1. How many hours a week do you think you spend listening to music?
2. How much time do you spend making music yourself?
3. How much time do you spend hearing live music?
4. Of the recorded music you listen to, what types of machines and technology do
you use to listen to it? How might this compare to how your parents and
grandparents listen to music in their youth? (no portable equipment, no CD's
etc.). What inventions of the 20th. Century most affected the listening public?
5. If none of these technologies were available to you, how do you
would be different?
think
your
life
6. Who are the recording artists you like and listen to the most?
7. Have any of these artists made you aware of a problem or issue in our society? If
so, what problems or issues has the music brought to your attention? How does
the song or music make you feel about the issue? What role do the lyrics play?
What role does the music itself play?