Ubirockmachine: a community-driven music distribution and consumption system for shared urban spaces

Authors:
Hannu Kukka;Rodolfo Patiño;Timo Ojala
Affiliations:
University of Oulu;University of Oulu;University of Oulu
Venue:
ICME'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE international conference on Multimedia and Expo
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In this paper we suggest a conceptual architecture for music systems, designed to shift the control over a shared urban space to the users themselves, and also to encourage social interaction between co-located friends and strangers alike. We present UbiRockMachine, a prototype application designed to bring the communities of local, un-signed music producers and music consumers together. The application provides a two-way communications channel where the music producers make their creative content available to the people occupying a shared social space. These people democratically choose the music played in the shared public space and provide valuable feedback to the musicians by downloading and rating their content.