Music & Sound Annotation Expert remote job
The Music & Sound Annotation Expert job is a remote contract role for musicians and audio professionals. You would listen to short field recordings, log instruments, tempo, key and background events on a web platform, and later grade AI descriptions of the same clips.
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Role facts, as shown on the listing
- Pay
- $30–$45 per hour
- Taken from the listing's pay field; the written description does not repeat a rate.
- Our arithmetic on the listed ranges: the midpoint here is $37.50 an hour, the lowest of the 10 Languages & audio roles on this site; midpoints there run from $37.50 to $52.50.
- Hours
- 20 to 25 hours a week during the engagement window
- Location
- Remote
- Contract
- Contractor
- Openings
- 10 (as listed)
- Listed
- 31 Oct 2026
- Checked
- 6 Nov 2026
- Field
- Languages & Audio
- Analytical listening
- Music theory knowledge
- Audio annotation
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
What the work involves
- Listen to 30 to 90 second field recordings and annotate instruments, tempo, key, timestamped background events and scene details.
- Compare paired recordings of one song captured in different places and judge what changed.
- In later phases, mark AI descriptions of clips as correct, wrong or invented, with a short written explanation.
- Attend a paid onboarding and calibration session and a short weekly sync.
Before you apply: what the listing asks for
Listed as required
- At least 3 years of hands-on music or audio experience.
- Strong analytical listening: picking out individual instruments in a noisy, real-world mix.
- Tempo to within a few BPM and musical key; relative pitch with a reference is fine.
- Comfort with detailed annotation in a web platform and clear written English for brief notes.
- Quality headphones, a quiet workspace, reliable internet and 20 to 25 hours a week.
Also stated in the listing
- Working musicians, session players, producers, mixing engineers or conservatory students and graduates.
- Music educators, ear-training instructors, location sound recordists, sound designers, foley artists or podcast editors.
Who this is not for
Not a fit if you can give only a few hours a week or lack headphones and a quiet room; the listing asks for 20 to 25 hours.
Questions about this role
How many hours a week does it take?
The listing asks for availability of 20 to 25 hours a week during the engagement window.
What does the Music & Sound Annotation job pay?
The pay field on the listing shows $30 to $45 an hour. The written description mentions no rate.
Source: the role's job listing on micro1. Facts were checked on 6 Nov 2026; the description above is condensed and reworded by us. Confirm details on the original listing before you apply.