Mainstream Talent Scout Talent Scout Objective: listen to the six bands assembled at your recording studio, evaluate the bands' use of the Mainstream style characteristics, decide which band to offer

Talent Scout Objective: listen to the six bands assembled at your recording studio, evaluate the bands' use of the Mainstream style characteristics, decide which band to offer a recording contract, think of a clever name for the band, and compose a mock interview of the artist for Rolling Stone magazine.

The concept behind this project is to choose an artist and write a mock interview for Rolling Stone. Below are linked two interviews from an issue of Rolling Stone so that you can get an idea of what a printed interview looks like.

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Akon: RollingStone Akon Interview

Iggy Pop: RollingStone Iggy Pop Interview

Develop some questions for your artist to answer concerning their style, training, what instrument they play, why he/she became a musician, influences on them in the field, and so on. As a group, you might have a couple of you write questions and the rest respond to those questions. Organize the questions in a logical order.

Artists that want to record in your studio include the following

For each artist that auditions, you will need to give them appropriate feedback about why they weren't selected. This is usually done via a simple adjudication form such as this:
Instrument We Want to Hire: _________________________

Instrument Artist Plays:_______________________

Artist's use of the Mainstream style characteristics: