Presentation

Ryan Habermann

Musical Cancer Board

Ryan Habermann

In this project we were instructed to make a visual music piece that somehow included the theme of health. Having a relative who fought through stage four cancer, I felt the urge to include cancer in my project. To do this I felt I should attempt to create an educational piece built around cancer statistics. To accomplish this I first had to do research to gather statistics. I did all of my research off of the national cancer institute 2016 PFD to ensure my information was correct. I chose five different themes and was able to create a functional musical board through max 7 software. The board was five by four, equaling twenty total buttons that would activate a musical track. For each of the five columns two descriptions were given for each. The first description given was the most common cancer for men, which provided instrumental tracks. The second description  was the most common cancer for women, which provided acapella tracks. The third description was the best ways to prevent cancer, and this row provided guitar and bass tracks. The fourth description was the states that had the highest cancer ratings, and provided drum tracks. The fifth description was the most deadly cancer which also provided drum tracks. This created for a customizable board so the user could create a musical track of their choosing while, being forced to learn a cancer statistic for that button. I chose the background color to be lavender because it is the national color of cancer.  I created the different types of instruments and vocals to ensure that the user could create a full sounding mix.