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Christina Hough - January 25, 2015
Quick Facts
Name: Marie
Age: 47
Hometown: Montreal
Family: Marc (husband), Gabrielle (daughter,
aged 12)
Education: some university
Occupation: formerly a claims adjuster for an
insurance company, sometimes gives fiddle
lessons and plays paying gigs
Family income: $75,000
Hobbies: fiddling, reading, cooking, listening
to music, learning about regional fiddle
traditions
Musical Role-Model
Its amazing how much you can learn online,
but face-to-face interactions is still the best
way to learn how to play. One problem with
beginner students learning only from videos
is that they can learn bad habits so easily!
Listen
Personality
Tech User Type
Marie is basically a Desktop Veteran - she
uses the Internet quite a lot, but shes not very
interested in mobile (Source: Pew Research
Center Tech User Types).
Musical Proficiency
Performance (fiddle)
Performance (clogging)
Inspiring
Community-driven
Easy to use
Informative
Teaching/conducting
Notation
Playing by ear
Composing
Arranging
Improvising
Brands
Technological Proficiency
Computer
Mobile
Social Media
Audio/video
E-commerce
Platforms
Computer: Windows
Tablet: None
Phone: iOS
Quick Facts
Name: Steve
Age: 16
Hometown: San Diego
Family: Nam (father), Rose (mother), Hannah
(sister, aged 18), John (brother, aged 15),
Education: currently in high school
Family income: $60,000
Hobbies: listening to, playing, and writing
music (acoustic and electronic), video games,
chess
Musical Role-Model
My parents would rather I study something
more employable in college, but they know
how much I love music. I just dont want
to go into too much debt, so it would be
better if I can save money now.
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Personality
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: INTP
(introverted, intuitive, thinking, perceiving)
Steve loves finding the patterns inherent in
games and music, and takes these as the
basis for his creative inventions.
Musical Proficiency
Performance (trumpet)
Teaching/conducting
Authoritative
Fast
Fun
Adaptable
Notation
Playing by ear
Composing
Arranging
Improvising
Technological Proficiency
Brands
Computer
Mobile
Social Media
Audio/video
E-commerce
Platforms
Computer: Linux (home), OSX (school)
Tablet: None
Phone: Android
Quick Facts
Name: Elaine
Age: 24
Hometown: Toronto
Family: single, frequently visits her parents in
Hamilton
Education: university
Occupation: marketing account coordinator
Income: $37,000
Hobbies: blogging, camping, yoga, listening
to music
Musical Role-Model
Personality
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: ENTP
(extroverted, intuitive, thinking, perceiving)
Listen
Musical Proficiency
Performance (guitar)
Performance (voice)
Creative
Social
Fun
Clean and simple
NNotation
Arranging
Improvising
Technological Proficiency
Brands
Computer
Mobile
Social Media
Audio/video
E-commerce
Platforms
Computer: OSX
Tablet: iOS
Phone: iOS
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