Music is a widely enjoyed content type, existing in many multi-faceted representations. With the digital information age, a lot of digitized music information has theoretically become available at the user's fingertips. However, the abundance of information is too large-scaled and too diverse to annotate, oversee and present in a consistent and human manner, motivating the development of automated Music Information Retrieval (Music-IR) techniques. In this paper, we encourage to consider music content beyond a monomodal audio signal and argue that Music-IR approaches with multimodal and user-centered strategies are necessary to serve reallife usage patterns and maintain and improve accessibility of digital music data. After discussing relevant existing work in these directions, we show that the field of Music-IR faces similar challenges as neighboring fields, and thus suggest opportunities for joint collaboration and mutual inspiration.@en

The 1st International ACM Workshop on Music Information Retrieval with User-Centered and Multimodal Strategies (MIRUM) at ACM Multimedia was proposed in order to gather experts from the Music and Multimedia Information Retrieval communities, as well as other neighboring fields. The workshop aims to provide a highprofile platform for presenting current work on Music Information Retrieval, with strong focus on user-centered and multimodal approaches. These focus areas are not only relevant to the Music Information Retrieval field, but equally recognized as emerging and relevant in the Multimedia domain. This way, a cross-disciplinary dialogue on open challenges can be initiated, facilitating new bridging opportunities and increased exchanges of expertise between communities. In this summary, we provide an overview of the 1st MIRUM workshop. After a description of the rationale and focus areas of the workshop, the accepted submissions and other program elements are summarized.@en

The International ACM Workshop on Music Information Retrieval with User-Centered and Multimodal Strategies (MIRUM) at ACM Multimedia was proposed in order to gather experts from the Music and Multimedia Information Retrieval communities, as well as other neighboring fields, and to provide a high-profile platform for presenting current work on Music Information Retrieval with a strong focus on user-centered and multimodal approaches. Following a successful first edition at ACM Multimedia 2011, a second edition of MIRUM was held at ACM Multimedia 2012, which is the focus of this overview. After a description of the rationale and focus areas of the workshop, the accepted submissions and other program elements are summarized.@en

This special issue gathers state-of-the-art research on multimedia methods and technologies aimed at enriching music performance, production, and consumption.@en