Thesis Project 03: First Two User Interviews

The topic: Help non-musician adults with musical instrument skills better find and interact with musical instrument communities.

Overall Persona:

This week I interviewed 2 people from my target user group, and also one person who is a musical instrument learner for the comparison purpose. The goal of these exploratory interviews is to 1) Discover and prioritize target users’ motivations and needs of playing musical instruments. 2) Their high-level key activities of musical instrument playing.

Exploratory interview insights

The Motivations/Needs for non-musician adults with musical instrument skills

Key activities on a daily basis compared to musical instrument beginner and professional musicians

Next Steps: Research to find pain points in the area of their social needs and personal needs. What are they currently