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Incantations for Spotify

YEAR COMPLETED: 2022
CLIENT: self-initiated
TECH STACK: MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node, Javascript, HTML, CSS/SCSS
DESIGN TOOLS: Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
COLLABORATORS: Phil Berdecio, Aryn Ling
CATEGORIES: art direction, design, development, MERN, music, collaboration

Creative direction, design, prototyping, and front-end development for Incantations, a Halloween-themed web app that allows Spotify Premium users to generate a playlist automatically by entering a string of “magic words” of their choosing. Incanted playlists appear automatically in the user’s Spotify library with a built-in description and custom playlist artwork. This MERN-stack application makes use of the Spotify API, Michael Thelin’s Spotify Web API Node wrapper, Gil Barbara’s React Spotify Web Playback player component, and Fergus McDowall’s Stopword node module.

Music for Keyboard and Mouse

YEAR COMPLETED: 2022
CLIENT: self-initiated
TECH STACK: MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node, Javascript, HTML, CSS/SCSS
DESIGN TOOLS: Figma
CATEGORIES: art direction, design, development, MERN, music, collaboration

Creative direction, design, prototyping, and full-stack development for Music for Keyboard and Mouse, a browser-based percussion score for the solo performer. Drawing on the unconventional text-based scores and sheet music of experimental composer John Cage, this full-stack MERN app prompts users to enact a deadpan piece of percussion music using only their keyboard and mouse (or trackpad).

Bandcamp Lite

YEAR COMPLETED: 2022
CLIENT: self-initiated
TECH STACK: MongoDB, Express.js, Node, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Formidable.js
DESIGN TOOLS: Figma
COLLABORATORS: Corey Neal
CATEGORIES: art direction, design, wireframes, prototypes, development, MEN, music, collaboration

Creative direction, design, prototyping, and front-end development for Bandcamp Lite, a MEN-stack CRUD app that reimagines the Bandcamp platform with simplified upload forms and a clean, modernized UI.