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Culminating Experience for Ms. Abigail Robinson
Presented to Alexandre Perrin, Cherie Hu, & Emilien Moyon
By Abigail Robinson

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My Journey
Coming to Berklee and my time with GEMB

Outcome
Interpretations on functional music and its home with smart speakers

Growth and Professional
Goals
What I have learned and where I will go

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My
Journey
Detroit

Valencia

Future of Music
Forum

AIM Synch
Conference

MIDEM

Unique Path
Electives informed my year in unexpected ways
Economics of Creative Industries
Data Analytics in Music Industry
Publishing Licensing and Distribution
Studio Video Music Production

Outcome
Interpretations on
functional music and its
home with smart speakers

“Functional music can be defined as
music used principally to support
and encourage some other primary
activity, whether the production and
consumption of goods and services
or the reproduction of social and
symbolic order in public spaces.”
一Jones and Schumacher 1992

Critical Reading

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Research Questions

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What historical context can we
apply to functional music and
how does this context help
define functional music as a
mood stabilizer?

2
What economic strategies in the
music industry are in place that
capitalize off mood
management?

3
How can smart (voice activated,
connected) speakers capitalize
off functional music listeners at
work and at home?

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A brief history of functional music...

MERCURY

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
and the smallest one in the Solar
System—it’s only a bit larger than our
Moon. The planet’s name has nothing to
do with the liquid metal since it was
named after the Roman messenger god,
Mercury

VENUS

Venus has a beautiful name and is the
second planet from the Sun. It’s terribly
hot—even hotter than Mercury—and its
atmosphere is extremely poisonous. It’s
the second-brightest natural object in the
night sky after the Moon

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The market of mood...

MERCURY

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
and the smallest one in the Solar
System—it’s only a bit larger than our
Moon. The planet’s name has nothing to
do with the liquid metal since it was
named after the Roman messenger god,
Mercury

VENUS

Venus has a beautiful name and is the
second planet from the Sun. It’s terribly
hot—even hotter than Mercury—and its
atmosphere is extremely poisonous. It’s
the second-brightest natural object in the
night sky after the Moon

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Intimate voice and smart speakers...

MERCURY

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
and the smallest one in the Solar
System—it’s only a bit larger than our
Moon. The planet’s name has nothing to
do with the liquid metal since it was
named after the Roman messenger god,
Mercury

VENUS

Venus has a beautiful name and is the
second planet from the Sun. It’s terribly
hot—even hotter than Mercury—and its
atmosphere is extremely poisonous. It’s
the second-brightest natural object in the
night sky after the Moon

Results/Findings etc
Electives informed my year in unexpected ways
Economics of Creative Industries
Data Analytics in Music Industry
Publishing Licensing and Distribution
Studio Video Music Production

Growth and
Professional
Goals

Where my research, acquired
knowledge, previous experience, and
interests meet.

PhD?

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“OMG Becky…
look at her CE!”

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Thank you!
Questions and Feedback
abigail.robinson.ae@gmail.com

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Sometimes, reviewing concepts is a good idea

MERCURY

VENUS

MARS

JUPITER

SATURN

NEPTUNE

Mercury is the closest planet to
the Sun and is only a bit larger
than our Moon

It’s a gas giant and the biggest
planet in our Solar System

Venus has a beautiful name,
but it’s terribly hot, even hotter
than Mercury

Yes, this is the ringed one. It’s a
gas giant, composed mostly of
hydrogen and helium

Despite being red, Mars is a
cold place, not hot. The planet
is full of iron oxide dust

Neptune is the farthest planet in
our Solar System, about 30 times
as far from the Sun as the Earth

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