Research Plan
In this WordPress blog, I have been researching music. On a national and local level, I have been trying to understand what music is popular, why and what (if any) music transcends time and context to live on forever.
Specifically, I have been asking (and will continue to ask):
How do bands market themselves?
What genres of music are most popular in Houston/worldwide?
How and why do people join bands?
What kind of political dissent is in most music?
How do local musicians get noticed?
Who markets the music? The musicians or the producers or the record executives?
I have interviewed dozens of bands and, coupled with much hard work with the Houston Press, feel that I am familiar enough with the local music scene to comment on it.
From there, a lot of research (online, via phone and face-to-face) has given me a better perspective on national and worldwide music.
I plan to continue this research indefinitely.
MK
Matt,
Can you limit it to how has music affected social issues?
Otherwise, it’s not going to have any focus. Look at socially conscious music. That’s still a lot of music….
Michael Berryhill
April 21, 2010 at 9:57 pm