You (and your partner) will present the week of April 30 in an order determined by lottery.
Each presentation should:
-Cover both the main (traditional) and outlying (experimental) aspects of the genre
Ex. Rock and roll - Chuck Berry and Radiohead
Opera - Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Object Collection’s Innova
-Be a minimum of 10 minutes long
-Contain at least 3 musical examples of the genre you studied
-You will play just part of each
-Discuss international examples
-rap from Ghana, screamo from Mexico, techno from Poland
-Cover history and development
-Where did it come from?
-Who were the primary people involved?
-Other closely related styles
-Talk about what’s going on right now
-Exciting new people on the scene
-Current popularity (is it on the pop charts?)
**Scoring**
10 minutes - 20 points
-5 points off for each minute under 10
3 examples - 10 points each
-30 points total
-one example must be traditional, one experimental, and the third is open
-you will play 30 seconds of each example (you will indicate which 30-second section on your blog)
Blog post - 25 points-Introductory paragraph
-What was your experience of this type of music before you studied it?
-What are some of your favorite/least favorite songs in this genre?
-What do you normally listen to?
-50+ word description for each song-Why are you including that song?
-What aspects of the genre does this song typify?
-Special circumstances
-This song was banned
-Most downloads in 24 hour period
-Recorded in 1 take, etc
-This is actually part 2 to a song they released 5 years ago
-The lyrics come from bathroom stall graffiti
-Listening directions
(“Pay close attention at 1:32 and listen for the drop”)
(“At the end, you can hear someone in the studio trip over something”)(“Best enjoyed on headphones”)
-Closing "Paragraph"
(This is your notes section. Copy and paste your notes from Google Docs)
Mixtape on blog - 25 points
-10 embedded examples of the type of music you studied
-Can be video (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.)
-Can be audio (Soundcloud, RealPlayer, etc.)
-Must include 1 cover. And the cover is either:
-a musician in your genre covering another song outside that genre
(The Slackers covering The Beatles “We Can Work It Out”)
-or-
-a musician from a different genre covering a song in your genre
(Portland Cello Project covering Kanye West’s “All of the Lights”)
Have Fun
