· The problem I face happens to be knowing all the lyrics to songs that performers sing. Things happen, and people forget. I play for some church services and it happens to me all the time.
· The current solution is to have chord charts physically in front of you. Most people use paper, but others use electronics like iPads and laptops. There is also a way to use a tv or projector in the back of the room to show the lyrics. This is better, but people can spot when it is being used.
· This is distracting. It makes some feel like the performers are not prepared to lead others. It is like they are singing to their cheat sheets and not the audience.
Solutions:
1. Just like Google Glass, make glasses that spit a projection of the lyrics on the lenses. That way, performers can look straight at the crowd but have a reference to where they are at in the song and what is coming up next.
2. I would also want to make an adapter so that people who already have glasses can use the projection.
3. The hardest part would be to make the projection for those who do not wear glasses. I could make a make an adapter for the wireless bodypack mics that reporters usually wear. The adapter would be transparent but somehow stretch around the head to reach the eye of the user.
· I would gear my product in the music industry, but more commonly in the church environment. Getting rid of distractions can bring others to worship.
I love this idea! Every worship leader is wearing hipster glasses nowadays anyways so why not capitalize on it haha. The only question I have is do you think that perhaps having the lyrics constantly in your line of sight and never being able to look away might impede on your ability to connect to the worship? I know many worship leaders tend to ad-lib or randomly throw another song in there, so who controls the lyrics showing in the google lens?
ReplyDeleteHey Grant!
ReplyDeleteYour solution for the problem you spoke about in assignment 7A is awesome and it is something I never even thought of. However, do you think that if the performer does not typically wear glasses that it will affect how he performs? It could also make the fans think that the performer actually does not know his own music as he/she needs the "lyrical glasses." Overall, great idea and i can't wait to see how your plan develops.
Awesome Post!
Hey Grant! I think you did an awesome job with this assignment as well! I really understood the problem you had discussed in the last assignment in regards to musicians and their need to look at the lyrics. The solutions you thought would be a great, unique way to solve the problem. My favorite solution is the google glass like idea. Awesome job yet again!
ReplyDeleteI think that if the audience saw a performer that needed wearable technology to remember lyrics or chords, then that would be as much of a distraction as someone looking at a piece of paper. This is important to consider since many of the people that you interviewed were concerned about being distracted when the performer needed to look at the lyrics.
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