Necessity is the mother of invention. In the case of Darko Mijatovic, the need to find live music locally led to the creation of Ckord, an app designed to bring together music lovers, support emerging artists and democratize music.
A native of Serbia, Darko moved to Ridgewood, Queens in the 1990s, earned a degree in electrical engineering from SUNY Binghamton, and later moved to Long Island where he is a Sr. Director at an engineering firm.
Always looking to find music in Queens or Nassau counties, the concept for the app came from his need to discover live music. The fully developed app now has the ability to get people out of their communities to find and support the arts.
While some apps isolate you and keep you glued to your phone, Ckord aims to get people out, building community, and creating real memorable experiences, with a goal to bring venues and artists together.
It looks really great to me. My first impressions are very positive and I’m going to keep using it going forward.
Joseph – CKord user
With big name artists getting the lion’s share of the attention and money, Darko notes there is no reason why balance isn’t possible, or why a great artist shouldn’t be able to live off of music alone. Thus, Ckord focuses on emerging artists and gives them the attention not available elsewhere.
Having lived the past three decades in New York, the Big Apple was the natural first place to start with the app, focusing on the greater NY Metro area, where more than 3,000 NYC events have been listed, with more than 1,000 artists utilizing the app already. Venues, as well as artists and users, will find Ckord to be an entirely free app to utilize for their benefit.
Ckord also has lined up artists with whom they will work to capture a behind the scenes look at being an emerging music artist in NYC, among them are Nory, KLD Wave and Tucker Woods.
Download Ckord from the App store. An Android version is in the works, while the web version is designed for use by mobile device.
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