Why do people get absorbed in musical experiences? RITMO teamed up with the world-leading The Danish String Quartet for a unique research concert on 26 October 2021: [MusicLab Copenhagen][1]. @[youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4UVJybA6ZQ) [1]: https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/news-and-events/events/musiclab/2020/dsq/index.html ## Purpose MusicLab is a series of data collection projects performed under the direction of the University of Oslo’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion (RITMO) (https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/) in collaboration with the University Library. MusicLab is an innovation project exploring novel data collection methods in ecological settings and how to work according to the Open Research principles. Each MusicLab event is organized around a concert in a public venue, which is also the study object. The events also contain an edutainment element through panel discussions with world-leading researchers and artists and "data jockeying" in the form of live data analysis of recorded data. Each MusicLab generates data for future research projects, or is a platform for ongoing research projects, but is not a research project in itself. RITMO is an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on rhythm as a structuring mechanism for the temporal dimensions of human life. The center is funded by the Norwegian Research Council under the Norwegian Center of Excellence program. Specifically, it undertakes research into music, motion, audio-visual media and man-machine interaction to further understand these rhythmic phenomena and their complex relationships with the rhythms of our body and the brain. The central idea is to establish a link between features of rhythmic phenomena in the world and within the (embodied) mind. The aim is to understand our ability to perceive rhythm and how this affects our actions and experiences. ## Utility MusicLab has a goal of making the data generated during the event openly accessible for live data analysis. Ideally, all data that can be shared publicly, will instantaneously be made available as it is generated, though this is not possible in every circumstance. All of the data generated during the event should be accessible from (but not necessarily stored at) a central and openly available location. This specific management plan is for the 7th edition of MusicLab which was held in Copenhagen on October 26, 2021. The event was a partnership with the Danish Strings Quartet, who consists of violinist Frederik Øland, violinist Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violist Asbjørn Nørgaard, and cellist Fredrik Sjölin (see: https://danishquartet.com/). Details can be found at the event website. ## Data Timeline All data collection took place in Musikhuset in Copenhagen, Denmark on 26 October 2021. There were two main data collection sessions: 1. Controlled experiment with DSQ from 10:30-12:00. This experiment was led by Laura Bishop and was a replication study of an experiment with The Borealis String Quartet run in the fourMs Lab at RITMO in December 2019. A publication describing the Borealis experiment can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09298215.2021.1977338. Data sources were Video, Motion Capture, EKG, and Pupilometry. 2. Public concert with the DSQ from 19:30-22:00: The DSQ performed a 2-part concert with one intermission. For the first half data sources were video and Delsys EKG sensors. For the second half Optitrack motion capture and Pupil Labs eye trackers were added. For the entire concert audience data collected were: MusicLab App, Audio, Video, Questionnaire. After the concert, 22:00-23:00, Data Jockeying and conversations took place in the foyer of the concert hall.