JoyTunes
 JoyTunes logo | |
| Industry | Education, Music |
|---|---|
| Founder | Yuval Kaminka, Yigal Kaminka, Roey Izkovsky |
| Products | Piano Dust Buster, Piano Maestro, Recorder Master, Recorder Express |
| Website | www.joytunes.com |
JoyTunes is a privately held company developing music learning solutions and apps. The company specializes in creating iOS apps that automatically detect notes played on real musical instruments, providing instant feedback to the users.[1]
JoyTunes incorporates gamification dynamics along with traditional music methods to encourage music practice and improve sight reading and rhythm skills.[2]
Apps
Piano Dust Buster (iOS) is a gamified introduction to piano, released in 2012, boasting tens of millions of songs learned.[3]
Piano Maestro, formerly Piano Mania (iPad), released in 2013, is an educational practice motivation iPad app. Piano Maestro includes public domain songs as well as licensed content and piano methods from known publishers, such as Alfred's Premier Piano Course.
Recorder Master (PC, Mac, iPad) – JoyTunes’ first game, released in 2010, for children learning to play the recorder instrument.
Recorder Express (PC, Mac) – Recorder game based on the content of the Recorder Express method book by Artie Almeida, in cooperation with Alfred Publishing.
Awards
JoyTunes has been recognized in the fields of parenting, music, education and gaming.
- Parent's Choice Award (2010,[4] 2012,[5] 2014[6] )
- World Summit Award by the United Nations, 2011 (most creative e-content)[7]
- Best Tool for Beginners, NAMM 2014[8]
- EMI Innovation Challenge Award, 2013[9]
- Best Tools for Schools, NAMM 2011,[10] 2012[10]
- Best Tablet Game of 2013, GameIS
- Silver Winner (MassChallenge, 2010)[11]
Investors
JoyTunes has raised three rounds for a total of $7 from angel investors and VCs. Angel investors include the former CEO of Steinway, Dana Messina.[12]
References
- ↑ "JoyTunes Wants To Teach You To Play Real Instruments With Interactive Video Games.". techcrunch. 12 June 2012.
- ↑ "PIANO HERO: HOW JOYTUNES MAKES YOUNG MUSICIANS ACTUALLY LIKE PRACTICING". fastcompany. 7 April 2014.
- ↑ "With 1 million songs played per week, JoyTunes gets $1.5 million to make piano lessons a game". pandodaily. 2 May 2013.
- ↑ "Parents Choice Award 2010". parents-choice.org.
- ↑ "Parents Choice Award 2012". parents-choice.org.
- ↑ "Parents Choice Award 2014". parents-choice.org.
- ↑ "Best Tool for Beginners, NAMM 2014". wsis-award.org.
- ↑ "Best Tool for Beginners, NAMM". sbomagazine.
- ↑ "Joytunes wins EMI’s Innovation Challenge 2013". musically.com.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Best Tools for Schools, NAMM". sbomagazine.
- ↑ "Silver Winner (MassChallenge, 2010)". masschallenge.org.
- ↑ "JoyTunes Lands $1.5M, Releases New App To Help You Learn To Play Instruments Through Interactive Mobile Games". techcrunch.