About the client
Best Music Coach is an EdTech platform designed to help students and musicians around the world connect for online music lessons. The platform enables safe, interactive learning supported by custom video streaming, messaging, scheduling, and multi-role account management.
Geniusee partnered with Best Music Coach to design and develop a personalized educational platform tailored to music instruction – complete with parental control, teacher profiles, in-app calendar, payment subscriptions, group lessons, and many more features.
Business context
The founder, a professional musician, wanted to create a platform that breaks down geographical barriers between students and teachers. With a strict budget and fixed-price model, the goal was to deliver an MVP fast while keeping costs under control.
The platform needed to support:
- Real-time one-on-one & group video lessons
- Scheduling and calendar management
- Subscription-based payments
- Parental control for child accounts
- Matching between students and music coaches
- Safe communication inside the app
The first MVP was delivered in just six months, enabling the founder to onboard the first wave of students and instructors immediately.
Building a custom video streaming solution
The client needed a built-in streaming service to reduce the cost of third-party tools, as teachers often conduct 5–6 hours of lessons daily.
Implementing subscriptions & payment automation
Payments required complex splitting into:
- Teacher earnings
- Stripe commission
- Platform fee
Developing a complex scheduling system
A custom calendar needed to support availability, lessons, free slots, and teacher-specific schedules.
Delivering robust parental controls
Child accounts required restricted access while parents managed payments and scheduling.
Solutions we implemented
Geniusee delivered a scalable, secure, multi-role educational ecosystem optimized for personalized music instruction.
Close collaboration & discovery
The client had deep knowledge of musicians’ needs, so our business analysts conducted joint discovery sessions and workshops to define:
- User stories
- Requirements
- Work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Acceptance criteria
- Architecture vision
This ensured clear expectations and efficient development.
User-centered UI/UX for intuitive learning
We designed:
- Full user flows for students, teachers, and admins
- Prototype-based validation
- Multiple style options and wireframes
- Clear navigation for lesson scheduling, payment, and communication
The interface was built to be simple, engaging, and accessible for all age groups.
ETL pipelines and data cleansing
We developed and tested ETL solutions to prepare large, complex datasets for modeling and analysis.
SCRUM-based development process
To stay on time and within budget, Geniusee used:
- Sprint-based delivery
- Continuous coding and testing loops
- Regular demo sessions
- Fast iteration cycles
- User feedback incorporated into every release
Security-first lean approach
We combined lean startup practices with a strong focus on:
- Data privacy
- Financial security
- Penetration testing
- Vulnerability identification
Safety was especially important due to child accounts and payment details.
Custom-built educational platform architecture
The platform architecture uses:
- AWS Lambda for serverless scalability
- Apollo GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- Sequelize ORM
This approach ensured cost-efficiency, performance, and future scalability.
Custom video streaming
Built-in streaming to reduce operational expenses and support long daily lesson hours
Secure subscription-based payments
Integrated with Stripe and automated via CronJobs for complex revenue splitting
Tailor-made interactive calendar
Supports lesson scheduling, teacher availability, and time slot management
In-app messenger
Enables communication between students and teachers for homework and lesson coordination
Multi-role user accounts
Admin, teacher, and student roles, each with custom dashboards
Teacher CV pages
Includes experience, instruments, reviews, and more
Flexible search & filtering
Filters based on availability, instrument, and skill level (beginner–advanced)
Multiple lesson types
One-on-one, group lessons, and webinars with stable video performance
Alerts & notifications
Reminders for lessons, updates, and automated email links.
Parental control
Child accounts with restricted access while parents manage subscriptions and schedules.
Results
Best Music Coach successfully launched a platform that empowers musicians worldwide to connect, learn, teach, and grow. Key outcomes:
- MVP delivered in 6 months
- Cost-efficient development achieved through open-source UI libraries
- Custom video streaming dramatically reduced ongoing expenses
- New versions and feature updates continue to be released
- Long-term partnership maintained with continuous support and scaling
The platform makes learning music accessible and personalized, from guitar and piano to ukulele and banjo, supporting musicians of all levels and ages.
