Abstract
Experience Music Project is an interactive music museum scheduled to open in Seattle in 1999. Sound Lab, the hands-on portion of the museum, will use a variety of exhibit techniques to lead the visitor to explore music composition and performance, the technology of popular music making, and the physical principles involved in sound production and reproduction. The role of acoustics and signal processing in the development and realization of these exhibits is discussed. Jimi Hendrix, who pioneered the use of electronic effects in extending the expressive vocabulary of the electric guitar, is central to one planned exhibit. Hendrix’ ‘‘Drivin’ South’’ guitar solo from 1967 is presented as an example of the extended expressive possibilities afforded by a highly overdriven, amplified electric guitar. This use of distortion for artistic effect is analyzed, and the performance is compared to an undistorted performance of the same piece. The electronic means for achieving the distorted guitar sound is presented using artifacts from EMP’s Jimi Hendrix collection, and the resulting signal modification is demonstrated and analyzed.
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