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# Human Music Interaction [ANDREW DUBBER]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/human-music-interaction-draft/
- Published: 2015-08-05T11:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-08-05T11:30:00.000Z
- Description: Curious about the interactions between humans, technology, and music? Read this article to learn more about a new school of research concerning Human Music Interaction.
- Author: admin
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Artificial Intelligence, Audio engineering, Automobile, Birmingham City University, Hypebot, Los Angeles, Marshall McLuhan, music industry, technology, United States, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Feed-your-brain-music](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c7ba1f64970b-150wi "Feed-your-brain-music")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c7ba1f64970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Curious about the interactions between **humans**, **technology**, and **music?** Read this article to learn more about a **new school** **of research** concerning **Human Music Interaction**.

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A new field of study is being developed which involves a combination of computer science, cultural studies, and psychology, as well as many other disciplines, and examines the point of connection between technology and music as a human activity. This article by **[Andrew Dubber](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/author/adubber?ref=hypebot.com)** on [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) looks at this new field of study and how it connects to other schools of research, as well as to the music industry itself.

*"What Human Music Interaction (HMI) investigates is the notion that music is a human activity that operates at the point of connection with technologies – and that those technologies are themselves human creations. Marshall McLuhan said “We shape our tools and they, in turn, shape us” – and people tend to read quite a bit of technological determinism into that line, but they’re overlooking the first part of that provocation: WE shape our tools."*

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