Luis Guinea

Luis
Guinea

Creative × Analytical × Entrepreneurial

Music producer and A&R for 10+ years. I design and build AI and automation systems for real business operations, work with data, and write about how artists grow.

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Based in Valencia · Mexican and Spanish·Music · Data · AI · Writing

Luis Guinea

01 / Background

Professional and academic background.

01.1 / Explore the work

What I do

01Music & Audio
02Data & Technology+

Real-time transaction pipeline and automated reporting for Grupo Botanas (Python, SQL, AWS EC2); artist monitoring on the Chartmetric API at Peermusic, with automated streaming and airplay reports.

03AI Systems & Automation+

Argos, my multi-agent orchestrator run from Telegram, dispatches work to Claude, Codex and Gemini. Custom agents and Claude skills with business context; LedgerApp connected to AI assistants through MCP; AI-produced visuals for El Remedio and Santo Chilaquil. El Remedio: identity, AI photography and landing page ↗ (opens in a new tab)

04Business & Entrepreneurship+

Co-founded Santo Chilaquil; founded Moctezuma Music Group; built Dispra, my own digital signage platform; A&R at Tipazo Music Group.

05Creative Direction+

Brand identity and AI creative direction for El Remedio and Santo Chilaquil; music direction for an 11-piece ensemble.

01.2 / Experience

Current and recent work.

Co-founder · Santo Chilaquil (opens in a new tab)

Developed brand and launch strategy, AI-produced visuals, social content, Meta Ads campaigns, CRM and automated promotional workflows; produced and organised cultural events.

A&R / Admin Intern · Peermusic Spain

Managed derivative-work licensing approvals, DISCO catalogue administration, and Python and SQL analysis; built Chartmetric API monitoring with automated streaming and airplay reports.

IT & Automation Developer · Grupo Botanas

Develop IT, data and AI systems: LedgerApp, connected to AI assistants through MCP; a real-time transaction pipeline on AWS EC2 with automated reporting; Dispra, my own digital signage platform, deployed at Grupo Botanas; POS and QR menus; social and NFC workflows.

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01.3 / Education

Academic background

  1. MA, Global Entertainment and Music Business Berklee College of Music (opens in a new tab) / 2023–24
  2. BA, Music Production REC Música (opens in a new tab) / 2017–21
  3. Workshop (TCSACM), Scholarship recipient, 6th generation Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México (opens in a new tab) / 2021–22
  4. Communication and Digital Media studies Tec de Monterrey (opens in a new tab) / 2011–14

01.4 / Skills

What I work with

Research & writing: data journalism, case studies, source verification.

Data & technology: Python, SQL, REST APIs and ETL pipelines; Chartmetric, Power BI, Tableau, Excel and Google Analytics; AWS (EC2), Next.js and Supabase.

AI & automation: multi-agent orchestration across Claude, Codex and Gemini; custom agents and Claude skills; MCP; prompt and context design; AI image generation from brand systems.

Music: production, composition, arrangement, music direction.

Multi-instrumentalist: piano, keyboards and synthesizers; drums and percussion; guitar and bass; flute, accordion and trumpet.

Music & visual software: Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, Sibelius, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator.

Industry & business: A&R, artist development, release planning, licensing, royalties, brand strategy and CRM.

03 / Writing & Research

What streaming data says about how artists grow.

Research on artist growth, catalogues and the economics of attention, published in English and Spanish.

01 / FIELD NOTE

I Tracked a Phantom AI Artist for 18 Months. The Problem Isn't Technological, It's Economic

Tracking a likely AI-generated catalogue to examine attention, volume and the royalty pool.

Read the research ↗ (opens in a new tab)
1.97days per releaseJAN 2025 – AUG 2026 / OBSERVED DATA

02 / CORRELATION

Are We Measuring Artist Growth Wrong?

Follower growth strongly predicted persistence across 19 emerging artists; listener spikes did not.

r = 0.77Medium ↗ (opens in a new tab)

03 / CASE STUDY

Seven Days to Turn a Viral Moment into a Career

A daily study of the path from a viral moment to a durable fan base.

559 → 332KMedium ↗ (opens in a new tab)

04 / INDUSTRY

How RATA Turned an Explosion of Listeners into a Real Fan Base

A study with Chartmetric data on reach versus intent after a collaboration with Hens.

+1,128% monthly listenersMedium ↗ (opens in a new tab)

05 / SERIES, PART 1

¿Las polémicas de Aleks Syntek son marketing?

Twelve months of platform data set against a public timeline, without claiming simple causality.

12 months of dataMedium ↗ (opens in a new tab)

04 / About

Music, creativity, technology and the curiosity to build things.

From the toy keyboard where I learned my first song to the stage of the Lunario, a label of my own, Berklee Valencia and Santo Chilaquil: music, technology and entrepreneurship as one path.

Read my story

05 / Contact

Write to me about production, A&R or data projects.