Paper Info
Title
Coming in from the margins: amateur musicians in the online age
Abstract
HCI is increasingly interested in amateurism, but the wider literature suggests that the amateur is a complex and distinctive phenomenon. An interview study reveals the nature of the amateur in the digital age. Even though operating non-professionally at a micro-scale, amateur musicians employ a plethora of online services to sustain local fanbases, reach out to new fans, collaborate internationally, and actively promote both digital and material products. Our findings lead to recommendations for event-oriented promotion tools; community-oriented analytics; tangible and embedded products; and limited-edition digital experiences. We conclude that HCI needs to recognise the amateur as an important class of user, one who is serious about their leisure, and who is also distinct from the professional as from the novice and hobbyist.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2556288.2557298
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
interview study,event-oriented promotion tool,embedded product,local fanbases,limited-edition digital experience,amateur musician,distinctive phenomenon,community-oriented analytics,online age,important class,digital age,distribution,music,sharing,promotion,community,social media
Interview study,Craft,Social media,Computer science,Amateur,Phenomenon,Analytics,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.49
20
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michaela Hoare1161.48
Steve Benford25886696.64
Rachel Jones3554.19
Natasa Milic-Frayling491775.24