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

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 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: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/akon-20070419 

Iggy Pop: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rolling-stone-interview-iggy-pop-20070419 

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

Artist #1 ( , )  Artist #2 ( , ) Artist #3 ( , )  Artist #4 ( , ) Artist #5 ( , )  Artist #6 ( , ) 

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:

Rubric that will be used for grading your group's advertisement / homepage:

Scoring mechanism:3 pts - critical, 2 pts - important, 1 pt - bells & whistles

Criteria

Possible

Your Score

Viewable documented posted in discussion board

3

A single style period is represented

3

Artist feedback is available in a Word document and posted, too

3

Documented/Project is submitted/viewable on time

3

Band is named (winner of the recording contract)

3

Interview questions cover style of artist

3

List of instruments heard on the album

2

Interview includes 16+ questions with responses

2

Interview questions inquire about the history of the artist

2

Artist training or musical education is attainable by reading interview

2

Why did he/she become a musician?

1

Early musical influences on the musician?

1

Name of the CD to be released?

1

When will the CD be released?

1

How many tracks are on the CD?

1

How did the musician come up with the name for the band (or the CD)

1

Total

32