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Welcome to the APME Miami 2026 Conference!
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Join us June 4–6 at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, as we celebrate the rhythms, relationships, and revolutions shaping popular music education.

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
This study examines perceived musical similarity using Suno AI to generate controlled cover versions with systematic changes to pitch, rhythm, harmony, lyrics, and genre. Unlike prior work relying on simplified stimuli, this approach preserves full production fidelity while revealing that lyrics and genre transformation influence listener judgments.
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Joseph J. Avery

Assistant Professor, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami
Joseph J. Avery is an Assistant Professor at the Miami Herbert Business School, with additional appointments in the University of Miami’s Department of Psychology and Institute for Data Science and Computing, and he is an Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society... Read More →
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Tom Collins

Associate Professor, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
Tom Collins is Associate Professor of Music Engineering at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, and Principal Investigator of the Music Computing and Psychology Lab. His research bridges music perception, artificial intelligence, and creative technologies, with applications... Read More →
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Sam Courtney

Graduate Student, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
Sam Courtney is a graduate student in Music Engineering Technology at the University of Miami, working under the mentorship of Dr. Christopher Bennett and Dr. Tom Collins. His research interests span digital signal processing, machine learning, and acoustics. He is a member of the... Read More →
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Mike Schuster

Associate Professor, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
Mike Schuster is an Associate Professor of Legal Studies at the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia. His research empirically analyzes behavior within the intellectual property system, with a growing focus on digital and AI-driven environments. His work has appeared in... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

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