Questions for Studying Popular Music
Music as “Works”
Song Structure:
Melodies
Lyrics
Length
Genre
Music as “performance”
Instrumentation
Sound (sonic)
Celebrity Persona
Genre
Music as “experience”
Lyrical Intrepretation
Social Practice
Music as “technology”
Technologies of production (recording, composing.)
Carrier format
Music as “commodity”
Industry
Marketing
Devices