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AI Musician Track

Become a Certified AI Musician

A real certification for real skills, not button-pushing or prompting alone. Complete the four-book AI Musician Track, build a capstone, and earn a credential you can proudly post on LinkedIn and social. Augment, don't generate. AI does the chores; you make the music.

The AI Musician Track begins October 15, 2026.

Human-Reviewed Certification

Your capstone is personally reviewed by Jonathan Barrios, a data scientist, AI/ML engineer, and professional musician. This isn't an auto-graded quiz or a certificate mill. It's a real review from someone who lives at the intersection of machine learning and music, which means feedback you can actually grow from, and a certification that means something.

How to Get Certified

To earn the certification you need to own all four books in the AI Musician Track. Once you own all four, you unlock the capstone submission link and review.

Full Track Bundle

$99.99

All four books at once: the best value and the simplest path to certification (saves ~$60 vs. buying individually).

Individual Books

$39.99 each

Prefer to go one stage at a time? Buy books individually, own all four, and you're eligible for the capstone.

The Four Stages

Each book is a stage in the track, and each stands on its own.

Stage 1
Foundations

Artificial Intelligence for Musicians

Understand what AI is (Software 1.0 / 2.0 / 3.0) and wield a little Python as a force multiplier.

Stage 2
Literacy

Prompt Engineering for Musicians

Become AI literate with the hottest new programming language: English.

Stage 3
Agency

Vibe Coding for Musicians

Agency > Intelligence. Once you know prompt engineering, vibe coding will take you to the next level.

Stage 4
Architect

Augmented Intelligence for Musicians

AI engineering foundations for musicians: build custom AI systems to help you do almost anything.

The Certification

Certification isn't a checkbox. You'll build a real capstone project that shows you can put AI to work as a musician. Showcase it on your own vibe-coded website, your portfolio, self-published work, wherever you want. The sky's the limit. When your capstone passes review, you earn the AI Musician certificate: a real credential you can post on LinkedIn and social media to show you have genuine, applied skills.

AI Musician Community: Building it Together

Book owners get access to our Slack and Discord community, and Jonathan is in it too. Ask questions, share progress, get unstuck, and help each other earn the AI Musician certification. We're learning to build real things with AI, together, for real.