Melodics
500 Global6 known investors
Melodics is a learning app for keys, pads, and drums that uses motivational mechanics and structured practice goals to help musicians improve their skills and timing. The platform features lessons from international artists and contemporary music education focused on genres like hip hop, techno, jungle, and EDM.
Also known as Melodics
Founders & leadership
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Melodics is a music practice application for drums, MIDI keyboards and pad controllers. The software delivers structured, interactive lessons covering rhythms, chords, melodies and rudiments, organized into progressive stages and a guided learning path that queues the user's next lesson. Game-like mechanics — stars, streaks and challenges — are used to sustain practice, and the company positions the product for players from beginner to professional level.
The app is available for Mac, Windows and iPad, with a drums-focused version for iPhone. It is designed to work without complex configuration with widely used MIDI keyboards, pad controllers and electronic drum kits from a range of hardware brands, with Melodics describing itself as an official education partner for several instrument and controller manufacturers. A paid Premium tier adds a catalogue of song lessons spanning multiple genres and skill levels.
Marketing draws on endorsements from working musicians and producers, including DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ilan Rubin and Butch Vig, as well as third-party reviews and play-throughs published by drumming and production creators on video platforms.
Business model
Melodics distributes a downloadable practice application across desktop and mobile platforms and monetizes through a subscription (Melodics Premium), offered with a seven-day free trial and cancel-anytime terms. Free lesson content is available alongside the paid tier, which unlocks additional song lessons across skill levels and genres.
Subscription revenue from Melodics Premium, sold after a seven-day free trial with cancellation available at any time.
Traction
The company states a user base of over 1,000,000 musicians, a 4.8 app rating, thousands of lessons in its catalogue, and endorsements from artists including DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ilan Rubin and Butch Vig.
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Market position
Melodics operates in consumer music-learning software, covering keys, pads and drums, and states a user base of more than one million musicians and partnerships as an official education partner to music hardware brands.
The product combines instrument instruction with game-style progression mechanics — stars, streaks, challenges and staged lessons — rather than theory-first teaching, and emphasizes out-of-the-box compatibility with popular MIDI keyboards, pad controllers and electronic drum kits so that setup requires little configuration.
Technology
A cross-platform practice application for Mac, Windows and iPad (plus a drums app for iPhone) that connects to MIDI keyboards, pad controllers and electronic drum kits, tracks played input against lesson content, and applies progression mechanics such as stars, streaks, challenges and a guided learning path.
Go-to-market
Melodics acquires users through a free seven-day trial of its desktop and mobile apps, education partnerships with music hardware brands whose devices work with the app, artist endorsements, and third-party reviews and play-through videos from drumming and music-production creators.
Musicians learning or practising drums, keyboards and pad controllers, from beginners to professionals, including beat makers and producers as well as acoustic and electronic drummers.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Melodics do?
- Melodics is a subscription practice app that teaches drums, keys and MIDI pads through gamified, progressive lessons.
- Who founded Melodics?
- Melodics was founded by Sam Gribben.
- Who are Melodics's investors?
- Melodics's investors include 500 Global, Arc Angels, Hoku Group, Icehouse Ventures, NZ Growth Capital Partners, Tractor Ventures.