About
We're building Blini to increase student engagement and retention.
We make practice visible and progress tangible. We turn small steps into great victories.
A word from our founder.
Founder & CEO
Greg Dell'Era
Former President of Alfred Music (Sound Innovations, Accent on Achievement, Suzuki) and MakeMusic (Smartmusic, Finale, Garritan). Learned the bassoon at the Rueil-Malmaison Conservatory in France. Moved to the US in 2015.
"Music ensemble is the last truly screen-free, human-first experience in a student's day. We built Blini to preserve that, and make sure every hour of honest practice gets the visibility and recognition it deserves."
We'd love to hear from you. Send us a message →
How we got here.
Blini is built on a simple insight: make effort visible, and motivation follows. Like Fitbit did originally with a simple step counter: make effort visible, and behavior changes.
But we knew more screens or more apps in the practice room were the wrong answer. So we built a simple yet powerful ecosystem centered around a tiny device. Small enough to ignore during practice, smart enough to capture everything that matters.
Blini is designed to return the focus to the music where it belongs. When practicing, music is all about human and real-life interactions. Touching the paper, listening to your peers, to your teacher, to your own sound. After practicing comes the opportunity to explore the insights of the session using the power of digital tools.
We call that the phygital experience.