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NEW PALTZ MUSIC APP

CREATED BY: BRYAN, ANDREW, RYAN, & AMBER

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Amber Molchon

Presentation

Designer

Bryan Michaels

Project Manager

Ryan

Art Director

Andrew

UX Designer

BAAR Studios

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WHAT IS IT?

The app BAAR Studios is going to create is an app called “LocalLive” for students and residents of New Paltz to learn about the live music scene in the Hudson Valley but mainly focused on the bands local to New Paltz and bands that travel to New Paltz to play music. The app will feature all the upcoming live music in the area and close by. When there is a concert going on the app will tell you all about the location and scene. It will also tell the viewer all about the bands playing. Bands that play a lot in New Paltz will have their own personal page that tells the viewer about them and has their music readily available on their personal page. This will be helpful for anyone in the area to find out about shows going on and gives the viewer a chance to learn all about the band or artist playing.

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WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH?

This app would be useful for advertising local bands to gain their popularity

This app would help students find things to do on the weekends

This app will help people on a hyper-local scale (Events in New Paltz), as well as a broader local scale (Events in other parts of the state/out of state)

This app will give you a chance to learn all about the local bands

You can RSVP to events on the app

You can follow bands and performers on the app to get notified when they are playing

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WHO IS THE AUDIENCE?

Students of New Paltz
Residents of New Paltz
Musicians
Artists

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PROBLEMS?

How can we get local bands/venues to update the app?

How can we constantly keep updating for shows that get announced the week of?

How can we get users to use all the app features?

How can we get small bands to meet with us, so we have info/bios on them?

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BENEFITS/PROCESS

We want our users to be able to open the app, click on either local bands or venues that they are interested in, and find out about shows happening. We want it to be simple an efficient to get the info about shows happening from the site into the user's head (20-30seconds spent on app). If users spend more time on the app, we want it to be easy to find the info they are looking for such as band info, friends going to shows, and/or the bands websites/merch/music.

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TECHNOLOGIES & CONCEPTS USED

Maps & GPS tracking to shows
Calendar/Reminder of events integrated
Weather updates
Capacity meter
Attending/Not attending function
Rewards/Achievement program
Question about the show panel
We plan to use Ai to help achieve our goals

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SIMILAR APP: EVENTBRITE

Shows popular events near you
Allows anyone to advertise their own event
Allows users to follow certain event holders and see when they host events.
Gives users personalized recommendations
Also advertises online events in addition to in-person
Lets people create a detailed page for their event with images

https://www.eventbrite.com/

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SIMILAR APP: BANDSINTOWN

Has concerts around you
-Allows you to RSVP/buy tickets
-Shows popular artists
-Can filter by genre
-Has live stream options as well
Con
-One con this app has is it only shows big events and only events near your location. Currently there are no house shows, or bar shows, or outdoor shows in New Paltz

https://www.bandsintown.com/

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SIMILAR APP: SONGKICK

Uses: Find out what concerts are happening around the globe
Features:
Can sort by music taste
Can sort by distance
Can follow artists
Can buy tickets
Can get notified when certain artists are performing and where
Connect Spotify

https://www.songkick.com/

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SIMILAR APP: TICKETMASTER

Description:
Ticketmaster is similar to the application that we as a team are trying to create (“LocalLive”), Ticketmaster seems to be very straightforward and basic. There is not very much color besides white, blue, and black as the main color scheme. They incorporated a lot of the same features that we want to do like selling your tickets, enabled notifications/reminders, sorting by genres, searchable events, and having your own account. They have a simple tap and appear motion throughout the app very user friendly to all age ranges and simplistic algorithm with their Ai use.

Differences we plan on incorporating:
Different, more playful style approach, rewards/achievements for purchases, maybe add in more motion-switching features while things are being clicked or hovered over, adding a section for the bands to post, adding a section where users can communicate with each other, and finding a way to make this user friendly and accessible to all age ranges but, not looking to much like the apps that already exist.

https://www.ticketmaster.com/

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Persona 1

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Persona 2

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Persona 3

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Persona 4

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JOURNEY MAP

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RESEARCH – SITE VISIT: BACCHUS RESTAURANT, BREWERY & BILLIARDS

Overview-

Bacchus is a small restaurant/bar in New Paltz, New York, that acts mainly as a restaurant and billiards room during the day and at night it turns into more of a bar scene. Bacchus is on the smaller side but seems to still pull in a decent sized crowd that will fill up the standing space during the night time.

Main Features-

-Wide food options during the day

-Wide beer and cocktail menu during the day and night

-Very friendly bar and wait staff that help make recommendations

-Live music almost every Friday and Saturday

-Big bar to fit many people

-a lot of seating available during the day

-Beautiful decorations and lighting

-well put together website to get information

-Big billiards room to fit many groups playing pool at once

-Billiards room is separated from the rest of the restaurant/bar space

-Big outside seating open during the day and night with tables that have umbrellas

-Drink and food specials daily

Atmosphere-

-Typical restaurant with high quality food during the day, filled with all different ages and people, family friendly during the day

-minimal people just getting drinks at the bar during the day

-minimal people playing pool during the day

-day time seems to be casual place to eat some lunch/dinner

-Around 9pm Bacchus turns into a bar only and atmosphere changes

-Mid to late 20s at the bar at night

-Weekdays are pretty relaxed with not to many people at the bar but mainly people sitting and talking or playing pool

-Friday and Saturday gets very busy due to the live music

-When live music is there it seems to be split 50/50 between people standing/dancing next to the band and the other half sitting at the bar and talking or outside on the

patio talking. Of course the billiards room is full as well

-Everyone is very friendly and seems to fit a very artsy crowd

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SITE VISIT: PHOTOS

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RESEARCH – SURVEY RESULTS

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RESEARCH – AFFINITY DIAGRAM

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RESEARCH – AFFINITY DIAGRAM

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RESEARCH – AFFINITY DIAGRAM

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RESEARCH – AFFINITY DIAGRAM

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RESEARCH – CARD SORTING

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LOCAL LIVE FIRST PROTOTYPE SCREEN DESIGNS: MEDIUM RESOLUTION

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Link to Medium Resolution Prototype

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INFORMATIONAL ARCHITECTURE FLOWCHART

Click for Miro Board

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Process Flowchart

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FINAL DRAFT PROTOTYPE: HIGH RESOLUTION

LocalLive Dashboard:

Loading Intro Screen

Screen fades in and into the homepage. The background would darken and blur into how it is on the next few pages

Click for High Resolution Prototype (insert link)

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LocalLive Dashboard: Upcoming Events (Homepage)

This screen appears and background blurs displaying this after the loading screen

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You can select any of these tabs to navigate within the app

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LocalLive Dashboard: Login Screen

The background is blurred to emphasis the log in functions

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Don’t have an account sign up here

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Forgot username? No worries

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LocalLive Dashboard: Local Venues

This screen shows the local venue in the areas and when you tap on follow it will turn into a check mark to show you followed them

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Tap here to follow your favorite local artists

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A handy search bar so you can search for any artist you want to find

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LocalLive Dashboard: Local Bands

This screen shows all the local bands in the area. This screen has the same function as the venue page with the checkmark for following the band

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Tap here to follow local bands

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Tap here to search for your favorite bands

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Here you can see your friends that follow the bands

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LocalLive Dashboard: Individual Band Pages

These are some of the individual band pages that will pop up when a specific band is clicked. This page is also scrollable that is why its longer

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Tap here to go to the previous page where the local bands are listed

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Tap here to follow the band

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Tap here to play an audio sample from the band

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Upcoming and previous shows played are listed here

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LocalLive Dashboard: Settings Page

This is the settings page that you can get to from the user page. The buttons will also change color when hovered and clicked

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LocalLive Dashboard: User Page

This page is your account page where you can dive deeper into settings and your profile, buttons will change color when hovered and clicked.

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Tap here to go to the settings menu

Tap here to log out and be brought back to the log in screen

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Final Flow Chart

Link to Miro Board

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Individual UI Designs Within the Group

Andrew’s UI Designs

Ryan’s UI Designs

Bryan’s UI Designs

Amber’s UI Animation & Designs

Cited Photos

Click here for photo collection taken by Ryan Carrick