Learning and Playing Beautiful Music with Chromatik

Learning how to play music is a long and sometimes tedious process, but the result is almost always beautiful music. One company set out to make the process of learning music just as beautiful. 

Chromatik was founded by musician and tech entrepreneur Matt Sandler and software engineer James Wicker. Sandler came up with the idea for Chromatik while teaching through UCLA’s Music Partnership Program. While he thought that there was nothing really wrong with the music education system, he felt that it could still be improved. He then partnered up with Wicker to work on what Entrepreneur.com considers to be one of the 100 Brilliant Companies of 2011. Together, they have developed a system that could revolutionize music education around the world.

The concept of Chromatik is to allow teachers and students to use technology to teach and learn music more efficiently. This cloud based application allows teachers to send sheet music and sample recordings to the student’s computers and mobile devices. The students in turn work on the assignment and record practice sessions which are uploaded to the cloud and sent to the teacher. The teacher then gives feedback and makes annotations which the students can use to improve their playing. Since this whole system is cloud based, teachers and students can access the lessons, recordings and feedback on their mobile devices anywhere they are. 

Cloud based music sharing applications are not really new in today’s market, but one that focuses more on the learning process hasn’t been seen before Chromatik came into the picture. This system was designed to be used by both music institutions and private music teachers alike. Notable users of the Chromatik system include UCLA, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and the prestigious The Julliard School. American Idol has also taken advantage of this unique system for its in-house band and performers.