Delegated Interfaces
Appified
Education
Musical apps enhance education and interaction in the music community.
Trend
What is the Appified Education trend?
Appified Education: Brands are putting out informative musical apps that allow users to engage with content, better understand the music they listen to, and engage with others in the music industry. These online spaces are able to cater to consumers’ need for community among their preferred interests, while also offering platforms for interactive education.
Trend themes
Themes within the Appified Education trend
Three behaviours holding the trend togetherMusician Community Apps
Apps that connect local musicians or users with similar musical interests and goals present opportunities for disruptive innovation by offering a centralized platform for forming bands and fostering new collaborations.
Free Music Licensing for Creators
Peer-to-peer music libraries that offer free, licensed music for use in online content creation can disrupt the traditional music licensing industry.
Interactive Mobile Music Apps
Interactive music mobile applications that make learning instruments more accessible through a combination of gamification and tech can create new opportunities for music education and engagement.
Industry implications
What the Appified Education trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookMusic Industry
These trends highlight disruptive opportunities for music industry professionals to engage with and support emerging musicians and connect with audiences in new ways.
Technology Industry
The integration of tech and gamification in music education and discovery presents opportunities for the tech industry to develop innovative tools and platforms for music engagement and exploration.
Content Creation Industry
Free, licensed music libraries for use in online content creation present opportunities for collaboration between the music and content creation industries, with potential for financial gain through subscription services or partnerships.
Workshop question
How can your brand create community spaces for its consumers?
Trend signals
Trend signals for Appified Education
Trend score 1.8 out of 10, from popularity 31%, activity 16%, freshness 8%.
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer
Evidence
Examples of the Appified Education trend
4 featured examples from Jun 12 to Jul 2, 2018Interactive Music Mobile Applications
Gismart's Apps Foster Creativity in Beginner Musicians
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop interactive and gamified music learning platforms for educational institutions.
Musician Meet-Up Apps
'Bandr' Connnects Local Musicians to One Another
The music industry has a disruptive innovation opportunity to leverage musician meet-up apps to facilitate connections and improve job opportunities for up and coming musicians.
Sample-Identifying Music Apps
The WhoSampled App Lets Users Identify Remixes, Samples and Covers
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Leverage music recognition technology to revolutionize the music industry by enhancing music discovery, copyright protection, and artist royalty…
Peer-to-Peer Music Libraries
'Thematic' Lets Creators Use Great Music for Free
The music licensing industry is being disrupted by Thematic and other peer-to-peer creative libraries which provide free music to content creators.