Instant Music & Messaging : Interconnecting music and messaging

Abstract: Communication is and has always been important for the human as we aredesigned by evolution to communicate as a way to survive and reproduce. Whatmany people do not think about is that music and communication are very closelyrelated due to the fact that music is a type of communication. In this thesis wehave focused on the field of music and communication to discuss the possibilityof combining these to areas to provide better information technology services.More specifically we have focused on discussing the advantages of combining thecommunication technology of instant messaging with music playback. Our goalsare that it will increase the user experience as well as indirectly help the musicindustry to promote artists and their music as the communicating peers will beable to share information about their music in a more efficient way.