Andrew Sallop Fenlon
1415 Commonwealth Ave. Newton, MA. 02465
Email: pepper@asdf.us
Public Repo: https://github.com/pepperpepperpepper
Personal Site: http://asdf.us/pepper
Personal Projects/Research
- Procedural Paintings (2016-present) Developed a technology stack to produce parameter-based,
stochastic imagery and rendered images as oil on canvas http://asdf.us/paintings
- Songshark (2016-present) Algorithmic and AI-driven music company formed at the Harvard Innovation
Lab. Worked as the sole-programmer and CTO. Winner of the 2016 Dean’s Challenge in Cultural
Entrepreneurship at Harvard. http://songshark.com
- Endless Strings (2016) A 6000-song album of original and unique music produced using the Songshark
technology stack. http://endless-strings.com
- Syllabification (2016) Used Machine Learning and web-scraping techniques to create a toolkit for syllable
separation. Software can translate a string into its phonetic representation, and subsequently its
constituent syllables, using pattern recognition and statistical analysis of phonemes in English. Also
provides a way to use the syllable separations to sort all words in a text document by rhyme, scoring
rhyme strength using a syllable-based rhyme heuristic. Objective was to develop methods to do
computer-based syllable division and algorithmic rhyming.
- Syllabification (2014) Used Machine Learning and web-scraping techniques to create a toolkit for syllable
separation. Software can translate a string into its phonetic representation, and subsequently its
constituent syllables, using pattern recognition and statistical analysis of phonemes in English. Also
provides a way to use the syllable separations to sort all words in a text document by rhyme, scoring
rhyme strength using a syllable-based rhyme heuristic. Objective was to develop methods to do
computer-based syllable division and algorithmic rhyming.
- VSTi/LADSPA/DSSI/OSS Hosts (2014) Wrote command-line tools in C to parse MIDI and render MIDI files
with software instrument plugins for a variety of plugin APIs.
- Music Serialization (2015) Have been extensively researching methods to describe musical compositions
in terms of parameters. Objective is to create new tools for music prototyping, AI/statistics-based musical
composition and state/HMM-based musical prediction. Extensive research on computational score
analysis and music theory grammars.
- Chime Crisis LLC (2014) Launched a made-to-order personal song delivery service with a friend using
automatic/algorithmic music composition. Compositions and lyrics were developed using custom Python
music prototyping and music production libraries using data from Facebook and Twitter APIs.
- Photoblaster (2011-Present) Created a public online suite of parameter-based image editing tools,
allowing users to generate gradients or perform DSP effects on images through a web form and
server-side processing. Has accumulated a consistent user base and over 500,000 images in cloud
storage. Developed a Python library and to analyze the image processing commands in the user data
and MapReduce log files to determine image popularity. Experimented with using the analysis results to
drive AI-based image generation. Made in collaboration with Jules LaPlace of OkFocus.
- Scannerjammer (2011) Created a video and music sharing website where users can post videos and
mp3s from Vimeo, YouTube, Soundcloud and other vendors live into a chat. Made in collaboration with
Jules LaPlace of OkFocus.
Freelance Full-stack Developer / IT Consultant
- Based Twitter Feeder (2012) Created an app for the rap entertainer Lil B to track all instances of the word
“based” on Twitter and Instagram. Wrote services to monitor users who made reference to any of a set of
key terms in an effort to keep track of Lil B’s most devoted fans online. Created views for the app data,
and a real-time Twitter client for users to sign in and perform all Twitter actions. Used a REST api written
in Perl catalyst and SQL. Came up with a system to identify when a user was using the word “based” in
the context of Lil B.
- Girltime (2013) Created software to track all photo posts on Twitter and Instagram for text containing the
string “#girltime” in reference to the rap entertainer Lil B. Included a client that would allow users signed
into Twitter to take a photo, edit the photo (draw and add text), download and edit another user’s photo,
like, post and repost. Included a public “#girltime” gallery, which would update continuously in real-time.
- Basedgodhead.com, Basedworld Shop, RareBasedItems, et al. (2012-2013) Created a custom
e-commerce framework in Ruby on Rails using ActiveMerchant for payment processing and the USPS
api for fulfillment tools.
- FindATree.com, Chromesparks.com, et al. (2011-present) Developed a custom flat-file CMS in Python to
allow for easy web publishing and editing without the need of a database installation.
- (Atlantic Charter Insurance. 2011- Present) Helped to integrate a new computer system and claim
processing system for an insurance company and agency. Worked on data persistence and security.
Performed various other IT related tasks.
Technical Skills
- Strong in Python, Ruby, Perl, C and Javascript/Nodejs. Additional experience in C++, Java, Common Lisp
and Scala. Experience with SQL, AWS and techniques such as hashing, indexing and MapReduce. Linux
Enthusiast. Familiar with Hadoop, HDFS, HBase.
Education
New England Conservatory of Music – BM (2007). Tufts University – BA (2007). Phillips Academy at
Andover (H.S.)
References
Sebastian Demian (booking@basedworld.com)
Julian LaPlace (jules@okfoc.us)
Joseph Russo (jnrusso@atlanticcharter.com)
