The Idea

I’d like to propose an approach that intricately ties each song to a larger cultural canvas. Music Map, as it is called, illustrates musical preference in a geographic context. The default screen of the Music Map is a silhouette map of whatever country the user is in. Taking an analogy from the beautiful nighttime images of countries from outer space, in which densely populated areas are often brightly lit and rural areas are dimmer, the map will show areas of high music activity to be brightly lit and areas of lower music activity as dark. Besides this, there will be other more visual data on the map. The map of the US could possibly look something like the image below: