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Main Act Artist · Our story

One musician.
One machine. One school.

Main Act started with a problem John Brunsfeld knew personally: serious music study meant separate teachers, separate apps, and no shared record of progress. He could not afford that faculty, so he built it with AI.

AI helps write and build Main Act. John owns release decisions and corrections; neither is a substitute for the qualified people responsible for high-stakes work.

John Brunsfeld, founder and product editor of Main Act

Founder and product editor

John Brunsfeld

Musician, developer, learner, and the person accountable for what ships.

01 · Origin

The music school I wanted did not exist.

Learning voice, songwriting, repertoire, mixing, live sound, and lighting usually means finding different teachers and starting over in every subject. I wanted one place that remembered the work and connected the skills.

01

Vocals

Part of one practice history, alongside the other schools in Main Act Artist.

02

Songwriting

Part of one practice history, alongside the other schools in Main Act Artist.

03

Repertoire

Part of one practice history, alongside the other schools in Main Act Artist.

So I made the school I wanted to attend. Main Act remembers what you worked on, gives you a short session for today, and uses the result to plan what comes next.

02 · The two builders

John owns the standard. AI expands the work.

John owns the problem, the release call, and the correction. AI makes more drafts, alternatives, edge cases, and checks possible; neither role turns internal review into independent expert endorsement.

John decides

Which musician problems Main Act should solve

What each lesson, drill, and feature should accomplish

What needs expert review or a clear safety warning

What gets revised, released, or removed

AI helps build

Draft lessons, exercises, interfaces, and code

Offer alternatives and find weak assumptions

Run repetitive checks across a large curriculum

Revise quickly after testing exposes a problem

03 · The work

An idea is only useful when it survives the product.

A lesson has to make sense in context. A drill has to run. A result has to help with the next practice session. We test the finished experience, not just the draft.

01

Choose the problem

Start with something a musician needs to learn, practise, or remember.

02

Build

Use AI to draft lessons, exercises, interfaces, tests, and alternatives.

03

Try it

Use the finished feature as a learner would, including the awkward and broken paths.

04

Revise or release

Cut anything vague, misleading, unsafe, or less useful than the thing it replaces.

What review does not mean

This is an internal product loop, not independent conservatory, clinical, legal, engineering, or standards endorsement. High-stakes decisions still belong with qualified professionals and the rules that govern the real situation.

04 · The schools

The best explanation of Main Act Artist is the work itself.

Explore a school or try a free tool. You should be able to understand what to do and get something useful without taking this story on faith.

05 · Corrections

If something is wrong, tell us.

Main Act can contain a bad explanation, an inaccurate claim, or a feature that does not work as described. The Support route helps you include the page and problem, and still exposes a copyable address if a mail app is unavailable.

Built by two

One musician, one machine, six disciplines, and a seat for anyone who wants to get better.