Name: To hear this music you have to be there. Literally
Uploaded: 2014-01-10T16:02:15Z
Duration: 6 min 15 s
Description: In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay shares his experiment with "location-aware music." This programming and musical feat involves hundreds of geotagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is physically nearby, creating a magical sense of presence.

In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay shares his experiment with "location-aware music." This programming and musical feat involves hundreds of geotagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is physically nearby, creating a magical sense of presence.

To hear this music you have to be there. Literally

Custom-composed music can transform public spaces into interactive soundscapes, heard only by those physically present. Hundreds of geo-tagged melodies map iconic places like Central Park and the National Mall, blending and shifting as listeners walk. The music is inseparable from the landscape, forming an album that cannot be experienced through traditional recordings. This approach reimagines how technology can deepen our connection to music and place.