what does music mood mean for real users?
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Presentation of "What does music mood mean for real users?" by Jin Ha Lee, Trent Hill, and Lauren Work at the iConference 2012TRANSCRIPT
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What does music mood mean for real users?
Jin Ha Lee, Trent Hill, and Lauren Work
iConference 2012
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Mood: a relatively long lasting and stable emotional state (Meyer, 1956)
Emotion?Affect?
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Music mood
• Recently received a lot of attention in
MIR (Music Information Retrieval) domain
• “Audio Music Mood Classification” task in MIREX, starting in 2007
Music Information RetrievalEvaluation eXchange
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How does it
Make You Feel?Just got
engaged?
Happy?
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Heartbroken?
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Can we detect or extract mood?
…really?
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What
TERMSdo people use to represent mood?
What
FACTORSdetermine it?
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68 songs in total
39 coverversions of 12 songs
29 other songs
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Für Elise Fly me to the moonCalifornia dreamin’Jingle bells핑계 (Excuse)비처럼 음악처럼 (Like rain, like music)그리움만 쌓이네 (Yearning)붉은 노을 (Red sunset)Paparazzi – Lady GagaHe’ll have to go – Jim ReevesHe ain’t heavy, he’s my brother – The HolliesAny dream will do – Jason Donovan
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Amazon Mechanical Turk
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User’s Mood
Terms
46 users
1778 tags
551 unique tags
•36 frequently used (>10x)
•305 used once
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Commontags
happy 79energetic 41sad 40hopeful 31relaxed 30calm 29cheerful 22joyful 21relaxing 21lively 20romantic 20upbeat 20angry 19melancholy 19peaceful 18bored 17soothing 17fun 16
lonely 16optimistic 16excited 15mellow 15nostalgic 15thoughtful 14bouncy 12confused 12dark 12depressed 12dreamy 12playful 12warm 12moving 11sleepy 11uplifting 11vibrant 11tired 10
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Valence: Positive (POS) – Negative (NEG) Energy: High Energy (HE) – Low Energy (LE) Intensity: High Intensity (HI) – Low Intensity (LI)
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What
TERMSdo people use to represent mood?
What
FACTORSdetermine it?
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Sources: Where does music mood “live?”
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Intrinsic vs. extrinsic
exciting vs. excitedannoying vs. annoyedliberating vs. liberated
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Whose mood?
Creator?
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Whose mood?
Performer?
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Whose mood?
Listener?
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confused,discontent,
heartbroken, pouty,
resentful, stressed,
sulky, strident
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Lyrics:not just words, words, words
paranoid, depressed, empty, gloomy, somber…
altruistic, loyal, trustworthy
ironic, sarcastic, mocking, cynical, complaining…
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From MIREX E6K Walkthrough
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Tempo & Cultural Context
blue, concerned, dark, depressing (3), dismal, down, dreary, grief, lonely, melancholy (2), mournful, sad (4), somber, sorrow, sorry, uneasy, unhappy, uninspiring
mellow, moving, romantic
alone, cold (2), dark, listless, lonely, melancholic, moody, pessimistic, sad, somber
energetic, enigmatic, exotic, hopeful (2), impulsive, mellow, motivational, spirited, sunny, supple, vibrant (2), warm, wishful
The Mamas & The Papas Clare Teal
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More on cultural context
People often first encounter new music from various media (e.g., watching a movie or TV commercial, listening to the radio) without ever knowing the artist name and song title (Lee, 2008)
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Other factors
• Delivery• Instrumentation• Genre• Musical expectancy• Social expectation• Personal preference• Familiarity• …and more
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Conclusion
• Vocabulary of music mood is highly varied among listeners
• Mood is affected by numerous factors, intrinsic and extrinsic
• Mood is a highly subjective feature for describing and organizing music
• Perhaps best exploited when used in conjunction with other means for classification
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Future work
• In-depth interview with users• Cross-cultural study of music mood
perception• Users’ response to music containing
conflicting moods across different factors
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Questions?