Soundboard
Brand
A literal recording-studio term — the console that shapes sound, the resonating plate in an acoustic instrument — and a universal English metaphor for someone you reflect your work off of. The platform is both at once.
Ovation
Tier
The founding artist tier. Application-screened, small seasons, direct mentorship from the practitioners who shape what the field learns from. The smallest tier on the platform by design.
Pro
Tier
Working session players and producers — the practitioners whose names sit on the credits of records you know. Mid-size seasons, recurring cadence, subject-specific tracks.
The Field
Tier
Working musicians on the road — bar circuit, club circuit, regional tours. Larger seasons. Career-track focus on the realities of making a living in music.
Season
Engagement
A fixed-period engagement between one artist and a small group of students. Each season has a defined start, duration, and end. Typically 6 weeks for Ovation.
Session
Engagement
A single live coaching meeting between the artist and a student or group. Recorded and indexed for archive playback. The fundamental unit of work.
The Studio
Environment
The platform itself — the live coaching environment built on Propel Pro's infrastructure. The room where sessions happen.
Live Transcription
Studio Tool
AI captures what the artist plays during a live session and renders it as readable sheet music in real time. Students see notation as it happens.
Side-by-Side Video
Studio Tool
The artist's take and the student's take stack in parallel for direct comparison. Same phrase, same tempo, side by side — the gap is the lesson.
Tour-Bus Async
Studio Tool
Working musicians are on the road. Tour-bus async lets the artist receive a student's take, review it on their own time, and send a recorded response back — without scheduling a live session.
Session Archive
Studio Tool
Every live session is recorded and indexed. Students revisit any moment from any past session, search by topic, and replay annotated segments at any time.
Annotation
Studio Tool
Real-time markup on video, sheet music, or whiteboard during a live session. The artist can isolate moments, draw on what the student is playing, and demonstrate the correction live.