This document provides an overview and proposal for a Digital Media Design project that combines drumming, music, and art therapy to help people release stress. A survey found that most participants feel stress from study/work and that therapies like music and massage help. The project will create an interactive installation with Arduino drum kits that allow users to freely express themselves and experience the stress-relieving benefits of drumming, music, and art together. Sketches, diagrams, and plans are presented for the installation setup and interactive elements.

1. FYP 1 Digital Media Design project 1 GOH TZEN HOONG 1061105239

2. Research Topic Drum, Music and Art Background Ways of releasing stress. Drum therapy is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing and self-expression. From the shamans of Mongolia to the Minianka healers of West Africa, therapeutic rhythm techniques have been used for thousands of years to create and maintain physical, mental, and spiritual health. Current research is now verifying the therapeutic effects of ancient rhythm techniques. Accelerates physical healing, boosts the immune system and produces feelings of well-being, a release of emotional trauma, and reintegration of self. Proposal

3. Problem Identification There are so many therapies available nowadays in release stress. This is an experimental installation by combining several different therapies to test whether it will boost the effect or counter. Aim and Objective Experiment the effect of stress release by combing several therapies. Aim to help people find an easy way in release stress. Motivation Help people find the way to release stress efficiently in this busy world. Help people to maintain mental health besides than physical. Motivated by therapies nowadays Ideation and Concept Combine drum, music and color and set like a stage. Freely express their feeling and release stress.

4. Survey A survey has been done online to see how people manage their stress and their knowledge on therapies available available nowadays. Research & Analysis

5. Result Most of the participants are student, the rest are workers. Almost all of them feel stress in study/working environment, and half of them even used to feel like want to burnout. Most of them look forward to have a small space in their school/ company to relax their mind. About 40% of them not aware of consequences of being overstress. They prefer listen to music while they feeling stress, and following by having some massage or go for spa. Most of them don’t know what is cognitive therapy and art therapy. They enjoy listen to R&B, Jazz and Rock genre music.

7. Many benefits e.g.: Produce deeper self–awareness.

8. Why Drum, Music and Art?

9. Inform about this therapy

10. Can be linked together/ Interconnected

12. This therapy can make users relieve their stress very quickly in a direct way. There are many tools that user can use for example paint, water color, pencil, pen, and many more.

14. The final project will be look something like this:

15. Arduino drum kit will be used in my installation. 3 drum alike device will be create and Arduino drum kit will be used to connect the device and computer. Arduino Drum Kit

16. Arduino Drum Kit Tuning Drum kit tuning is a code or program that will set the output sound when the device is hit or detected. The output effect is depends on the input we set. The areas that can be tuned in drum kit is play time, velocity, midi channel and many more.

17. Contextual Studies

18. Flow Chart

19. Floor Plan

20. Conceptual Diagram Front View

21. Side View

22. Functional Spec Sheet

24. Poster

25. Video Teaser

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