Music recommender systems (MRSs) have experienced a boom in recent years, thanks to
the emergence and success of online streaming services, which nowadays make available …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the connection between musicians'
information seeking behaviour and the creative process in music, providing a framework for …

This chapter gives an introduction to music recommender systems, considering the unique
characteristics of the music domain. We take a user-centric perspective, by organizing our …

Not only do music streaming platforms offer on-demand access to vast catalogues of
licensed music, they are actively shaping what and how it finds us through personalisation …

The digitization of music, the emergence of online streaming platforms and mobile apps
have dramatically changed the ways we consume music. Today, much of the music that we …

Our limited understanding of real‐life queries is an obstacle in developing music information
retrieval (MIR) systems that meet the needs of real users. This study aimed, by an empirical …

User studies in the music information retrieval (MIR) domain tend to be exploratory and
qualitative in nature, involving a small number of users, which makes it difficult to derive …

We report the results of a survey on music listening and management behaviours. The
survey was conducted online with 222 participants with mostly technical backgrounds drawn …

This paper aims to present a systematic literature review of research in music information
seeking and its application to musical creativity and creative activities and in particular …

This paper presents an overview of user studies in the Music Information Retrieval (MIR)
literature. A focus on the user has repeatedly been identified as a key requirement for future …