I had my August tutorial today, and after reporting on some of my research and interventions, Sasha gave some targeted advice. One of the things I felt was more appropriate at this stage was the need to create different playlists to broadly classify different styles of classical music. Another perspective he gave me was that creating different playlists can help people to enjoy/focus more on the present moment in a variety of life situations, such as cooking, afternoon tea, work and so on, and that creating a playlist of classical music can help people to engage with it more in their lives, i.e. to live it, which can help classical music to penetrate better into people’s lives. At the same time, it is also important to explore the fun side of classical music, as interest is the best teacher for people, so that they are motivated to engage with classical music. I will be looking for more innovations and collaborations in this area and will be able to see if they are feasible through subsequent interventions.
Among the many suggestions, I think the one that inspired me the most is creating habits related to classical music; too complicated, too big an intervention may turn off the audience, but a simple and short one is more approachable. The only way to make it sustainable is to make it sustainable, so that the audience can keep doing it without being reminded, and then it will be a virtuous circle that will continue to grow. I think the socialisation of classical music is also a direction that can be explored and experimented with.
I have had an online interview with a MA music performance(classical) student who have studied music over 15 years. And the most inspired ideal I got from her was it needs to be targeted to guide the people involved, as human habits and interests are difficult to influence and change directly through words. It is necessary to create a good sense of experience for them to change their stereotypes about classical music on their own, so that they will retain their habits. Developing an interest is also a part of the process that cannot be ignored.
Therefore, in the design of the next intervention, I need to use fun as the initial attraction, and then lead the audience to unconsciously experience and explore the functionality of classical music, and I need to make an organic combination of these two in order to make the most of it.
I have had some feedback from the presentation from tutors, and I kind of blocked from the feedback. There’s many exist events similar to my intervention, why is necessary to launch the intervention. I feels like there’s more research needed to be done, to get some inspiration from somewhere. I should communicate with more people related to the industry to get some different perspectives.
Through some research, I have realised that discovering the practicality of a project is more solid, more organic, than the aspect of developing its interest.