About MEL
The Music Experience Lab was formed in 2008 by Richard Randall at Carnegie Mellon University with a focus on human auditory cognition. In 2011, Randall partnered with scholar Richard Purcell and CMU's Center for the Arts in Society to form the Listening Spaces Project —-a three-year initiative to examine how technological, political, and economic forces influence how we make music in the 21st century. MEL is currently examining the impact of AI on human musical creativity,
MEL is not currently hiring research assistants, graduate students, or post-doctoral positions. Thank you for your interest.
People
Richard Randall, Principal Investigator
I live in Pittsburgh, PA and work at Carnegie Mellon University. I am a musician and academic who answers fundamental questions about music and the human condition. I call this work the "Music Experience Lab," and I partner with people, institutions, and technologies to create new knowledge and transformational practices around music.
MEL projects support the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
