D-FW native’s app helps music students learn during the pandemic Called the Monster Musician Reader, the app helps students improve their skills at sight reading. Donovan Spruiells and Donald Fabian pose with the Monster Musician Reader app at the Dallas Winds Summer Band Camp in the summer of 2019.(Dallas Winds) 8:50 AM on May 24, 2021 CDT When the pandemic hit last year, music educators across the country scrambled to find effective ways to teach virtually. It was around this time that an app geared toward elementary and middle school students had over 30,000 downloads in one night. Called the Monster Musician Reader and launched in 2018, it’s designed to help students improve their skills at sight reading — or ability to play music they’ve never seen before.