Psychological responses to recorded music as predictors of intentions to attend concerts

Emotions, liking, performance evaluations, and monetary value

Bibliographic Data

ID20408124
AuthorsSatoshi Kawase (0000-0001-7959-8305, Soai University, corresponding author), Satoshi Obata (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Year2016
Volume20
Issue2
Pages163-172
Publication date2016-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMusicae Scientiae (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1029-8649 • E-ISSN: 2045-4147
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1029864915608682
OpenAlexW2400150761
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited24

The present study was designed to investigate how music listening affects intentions to attend concerts by employing both the music consumption model and the general consumer behavior model in service environments. We conducted a listening experiment using live recorded classical music. Participants responded to questionnaires after listening to pieces that represented different types of emotions. The items surveyed included felt emotion, liking, performance evaluation, and monetary value. The main findings were as follows: (1) strong emotions that were linked with happiness and tenderness/liking induced by music listening and performance evaluations were associated with intentions to attend concerts, and (2) the individual sense of the value of classical music also influenced the price that audience members were willing to pay to attend a concert when inspired to do so through music listening

Active listening · Happiness · Communication · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Multisensory perception and integration · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Social Psychology