Designing DMIs for Popular Music in the Brazilian Northeast: Lessons Learned

Jerônimo Barbosa, Filipe Calegario, João Tragtenberg, Giordano Cabral, Geber Ramalho, and Marcelo M. Wanderley

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2015
• Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
• Pages: 277–280
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179008 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

Regarding the design of new DMIs, it is possible to fit the majority of projects into two main cases: those developed by the academic research centers, which focus on North American and European contemporary classical and experimental music; and the DIY projects, in which the luthier also plays the roles of performer and/or composer. In both cases, the design process is not focused on creating DMIs for a community with a particular culture --- with established instruments, repertoire and playing styles --- outside European and North American traditions. This challenge motivated our research. In this paper, we discuss lessons learned during an one-year project called Batebit. Our approach was based on Design Thinking methodology, comprising cycles of inspiration, ideation and implementation. It resulted in two new DMIs developed collaboratively with musicians from the Brazilian Northeast.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{fcalegario2015,
 abstract = {Regarding the design of new DMIs, it is possible to fit the majority of projects into two main cases: those developed by the academic research centers, which focus on North American and European contemporary classical and experimental music; and the DIY projects, in which the luthier also plays the roles of performer and/or composer. In both cases, the design process is not focused on creating DMIs for a community with a particular culture --- with established instruments, repertoire and playing styles --- outside European and North American traditions. This challenge motivated our research. In this paper, we discuss lessons learned during an one-year project called Batebit. Our approach was based on Design Thinking methodology, comprising cycles of inspiration, ideation and implementation. It resulted in two new DMIs developed collaboratively with musicians from the Brazilian Northeast.},
 address = {Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA},
 author = {Jer\^onimo Barbosa and Filipe Calegario and Jo\~ao Tragtenberg and Giordano Cabral and Geber Ramalho and {Marcelo M.} Wanderley},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179008},
 editor = {Edgar Berdahl and Jesse Allison},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {May},
 pages = {277--280},
 publisher = {Louisiana State University},
 title = {Designing {DMI}s for Popular Music in the {Brazil}ian Northeast: Lessons Learned},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/nime2015_207.pdf},
 year = {2015}
}