Summary
Luke Abbott is a California-based musician-entrepreneur who blends a decade of web engineering with two decades of professional music experience. As founder and owner of Strum Machine since 2016, he designs and maintains a mobile-friendly JavaScript client, Node.js backend, and NoSQL devops while continuing to expand its song library and support users. He also runs a long-standing private and group music teaching practice, leading camps and webcam lessons for students of all ages. Equally at home on banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and vocals, Luke pairs deep ear training with a knack for translating musical practice into practical software tools. His work is notable for turning a personal teaching need into a sustained product and community, and for sustaining hands-on development alongside an active performance and instruction career. Outside work he tinkers with keyboards, productivity systems, and contra dancing, reflecting a maker’s curiosity that fuels both his music and engineering projects.
10 years of coding experience