Maxwell Perkins

M.M., Music Theory and Composition (Songwriting Concentration)

New York University  ·  2022

B.A., Music Composition, Certificate in Business

University of Wisconsin–Madison  ·  2014

Private Music Instructor

2011–Present

• Piano, drums, audio production, and composition, one-on-one and in groups.
• Developed original curricula for composition and audio production for beginner to advanced levels, available on request.

The Composer Compass

2026–present  ·  walkthrough

An AI composer assistant that does not compose music; it learns your compositional process and augments your creative capacity through a structured protocol in the background and a simple interface in the foreground.

• Learns a composer's process from a structured intake form filled out per piece, then evaluates new work against it: trained via an AI analysis agent and a rubric scoring six compositional dimensions plus three modifiers.
• Grounds every evaluation in the composer's own reference material, not generic AI assumptions, via a searchable personal music theory library (ChromaDB).
• Allows the composer to visualize their creative workflow in a Next.js interface built on the Anthropic API: planning, sketching, analyzing, draft management, and engraving.
• Tested the trained agent across several AI models to compare the utility of each response using a multi-dimension, weighted rubric.

Composer CRM

2026–present

A tool to organize and manage the career side of being a composer.

• Tracks performers, prospects, ensembles, venues, and concerts (budgets, communications, media).
• A newsletter builder tool.
• An AI outreach feature to research and compile new prospects.

Virtual Agency

2026–present, in training

A virtual label/publisher: customizable AI employees that fill the roles a record label or publisher normally provides, still in training and under close human oversight.

• Each agent is a system prompt (job description) plus a set of tools/skills.
• Can run on a schedule or be triggered manually.
• Marketing, Web Design, and Social Media virtual employees have produced a concert landing page and digital program notes, an outreach campaign, and a content calendar.

The Sprout Suite

2025–present

Four internal tools built for Sprout Society, a Brooklyn community space for creatives: a CRM, a grant research and writing assistant, a social media manager, and a campaign tracker.

• CRM: a tool to manage contacts, donors, outreach, and events management.
• Grant Tool: AI assisted grant research and compatibility, with grant life cycle tracking, and application workspace.
• Social Media Manager: a repository and workspace for social media content, with an automated publishing feature that runs on a content calendar.
• Campaign Tracker: a dynamic QR code builder that tracks scans and visualizes data.

TeacherAID

2026–present  ·  walkthrough

A teaching studio manager for an independent music teacher: scheduling, payroll, student records, booking, and business planning, all run from one lesson ledger.

• Logs each lesson in one tap (held, cancelled, or excused), and every hour total, pay sheet, and student record updates from that entry.
• Builds a pay-period hours sheet for each employer, and locks a submitted period so hours already sent never change.
• Lets families book open lesson times from a single link, and turns an income target into weekly teaching hours and a roster size.
• Sends scheduled daily, weekly, and pay-period email summaries, with AI observations on each closed period via the Anthropic API.

Community Manager  ·  Sprout Society

Brooklyn, NY  ·  February 2026–Present

• Manage community, membership growth, social media, event planning, outreach, and grant research and reporting.
• See Applied Systems for the internal software toolset built for this role.

Freelance Prompt Engineer  ·  Handshake AI

Aug 2025–Present

• Annotate and evaluate AI-generated music.
• Write prompts and rubrics to evaluate AI responses on musical analysis, not generation: identify failures and document the correct answer.

Founder  ·  Music Major Records LLC

Jul 2023–Aug 2025

• Founded and ran a company: a platform for college musicians to collaborate and build their careers.
• Owned strategy, product, marketing, and finances. Began market testing, iterated the model, then decided to place the project on hold.

Producer & Recording Engineer  ·  Misfits' Instruments Studio

2018–Present

• Produced, arranged, and mixed recordings, analog and digital, from tracking through final mix, in Pro Tools and Logic.
• Played as a session musician and handled studio scheduling and session logistics.

Composer and Songwriter  ·  Independent

2014–Present

• Both in pop/contemporary and concert music styles.
• Songwriting and producer credits for pop and rock (John Harvie, Brett Altman).
• A recent return to concert music and re-debut concert in June 2026 in NYC.
• Produce and host a concert music series for composers and performers in NYC.