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todd anstis

Founder, StudioOps Songwriter & producer as Project Hireth Fort Worth, Texas

Todd Anstis builds tools that help musicians finish what they start. A cum laude graduate of Berklee College of Music, he's the founder of StudioOps, where he designs AI creative companions that remember an artist's history and protect their authorship. He writes and produces his own music as Project Hireth, and he lives in Fort Worth, Texas.

01 / Follow along

Work in progress, in order.

Research, the Atlas Letters, and StudioOps news in one place, newest first.

  1. Atlas · 18 Yes, We Actually Make Music HereOn guitar pedals, artificial intelligence, and what happens when a Bloom gets on stage.
  2. Atlas · 09 Building Places Instead of ProductsSignal, Workbench, Practice Coach, and Runway aren't four products. They're one place.
  3. Atlas · 17 I Wanted Too Many ThingsOn wanting too many lives: mastery, curiosity, and refusing to pick just one table.
  4. Atlas · 16 Cross the CafeteriaOn crossing tribes, from high school cafeterias to how we sort ourselves in tech.
  5. Research Accepted: ISMIR 2026 Late-Breaking DemoThe Creative Memory Engine: Realization-Oriented AI for Independent Musicians.
  6. Atlas · 15 You Own ThemOn AI leaders who warn about danger without owning the consequences.
  7. Atlas · 14 Fear Is the MoatHow frontier AI labs turn existential fear into a competitive moat.
  8. Atlas · 08 Beauty Is a Product DecisionBeauty isn't decoration. It's what happens when purpose shows up in every detail.
  9. Atlas · 07 We Deleted Three Weeks of WorkThe hardest product decisions are about what to un-build.
  10. Atlas · 13 Don't Compress Mastery. Compress Serendipity.You can't manufacture the lucky bounce, but you can get better at being where the ball might land.
  11. Atlas · 06 Designing for MomentumInspiration gets you started. Momentum is what gets you finished.
  12. Atlas · 05 Craftsmanship in the Age of AIThe highest compliment is when the craft disappears.
  13. Atlas · 12 After the Workshop EndsWhat happens when the room empties, and why StudioOps exists to help artists keep becoming.
  14. Atlas · 04 Creativity Is a NetworkArtists don't think in folders. They think in connections.
  15. Atlas · 03 The Archive Shouldn't Be a GraveyardMost artists don't lose ideas. They lose access to them.
  16. Atlas · 02 The Artist Is Still the AuthorSome of our best demos never shipped, because they looked impressive and violated everything we believe.
  17. Atlas · 11 I Don't Want AI to Make ArtI want it to make artists better. Those are two very different ambitions.
  18. Atlas · 01 Why Principles Come Before FeaturesBuilding in the AI era is about knowing where you are willing to slow down.
  19. Research Presented at AIMS 2026, BerkleeThe Creative Memory Engine: Designing AI Systems That Preserve and Activate an Artist's Creative History.
02 / Research

Research

AI systems that help musicians reconnect with their own unfinished work, while the artist stays the author.

AcceptedISMIR 2026Late-Breaking / Demo

The Creative Memory Engine: Realization-Oriented AI for Independent Musicians

Todd Anstis

“Most artists don’t have an idea problem — they have a connection problem.” From the acceptance announcement

An extended abstract presented in the late-breaking demo session. It is not part of the ISMIR proceedings.

PDF · Placeholder, coming soon Announcement ↗ ISMIR 2026 LBD ↗
PresentedAIMS 2026Berklee · Session

The Creative Memory Engine: Designing AI Systems That Preserve and Activate an Artist’s Creative History

Todd Anstis

A session at AIMS, Berklee’s AI music summit.

Session announcement ↗ Recap ↗ AIMS 2026 ↗

Related: StudioOps: An Apprenticeship Engine for Artists (slides)

03 / Music

Project Hireth

Songs written by Todd Anstis as Project Hireth, listed as “Hireth” on streaming services.

Spotify ↗ Apple Music ↗ TIDAL ↗ YouTube Music ↗ Amazon Music ↗
  1. Aug 2022Right on CourseSingle SpotifyAppleAmazon
  2. Oct 2021Hey YouSingle SpotifyAppleAmazon
  3. Sep 2021You Were Never Really HereSingle SpotifyAppleAmazon
  4. Apr 2021Taken OverSingle SpotifyAppleAmazon
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