How Might We...Use Music

to Balance Work & Home Life

and Reduce Stress?Team Brain Freeze: Erin Blomstrand & Michelle

Breaux

Alarm clock

mood sensing

plays

appropriate

play list

Music breaks

to dance and

sing

Biometric

bracelet,

necklace or

pin that plays

music

Alarm clock that plays “I’m Going Home”

when you need to leave work

Biometric chip in head that responds to stress and

plays music

Play calming music over intercom at

certain times

Have musical instruments in your office to play on music

breaks

Music break throughout

day for dance and sing

Music lab on

campus to

experiment

and play Fortune lyric

cookies

Musical walls in classroom

to play instruments or

videos or playlists

Sensory chair

with headrest

with speakers

Personal

music player

tuned into

individual

internal clock

End of work

day karoke

jams

Musical alarm

that plays

genre of music

you don’t like

until you leave

Musical alarm that changes based on the time of day

Musical alarm that plays

music louder until you leave

the office

Faculty choir to relax and

have fun

Music trivia games

Singing grams to remind you time to leave

the office

Music playing

while waiting

for meetings

to start

Musical

program for

car seat to

avoid road

rage

Campus wide leave-the-

office music

Musical Mad

Libs

Musical shoes

that change

pace as you

work out

Musical lunch

reminder for

people that

forget to eat

Special office

phone ring

tones for

colleagues

Musical shoes that play

relaxing music as you walk

Musical schedule

reminders

Music downloads as rewards when you leave work

early

Reward musical track

for completing to-do tasks

Musical exercise reminder

Activity music

tracker app-

Flight of

Bumblebee

when you’re

too busy

Musical

threshhold to

keep student-

teacher

interactions

positive

Musical day/week

summary of your activities

to help balance

Singing tutors

to decrease

stress for

students

Afternoon

campus music

burst of Eye of

the Tiger to

boost

productivity

Ring bell after

each good

customer

experience

Music

meditation

and relaxation

room

Musical reward when pay for

healthy choices at the

cafe

Pump music into study rooms and tuthoring

center

Music in parking lot

Musical biometric pod

Muscial reward for balancing

checkbook and putting money

in savings

Musical

shampoo

Musical water

bottle that

plays when it

gets low on

water

Musical toothbrush

Musical

reminder from

fridge to go

grocery

shopping

Music that

plays when

you open the

door to your

home

Musical animal

collar that

plays when

cat/dog walks

—avoid

stepping on

animal

Musical alarm

for high call

volume in a

call center

Stress machine with animal sounds

like purring

Musical alarm on Fit-Bit to

keep going to meet step goal

Hospice rooms with

soundtracks of children’s

laughter and playing

Musical homework

reminders in Canvas

Classroom plays music

when teacher opens the door

Musical weight

limit on

backpacks and

bags to avoid

carrying heavy

bags

Musical dinner

plate plays

when you

have a

balanced meal

Musical awards when

students complete all

their assignments

for the day/week

Classroom

attention

getter that

plays 2

minutes after

class starts

Music

appreciation

grams

Oversized

keyboard on

major campus

walkway

Lunch time

concerts to

get faculty out

of their offices

Play musical chairs at all-

employee events

Play Simon game for memory boosts

Email musical grams to send to colleagues

as needed

Musical time outs for upset employees or

students

Musical walk ways on campus

Musical

massage

chairs

As each

building is

locked down

music plays

over campus

Musical warning over

campus if you’re the last person at work

Walking tour

of campus

with musical

stops to listen

or play music

Ending

meetings with

sing-a-longsMuscial

bathroom

reminder

Musical Rosie

the Robot that

reminds you

to do things

Dance breaks in long

meetings

Musical warning that

faculty need to grade

Employee Christmas caroling

Ergonomic musical

warnings for chairs and

knives

Musical tension

breaker for heated

discussions

Factory noise

becomes

music

Mini-musical

vacations like

sounds of

Hawaii

Musical alarm for worn out

machine parts

Musical lie

detector chair

for

interviewees

Soothing

musical

accents

Musical

reminders for

bed

Motivational

speeches set

to music

Musical countdown to end of the day

or semester

Musical motivational

machine

Musical alarm for each task

as gentle reminder of time on task

Personal soundtrack as you leave the office or your

car leaves parking lot

Musical pen that plays as you write or

grade

Biometric

musical health

monitorMuscial Secret

Santa

Office door musical greeting

Headphones

with music in

one ear for

long

conversations

Musical

graduation

tracker—each

required class

earns bars of

grad march

Biometric

connection to

Fit-Bit and

iPhone plays

when you’re

stressed

Muscial award

for getting to

work on time

Each time an employee makes a

connection with an

employee or student music

plays

Coordinated music to grade percentages in

Canvas

Muscial alarms