I am a voice and audio specialist with 30+ years of professional performance, music production, and audio engineering experience. I work hands-on recording, evaluating, and annotating speech datasets used in AI voice model training pipelines. As both voice talent and audio engineer, I produce studio-quality narration and speech recordings while evaluating AI-generated voice outputs for prosody, timing, emotional delivery, articulation, and realism. I translate nuanced listening judgments into structured feedback that helps improve text-to-speech systems, voice cloning models, and speech AI datasets.

Steve Rossi

I am a voice and audio specialist with 30+ years of professional performance, music production, and audio engineering experience. I work hands-on recording, evaluating, and annotating speech datasets used in AI voice model training pipelines. As both voice talent and audio engineer, I produce studio-quality narration and speech recordings while evaluating AI-generated voice outputs for prosody, timing, emotional delivery, articulation, and realism. I translate nuanced listening judgments into structured feedback that helps improve text-to-speech systems, voice cloning models, and speech AI datasets.

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I am a voice and audio specialist with 30+ years of professional performance, music production, and audio engineering experience. I work hands-on recording, evaluating, and annotating speech datasets used in AI voice model training pipelines.

As both voice talent and audio engineer, I produce studio-quality narration and speech recordings while evaluating AI-generated voice outputs for prosody, timing, emotional delivery, articulation, and realism. I translate nuanced listening judgments into structured feedback that helps improve text-to-speech systems, voice cloning models, and speech AI datasets.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Music Director & Program Leader at School of Rock
January 1, 2012 - Present
Managed and coordinated a team of up to 45 instructors and program directors; directed hundreds of live performances and large ensemble productions; evaluated musical performance focusing on timing, tone, phrasing, and stylistic accuracy; provided structured feedback improving performance execution and cohesion; designed rehearsal workflows used across multiple locations; mentored musicians and trained instructors on performance standards and rehearsal methods.
AI Voice & Speech Evaluation Specialist / Independent Contractor at Independent Contractor
January 1, 2023 - Present
Contributed to creation, evaluation, and refinement of speech datasets used to train and benchmark modern voice AI systems; evaluated speech, narration, and music datasets; annotated pitch accuracy, rhythm alignment, timbre classification, articulation, and speaker characteristics; assessed AI-generated voice outputs for naturalness, emotional alignment, pacing, and prosody; applied structured evaluation rubrics, developed prompts and evaluation rubrics; performed audio quality analysis including artifact detection, spectral consistency, and noise issues; scored and ranked model outputs to support benchmarking and dataset quality improvements.
AI Voice & Speech Evaluation Specialist at Independent Contractor
January 1, 2023 - Present
Self-employed contractor contributing to the creation, evaluation, and refinement of speech datasets for AI voice systems. I evaluate speech narration and music datasets, annotate pitch, rhythm, timbre, articulation, and speaker characteristics, assess AI-generated outputs for naturalness, emotional alignment, pacing, and realism, apply structured rubrics, develop evaluation prompts, and support dataset quality improvements with edge-case feedback.
AI Annotation & Audio Evaluation Specialist at Independent Contractor
January 1, 2023 - Present
Contribute to the creation, evaluation, and refinement of speech datasets used to train and benchmark modern voice AI systems. Evaluate speech, narration, and music datasets used within AI voice and audio model training pipelines. Annotate pitch accuracy, rhythm, timbre, articulation, and speaker characteristics. Assess AI-generated voice outputs for naturalness, emotional alignment, pacing, and prosody. Apply structured evaluation rubrics to assess quality and realism. Develop prompts and evaluation rubrics to test voice model behavior across narration and emotional delivery scenarios. Perform audio quality analysis including artifact detection and spectral consistency. Score and rank model outputs to support evaluation workflows and dataset guidelines.
Independent Contractor at Self-employed / AI Data Labeling & Evaluation Projects
January 1, 2023 - Present
Contributed to the creation, evaluation, and refinement of speech datasets used to train and benchmark modern voice AI systems. Evaluated narration and music datasets, annotated pitch accuracy, rhythm alignment, timbre classification, articulation, and speaker characteristics; Assessed AI-generated speech for naturalness, emotional alignment, pacing, and prosody; Applied evaluation rubrics and supported dataset quality improvements.

Education

Commercial Music and Business Coursework at Volunteer State Community College
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Commercial Music and Business Coursework at Volunteer State Community College
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Commercial Music and Business Coursework at Volunteer State Community College
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Commercial Music and Business Coursework at Volunteer State Community College
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
Commercial Music and Business Coursework at Volunteer State Community College
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026

Qualifications

Prompt Engineering Specialization
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Generative AI for Leaders
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
AI for Course Design
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Google Prompting Essentials
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Introduction to Generative AI
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Prompt Engineering Specialization
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Generative AI for Leaders
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
AI for Course Design
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Google Prompting Essentials
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Introduction to Generative AI
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Prompt Engineering Specialization
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Generative AI for Leaders
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
AI for Course Design
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Google Prompting Essentials
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Introduction to Generative AI
January 11, 2030 - March 27, 2026
Prompt Engineering Specialization
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
Generative AI for Leaders
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
AI for Course Design
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
Google Prompting Essentials
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
Introduction to Generative AI
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
Prompt Engineering Specialization
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
Generative AI for Leaders
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
AI for Course Design
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
Google Prompting Essentials
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026
Introduction to Generative AI
January 11, 2030 - April 3, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Other