Music Production Expert - Thai

What you'll do

This Mercor project, run with an unnamed leading AI lab, wants Thai-speaking producers to grade the output of music AI models. The work has three parts:

• Head-to-head comparisons: listen to two AI-generated songs and judge which is better on musicality, creativity, prompt adherence, vocal quality and production or mix quality
• Labelling: tag songs by genre, structure, instrumentation, vocals and other musical characteristics
• Lyrics and vocals review: check AI-generated lyrics and vocal performances against reference material for quality and accuracy

The Thai angle is what makes this variant distinct. Thai is tonal, so a sung melody that ignores the tones of the words can make lyrics sound wrong or even change their meaning; a producer who works in luk thung, mor lam or T-pop will hear that instantly, where a non-Thai evaluator would not. The ad lists broad familiarity with contemporary Thai genres and artists as a plus.

Who fits

• Native or near-native Thai, and able to follow detailed written instructions in English
• 2+ years as a music producer, audio engineer or mixing engineer
• Headphones or studio monitors good enough for critical listening

Nice to have: formal training in performance, theory or composition; credited or commercially released production, engineering or mixing work; and wide knowledge of the current Thai scene.

The application includes a Bilingual Competency Interview in Thai.

What it pays

$18 per hour, as published. The rate for the same brief varies sharply by language: the Russian version of this role pays $35–49 per hour. Mercor notes the project may switch from hourly to per-task pay, in which case your effective hourly rate is meant to stay the same.

Payments are weekly via Stripe or Wise. H-1B and STEM OPT candidates are excluded.

Commitment

Starts immediately and runs for up to six months. Hours are flexible: most contributors do around 20 a week, and there is no cap.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Uses real production skills rather than generic rating
• No hours cap, and a defined runway of up to six months
• An active listing: Mercor showed 5 hires this month when we read it

Less good:

• $18 per hour is low for someone with two years of professional production experience
• A possible shift to per-task pay could change how the work feels day to day, even if the hourly equivalent holds
• You supply your own critical-listening gear
• The AI lab is not named; contractor terms, project can end early

About this listing

Posted by Mercor as an hourly remote contract, read from the live listing on 24 September 2026. Rate, duration and requirements are the ad's own. See Mercor.