Genre Project Details

**Genre Project Outline**

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