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

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