For creatives · Artists · Musicians · Writers

I build with AI. Then I help you actually use it.

Everyone suddenly has an AI tool to sell you. I work with this stuff every day. And I believe the people who get the most out of AI aren't the tech people. They're the artists, musicians, writers, content creators, and the neuro-spicy thinkers who've always seen the world a little differently. You already think differently. I'm here to hand you the tools.

Let's talk → My story
Andrew Austin in Stockholm's old town
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
The short version / 01

Most people can build it or explain it. I happen to do both.

I work with AI every day, building real things for real situations. Then I show you how it fits your work, so you understand your own tools and aren't dependent on someone else to keep them running. That mix of building and teaching is what I'm here for.

What I actually do / 02
(01)

Build the thing

I've built personal learning tools, IT study systems, and automation tools for myself. AI as a thinking partner, a study buddy, a creative sounding board. Everything I teach, I actually use.

(02)

Teach it straight

A decade as a teacher means I explain the why, in plain English. You leave actually able to use the thing, and improve it without me.

(03)

Translate between worlds

I've spent years bridging creators, clients, and developers. I can sit with an artist who has a vision and turn it into something a builder can execute, then explain it back in plain English. That back-and-forth is rarer than it sounds.

How I got here / 03

A pretty non-linear path to doing this for a living.

Music teacher, marathoner, gaming-startup builder, IT tech, now AI. Pittsburgh gave me the grit, running gave me the patience, and bouncing between worlds made me a chameleon. I work across disciplines, and that range is my edge. I can talk to anyone, pick up almost any vocabulary in a weekend, and I'm never afraid to try something new.

Pittsburgh, PAWhere it starts

Steel City grit, baked in

Grew up in Pittsburgh and studied at IUP. The steel-town thing is real: roll up your sleeves, don't quit, get it done. I'm a grinder by default, and that grit is the one part of me that never changed, no matter how many times everything else did.

Sweden12 years

Music teacher, marathoner, startup builder

Twelve years abroad. I taught music in my second language, ran the Stockholm streets, and joined Lurkit as employee #5, a Swedish gaming startup connecting game studios with content creators. Different country, different industry, different language. I figured it out every time. That's the chameleon in me.

CaliforniaNow

AI tools built for creative people

Back in the US, working where AI meets creativity. Building tools and content for artists, musicians, writers, content creators, and creative entrepreneurs who want to move faster without losing what makes their work theirs. I'm excited to see what people make when you hand them the right tools.

From Stockholm to California.

Same guy · different zip codes
Andrew after a marathon in Sweden
Stockholm Marathon
Andrew in a small plane cockpit
Logging flight hours
Andrew at Pismo Beach, California
Pismo Beach, now
12+
Years teaching
& explaining
#5
Employee at a
scaled startup
2
Countries
called home
A+
CompTIA &
MD-102 certified
The big idea / 04

Be the conductor of your own orchestra.

A conductor doesn't play every instrument. They understand how the whole thing fits together, and they keep it in time. AI is the same. You don't need to master every tool. You need to see how they work together, and learn to lead them.

I connect across fields. Music teacher, gaming-startup employee #5, IT tech, now AI. I never fit neatly in one box, and never really felt like I fit in anywhere. But that constant searching is what made me creative. It's the kind of range AI actually rewards: people who connect ideas across fields, not people who memorized one app.

I'll tell you what I genuinely believe: the people who are about to be best at this are the ones who spent their whole lives being told they were doing it wrong. The kids who struggled in school. The kids who couldn't sit still. The artists, the musicians, the business owner with a vision they couldn't quite get out. Anyone who's ever felt like they were communicating on a slightly different frequency than everyone else. AI rewards exactly that kind of thinking. It runs on metaphor, lateral leaps, and connecting things that don't obviously belong together. That's always been you. The parts of your work that have nothing to do with the thing you're actually good at get smaller. You just need someone to show you the tools.

And the music? Real.

Some of what I made along the way.

Yes, that's actually me. Open in Spotify ↗

“Vocabulary is the only real barrier, and that's a weekend of reading.”
My honest take on learning almost anything
Free

A free teacher that adapts to you.

It lives inside Claude or Gemini and adapts to how you think. There's no syllabus to keep up with and no schedule to fall behind on. You can work through it lesson by lesson if that's your thing, or just ask it whatever you're stuck on and go. It moves at your pace, not a curriculum's.

See how it works →
Say hello / 05

Let's make
something useful.

andrew@andrewaustin.me

If you're a creative, an artist, a musician, a writer, or just someone whose brain works differently — tell me what you're working on. I'm not thinking about money first. I'm thinking about what would actually help you. The guide is free.

Most of my teaching happens out loud, to about 41K on TikTok and 16K on YouTube. Mostly music and explaining things in plain English.