Consuming music together : social and collaborative aspects of music consumption technologies / edited by Kenton O'Hara and Barry Brown.

Consuming Music Together: Introduction and Overview.- Music and Emotion in Real Time.- Sharing Music.- Sharing and Listening to Music.- Social Practices Around Itunes.- Choosing Music.- Distributing the Process of Music Choice in Public Spaces.- Promoting Social Interaction in Public Spaces: The Flytrap Active Environment.- Mobile Music.- Investigating the Culture of Mobile Listening: From Walkman to iPod.- Tuna: Socialising Music Sharing on the Move.- Car Drivers Using Sound Pryer - Joint Music Listening in Traffic Encounters.- Music and Dance.- Digital Dance Hall: The Fan Culture of Dance Simulation Arcade Games.- "Sort Drugs Make Mates": The Use and Meaning of Mobiles in Dance Music Club Culture.- hpDJ: An Automated DJ with Floorshow Feedback.- Consumption as Production.- Interaction, Experience and the Future of Music.- Hail to the Thief: The Appropriation of Music in the Digital Age.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Collects together the studies of music consumption, and developments in music technology. This book combines the perspectives of both social scientists and technology designers, uncovering how music technologies are actually being used. It is useful for those designing new music technologies, and those working in the music industry.