First off, this review is not about the content of the application or Musora as a product itself. The lessons are phenomenal and created by very talented instructors.
However, the app is a bit lackluster. I don’t use anything mounted to my drum kit and prefer to play things on my Apple TV, however I am unable to actually AirPlay any video content to the TV. Instead, I primarily find myself using the website so I can actually watch the videos the way I like. However, the musical loops in the Drumeo section are pretty unusable on mobile web and then I have to fall back to the app, and need to constantly switch inputs on my ekit’s Bluetooth input when playing along to lessons. It would would also be great to see this as an Apple TV app, but unfortunately they seemingly chose React Native as their development stack, so they would have to rebuild everyone to make an Apple TV app. I’m assuming this is also why I’m unable to AirPlay to anything through the app because they use the Google chromecast SDK, which does not support AirPlay. Overall, this app is kind of a bummer.
Developer Response
Hey Steven,
Thank you so much for your review. We'd love to help you with this. Could you please email us at support@musora.com? We'd love to assist you with this!
Cheers, Musora TeamI have found this site to be just Awesome. Great coaches, Great courses, from working on the full kit to rudiments on the practice pad, to incorporating rudiments into fills on the kit. The forums are an awesome way to gather knowledge from other drummers with more experience, great people who are more then interested in helping and encouraging you. 30 Day drummer and 30 day chops have been just an eye opener for me. Chops has made me completely focused on my fills. 30 day drummer is a great foundation and I love messing around with implementing rudimental fills in Domino’s beats. 30 day independence is another Homerun… helping me with my focus which helping to learn drum parts to actual songs not just playing along with them in time. I retire from the carpenters union and plan on taking a full time position behind my kit working with Drumeo. Thanks for the endless amount of content, and the entertainment provided by the Drum Department. Great work!! Keep it up. Joe Christian. JC3344
Developer Response
Hi Joe,
Thank you so much for taking the time to review the platform. So glad that you are finding our content helpful and we look forward to continue helping you on your journey!
Cheers,
Drumeo TeamI was scared when I bought my electric drum set, I felt like I never had good rhythm my whole life & wasn’t sure if I could catch on, but thanks to Drumeo, I feel like i’m doing good for having never playing drums before. I love the lessons & that I can pause, rewind, slow them down until i’m more comfortable with what i’m doing.
The 30 day drummer course is a lot of fun & it’s only about 10 minutes a day.
The community on the app is really encouraging & helpful too!
The high quality video lessons are amazing, and they come with a solid set of practice material. Then I find these songs I can play along to, and they give me the music for all of them, some of them I can play with special “backing” like drumless tracks and that’s just great. Lots of instructors/professionals here and I love all this content!
After taking about a 20 year break from playing drums I started playing again. Got my pad out and started working on my rudiments. As I got back on the kit, I found myself struggling in certain areas. I decided to look into Drumeo. I wish this tool was available 30 years ago. It has been extremely helpful in in areas that I have struggled with. Also learning new genres. Search for a topic and there it is. I just started incorporating some metal into my playing. Aaron Edgar has been extremely helpful. I like the way he breaks it down. I love Drumeo. Happy to be part of the community! Highly recommended for any level.
Been a lifetime member for several years and was old when I signed up. Why? Because Drumeo has it ALL! And just when you think you have seen it all, there’s something new! The amount and quantity of content is absolutely amazing!
I could go on forever but I Wii say that if you are or want to become a drummer, this is your one-stop shop. You won’t be disappointed, rather you will shortly learn it was the best investment you ever made.
I have found this site to be just Awesome. Great coaches, Great courses, from working on the full kit to rudiments on the practice pad, to incorporating rudiments into fills on the kit. The forums are an awesome way to gather knowledge from other drummers with more experience, great people who are more then interested in helping and encouraging you. 30 Day drummer and 30 day chops have been just an eye opener for me. Chops has made me completely focused on my fills. 30 day drummer is a great foundation and I love messing around with implementing rudimental fills in Domino’s beats. I retire from the carpenters union and plan on taking a full time position behind my kit working with Drumeo. Thanks for the endless amount of content, and the entertainment provided by the Drum Department. Great work!! Keep it up.
Joe Christian. JC3344
My son bought me drums for Christmas two years ago. I am now taking in person lessons as well as using Drumeo. It’s wonderful because I can learn something and then come home and find it on Drumeo if I need some guidance between lessons. There is so much content here it is well worth it. Even better when you join during Black Friday sale.
The app is pretty buggy on my 2018 iPad Pro 12”. The UI is constantly changing size. When I’m on a lesson page, the video thumbnails to the right appear and disappear over and over which makes the rest of the page continually resize itself.
Update:
I’m updating my original review to now include an additional UI issue. The track player needs some refinement. It’s nearly impossible to scrub the timeline back to the start position. Consider adjusting the width of the time slider so it doesn’t go from edge to edge on the phone display. This makes it hard to get to the beginning of the first bar.
Developer Response
Hi there! Thanks so much for leaving us a review - I'm sorry to hear that you're running into these UI issues! We would love to look into this for you - please reach out to us at support@musora.com so we can take a look. We look forward to hearing from you!Honestly, the app itself is a 5/5. I use drums, guitar, and my voice. I’ve been drumming since Christmas 2022, here and there, making small progress, and when I started my free trial here, I was progressing at SUCH am increased rate.
I’ve hit a wall in guitar and lost the motivation, and since downloading, I’ve begun to pick ot up again.
The sheet music, the teachers, the methods, The different intrument options ALL GREAT.
The price even is very understandable considering there are MULTIPLE instrument to learn, and PLENTY of useful buttons. The only thing I find annoying,Is there is no one time payment.
Because it's expensive, I will have to make sure I have the money at all times AND i have to remember which is difficult with Adhd. It will end up putting me behind in payments. All around, I’d like a one-time payment option at a reasonable price so I do not end up in financial trouble.
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