CONSUMING MUSIC TOGETHER Computer Supported Cooperative Work Volume 35 Series Editor: Richard Harper Microsoft Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom Associate Editors: Dan Diaper School of Computing Science, Middlesex University, United Kingdom Colston Sanger Middlesex University, Global Campus, United Kingdom Editorial Board Members: Frances Aldrich, University of Sussex, United Kingdom Liam Bannon, University of Limerick, Ireland Moses Boudourides, University of Patras, Greece Graham Button, University of Hallam, Sheffield, United Kingdom Prasun Dewan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Jonathan Grudin, Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA Bo Helgeson, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden John Hughes, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Keiichi Nakata, International University in Germany, Bruchsal, Germany Leysia Palen, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA David Randall, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Kjeld Schmidt, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom Yvonne Rogers, University of Sussex, United Kingdom Consuming Music Together Social and Collaborative Aspects of Music Consumption Technologies Edited by , Kenton O Hara Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Bristol, U.K and Barry Brown Glasgow University, U.K A C.I.P Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13 1-4020-4031-8 (HB) 978-1-4020-4031-3 (HB) 1-4020-4097-0 (e-book) 978-1-4020-4097-9 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands www.springeronline.com Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 2006 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work Printed in the Netherlands Contents Contributing authors vii Acknowledgments xi PART I: Introduction Consuming Music Together: Introduction and Overview Kenton O’Hara and Barry Brown Music and Emotion in Real Time Tia DeNora 19 PART II: Sharing Music 35 Sharing and Listening to Music Barry Brown and Abigail Sellen 37 Social Practices Around iTunes Amy Voida, Rebecca E Grinter and Nicholas Ducheneaut 57 PART III: Choosing Music 85 Distributing the Process of Music Choice in Public Spaces Kenton O’Hara, Matthew Lipson, Axel Unger, Huw Jeffries, Marcel Jansen, Peter Macer 87 vi Contents Promoting Social Interaction in Public Spaces: The Flytrap Active Environment Andrew Crossen and Jay Budzik 111 PART IV: Mobile Music 129 Investigating the Culture of Mobile Listening: From Walkman to iPod Michael Bull 131 tunA: Socialising Music Sharing on the Move Arianna Bassoli, Julian Moore and Stefan Agamanolis 151 Car Drivers Using Sound Pryer - Joint Music Listening in Traffic Encounters Mattias Östergren and Oskar Juhlin 173 PART V: Music and Dance 191 Digital Dance Hall: The Fan Culture of Dance Simulation Arcade Games Jacob Smith 193 “Sort Drugs Make Mates”: The Use and Meaning of Mobiles in Dance Music Club Culture Karenza Moore 211 hpDJ: An Automated DJ w ith Floorshow Feedback Dave Cliff 241 PART VI: Consumption as Production 265 Interaction, Experience and the Future of Music Atau Tanaka 267 Hail to the Thief: The Appropriation of Music in the Digital Age Teresa Dillon 289 Index 307 Contributing Authors Stefan Agamanolis Media Lab Europe, Dublin, Ireland Arianne Bassoli London School of Economics, London, UK Barry Brown Glasgow University, Glasgow, UK Jay Budzik Northwestern University, IL, USA Michael Bull Sussex University, Brighton, UK Dave Cliff Hewlett-Packard Labs, Bristol, UK Andy Crossen Northwestern University, IL, USA Tia DeNora University of Exeter, UK viii Teresa Dillon Nesta FutureLab, Bristol, UK Nicholas Ducheneout PARC, Palo Alto, CA, USA Rebecca Grinter Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA Marcel Jansen Appliance Studio, Bristol , UK Huw Jeffries GWR, Bristol, UK Oskar Juhlin The Interactive Institute, Sweden Matthew Lipson Orange, London, UK Peter Macer Appliance Studio, Bristol, UK Julian Moore Media Lab Europe, Dublin, Ireland Karenza Moore University of Salford, Manchester, UK Kenton O’Hara Hewlett-Packard Labs, Bristol, UK Contributing Authors Consuming Music Together Mattias Östergren The Interactive Institute, Sweden Abigail Sellen Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK Jacob Smith Indiana Univevrsity, USA Atau Tanaka Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris, France Amy Voida Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA Axel Unger IDEO, Munich, Germany ix Acknowledgments We are very grateful to all the authors who have contributed chapters of such high quality and for their responsiveness to the reviews Particular thanks go to Richard Harper for encouraging us to contribute another volume to the CSCW series Thanks also to Robbert van Berckelaer and Susan Vorstenbosch at Springer for all their help with the publishing of the work Robbert, you drive a hard bargain but it has been a lot of fun once again to work with you on this volume Finally, we would also like to thank Rachel Eardley for her efforts in designing the cover art for the book ... 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