Phi Pham · Los Angeles · est. Brooklyn
Builder, Investor, Educator
I started Building Beats in 2013 to teach kids music production. It runs in classrooms across the country now, and it no longer needs me to run it. These days I build tools, write about the work while it is still unfinished, and back founders working the same angle.
Building Beats ✳ CazMind ✳ Rap Album Maker ✳ Beatropolis ✳ Recipe Finder ✳ Phi Unit Fridays ✳ Building Beats
The work
Shipped · in buildBuilding Beats
Music-production education in classrooms nationwide. Founded 2013, handed to a CEO in 2025.
CazMind
A company brain that runs on an organisation's own knowledge, not the internet's.
Rap Album Maker
Turns your photo into a 90s Dirty South album cover. Chrome, flames, print it on a shirt.
Beatropolis
A town where every house is a music lesson. Walk in, play, leave knowing something.
Recipe Finder
Built for my aunt. Tell it what is in the kitchen, get something to cook.