Building creative systems that perform

I’m a producer working at the intersection of media, creative arts, and systems design.

I take creative ideas from concept through execution—shaping them into systems that solve business problems, drive results, and perform when it matters.

Tune Up Consulting (Founded 2017)

‍Using creativity, digital marketing, and automation to help founder-led companies punch above their weight. We've built over 250 web, video, and marketing systems designed for peak performance at critical moments.

Guitar Tactics (Founded 2021)‍

Teaching guitar players how to become fluent improvisers. I've served hundreds of guitar students through my online platform and studio. My teaching blends jazz harmony and theory with global influences.

Other creative highlights include:

• Scoring THE LEGEND OF KINGDOM COME (2024) - and running its Kickstarter campaign which raised $465,000+!
• Releasing Dancing Together (2023, Ropeadope Records). A full-length studio album featuring my group, The Cosmic Dance Band
• Winning “Best Original Music” at the 2022 Fine Arts Film Fest, for my original score of the feature film Bad Animal
• Playing Pitchfork Music Festival (2018) and SXSW (2019)
• Playing guitar on SKYLANDING (2016) produced by Yoko Ono

Press quotes for my original music and my group, The Cosmic Dance Band

"The Cosmic Dance Band blends sounds of the Middle East with jazz harmony and modern sonics. This group and its combined spirit informs the heart of his latest album, Dancing Together, a procession of desert-baked rhythms and intoxicating hooks, which marks Atassi's arrival as a major player." - Gareth Thompson, AllAboutJazz.com

"The Cosmic Dance Band sounds like what might happen if you had a left-field mix of psychedelic and jazz artists—Mdou Moctar, Wes Montgomery, Cave, the Natural Information Society—in your blunt rotation." - Hannah Edgar, Chicago Reader

"For Rami Atassi, sonic inspiration extends far beyond the city’s borders. He has amassed an eclectic range of influences—desert guitar, jazz, Tropicália, samba, Arabic folk music, and Afrobeat—that populate his music." -Joshua M. Miller, Chicago Magazine