The Higher Education Review

Music Magix is an educational institute with a state-of-the-art recording studio situated in the heart of Chennai city. The studio is owned by Dr. Sathya Prasad alias Dr. JKV Rithik Madhavan- a music composer, programmer, and sound engineer, and the award-winning playback singer Janaki Iyer who received countless awards, accolades, and endowment for her debut song Azhaghai pookudhae from the movie Ninaithalae inikkum. The institute has created a diversified program portfolio that includes sound and audio engineering, electronic music production and Orchestral music productions, piano and music theory, voice culture, dubbing and voice over, foley and audiography, and lyrics and song writing among many others.

Dr. JKV Rithik Madhavan is the founder of Music Magix and he has worked for decades as an in-house chief musician and technician for Kosmik music company and has released lots of albums in various genres with all the top musical artists in and around the world. He has also travelled all over the world for solo piano concerts. Leveraging his extensive knowledge, Mastery, and vast involvement both in the field of sound and music he has worked with celebrities from across the globe. His expertise ranges from piano playing skills, keyboard and beat programming, recording, advanced editing, mixing and mastering, accurate notation writing skills in Western and Indian forms, sound synthesis, and more. Having successfully displayed all his potential in the industry for more than 2 decades, this pioneering educator is passionate to passing his legacy to the younger generation.

Enriching the lives of their students
While talking more about the institute and what separates them from the rest, Dr Sathya Prasad adds, "Music Magix is a sound engineering and music production institution and we offer students the opportunity to learn about music and sound under a single roof. This will help them to stand out from the rest in the industry after they graduate. More importantly, we offer the perfect blend of theoretical and practical education that is future proof. The main focus areas of our education are music notations, how to create music, how to generate sounds, playing instruments, programming, working on sound that includes mixing and mastering, and creating background scores for motion pictures. This 360-degree approach allow our students to be better prepared for the industry and capable of working under demanding situations without a hassle".

The institute follows a unique teaching methodology that is focused on practical training, thereby the students are trained in such a way that they are equipped with the needed skills required to thrive in the modern world. They are also fed with all possible industry attributes as what a client or a director or a music director would expect. This allows them to either get a job or work as a freelancer. At Music Magix students are imparted with the philosophies of a DAW and all plug-in workflows with clear examples, workflows, terminologies, and graphic designs, which empowers them to work on any DAWs in the market which is yet to come.

Nurturing inspired learners
Adding more about how the institute guides their students to success, Dr Sathya Prasad says, "We have world-class labs that are helping our students to experience and experiment with music and sounds of the highest quality. We help our students even after they graduate from our institute and this shows our commitment to go the extra mile

to support our current and former students. Apart from all these, we also teach our students about managing themselves as well as managing businesses which is crucial to succeed in the modern world. We teach our students real-life scenarios that helps them to be better equipped to meet the requirements of the industry. More importantly, we also ensure that we don't take a lot of students and this is done so that we are able to offer individualized attention and provide personalized guidance to each student. Owing to our connections in the music industry, our students also have the opportunity to work and learn under some of the most famous and well-established artists as well".

Music Magix always believes that every work of theirs should be set to meeting the audience who habitually embrace a dynamic mindset. Learning the client's mindset and people's mindset is of paramount importance and they are here to give you an impression of it so that students are not stunned or shocked when they meet their respective client's behaviors. The institute also strongly believes that our ears act as the vision of sound and one needs to be imparted to view at a sound and inquest from different viewpoints. More importantly, Music Magix is helping people realize the potential of getting into the music and sound production industry and making music education main stream. Owing to the quality of education imparted at the institute, Music Magix has students coming to them after doing similar courses with other institutions. Keeping this in mind, going forward, Music Magix is aiming to nurture inspired learners who are able to make a name for themselves in the global music industry.

Dr Sathya Prasad
This pioneering individual aspires to nurture individuals who are capable of cementing their legacy in the global music industry.