply while it is open.
How this pay compares
This role pays $30–$45/hr. Across the 14 hourly ai training roles open on RemoteJobsOne right now, the median runs from $31 to $60 an hour, and published rates range from $8 to $125. Its top rate of $45 sits within the category's median range.
This role
$30–$45/hr
AI Training median
$31–$60/hr · full spread $8 to $125
What these skills pay
Hourly pay across every open role on RemoteJobsOne that asks for the same skills as this one.
- Written communication$50–$90/hr median
64 open roles · up to $400/hr
Questions about this role
How much does the Music & Sound Annotation Expert role pay?
It pays $30–$45/hr, which is about $5,200–$7,800 a month full time before tax. The rate is set by the employer and shown exactly as published.
Compare pay across remote rolesIs this Music & Sound Annotation Expert job fully remote?
Yes. It is listed as a fully remote role, with the posting naming Global. You work from home, on your own equipment.
Is it full-time, part-time or contract work?
It is a contract role: you are paid for the hours you work, and you choose how many to take on within what the employer needs.
How remote contract work worksWhat skills does the Music & Sound Annotation Expert role ask for?
The posting asks for Attention to detail, Written communication, Audio annotation, Analytical listening and Music theory knowledge. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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