What happens when you play a country song backwards? We can laugh and say the guy gets his truck & wife back, but underneath that expectation is an understanding of an agreed upon language and architecture. Country musicians and Ember developers have more in common than you'd think! With an eye toward the Nashville number system and other frameworks of country music, I'll explore how agreed upon conventions lead to more efficient collaboration in the recording studio and Visual Studio, and how a musical background can be an asset in a developer.