I am having the hardest time to decide on the logo. The symbol in the middle is a G Clef, which is the French for “key.” I am hoping this project will be a key to world’s music.
I am having the hardest time to decide on the logo. The symbol in the middle is a G Clef, which is the French for “key.” I am hoping this project will be a key to world’s music.
Concept evolving
I have decided that I need to make some things clear. Also, I need to limit my content and my research. World Music Map is going to be a map of the “folklore” music, in other words, World Before Pop. This adjustment is due to the fact that the music we have today has been globalized and its border are quite blurry. It would have been stupid to put electric guitar, synthesizers and drums to every region.
Thermal map is going to focus on the relationship between weather conditions, music production and most importantly the genres.
Whereas, the instrument map is going to display the distribution and transition of an instrument to another, and its evolution. The hierarchy will emphasize their importance.
The thematic map (language map) will a collection of the lyrical samples from the most famous works in specific regions.
WMM Thesis Scope
World Music Map
“World Music Map” is a project that aspires to create a visual map and library of the music that man made. It targets people who are interested in seeing how music varies and relates throughout the world. It is based on ethnomusicology, which is the study of social and cultural aspects of music in local and global contexts. The main deliverable is going to be three big world map prints, which breaks the world music down into categories: (1) Climate, (2) Language, (3) Instruments.
Each of these categories are going to be based on existing map types. Such as “music by climate” is a thermal, “music by language” is a thematic
and “music by instruments” is a topographic map. Maps are going to act
a visual graph and statistics, with the help of specific assets. Each map has an visual element of its own, relevant to the subject.
(1) Music by climate
visual component: color swatches, gradients
(2) Music by language
visual component: typography, lyrics
(3) Music by instruments
visual component: icons, patterns
The other component is going to be the interactive website. The website will basically provide a better access to the research, and will have profiles for certain regions with statistics (using the assets {icons,type,color} ).
