Thesis Midterm Presentation
Mark Kleback

What's Your Thesis, Again?

Can crowd-sourced musical samples be constructed into something that makes sense?

Can the audience of a music venue perform the music?

Part One

Crowd Sourced Music

Sourced compositions from musicians in different locations

Examples:

• Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir
  
• Wired's Crowdsourced Music Experiment

How to Collect Samples?

Ask for them!

kleebthesis.herokuapp.com

Challenges:

• How many restrictions?
• How to encourage more submissions?
• No immediate response

Part Two

Collaborative Musical Performance

Encourage people to perform a musical composition

Examples:
• Moldover's Octamasher and Syncomasher
• The ReacTable

Interface

Design Challenges

• Must be designed for non-musicians
• No screens, no cameras
• Bigger is better

Inspiration

Tentative Calendar

March 1-April 13: Build interfaces, refine website

April 13: Initial Performance at private party

April 13-27: 1-2 Additional Performances, observe user interface

Refine interface, add modules

April 27: Final Performance at Secret Project Robot (public art space)