Jocelyn Ho & Drew Petersen – Using mobile technology in live musical perfomance

Reject.JS 2015 – Berlin, September 24, 2015 Jocelyn Ho (@JocelynHo_Piano) Drew Petersen (@KirbySaysHi) # Everyone is a rockstar – Using mobile technology in live musical performance Music is often thought of as a purely auditory experience. But scientific research (and any fan of concerts!) has shown that our senses are interconnected: they intermingle to create a full-bodied moment. To explore the intersection between our senses, we created a new musical experience: the performer at her (tiny and portable) piano extends her gestures to the audience, triggering (via a Kinect) sounds and tones through the speakers of their mobile phones. The audience also becomes an involved performer, by augmenting and distorting the sounds with their own movements. During this talk, we’ll break through the fourth wall of performance and demonstrate how this musical experience was technically accomplished via JS / Web Audio / your ears, as well as invoke the piece itself in a meta experience with the audience (as long as the wifi cooperates!). http://rejectjs.org - http://twitter.com/rejectjs Music by: https://soundcloud.com/7digits Video by: http://wecap.de