Looking to hire/partner with someone that can help me develop my product/app

What exactly would you need said person to do? Doing what you’re describing should be fairly easy to do yourself, should you care to give it a try. There’s a neopixel library available that’s easy enough to work with, and the module described on this topic makes it very easy to add sound.

Also, does it really have to be the Spark Core, or would the newer, improved, and cheaper Photon work as well?