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Digital Monkey Pty Ltd

Product Name

In the Chair

Market Segment

Consumer software

Funding

Early stage, privately-held company, private and government research and development grants

Competitors

SingStar, SmartMusic, GigaJam, Karaoke Stage

Product Description

In the Chair is for people who are dissatisfied with learning an instrument in isolation. The In the Chair simulator places you in a virtual environment playing along with professional musicians. Unlike low-end software that requires keyboard synthesizers, our technology lets you play a real instrument, follow a conductor and get real-time feedback on your performance. You select the music and degree of difficulty, then play your own instrument as if onstage with the world’s leading musicians.

Market Opportunity

There are 60M people in the U.S. alone who regularly participate in playing music. Less than one third of one percent are professionals (makemusic.com and the US Bureau of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook 2004-05 Edition). In the Chair is for the other 59,820,000.

Demo Says

“Several years ago, the DEMO audience met MakeMusic (formerly Coda Software) and the Smart Music practice software. MakeMusic set a standard for technology-assisted music learning. Digital Monkey has now met that bar and raised it for musicians who yearn for a realistic and more enjoyable practice experience.”