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I have a band seminal project in my music & society class that I pick one band that's influential to the society that's like politcally related, so I chose Iron Maiden for the band. I have to answer these questions and I need good and accurate websites (no wikipedia please!!!) to answer these questions about Iron Maiden. And this project is due on 3/3/2009.
These are all the questions that are asked for my project.
=Historical Context=
1) What was the time frame that the artist the artist entered into? Where?
2) What were major historical and/or political events that shaped the era?
3) What were the values and major conflicts of the time? (those that would influence both the mndset of the artist and how society would react to them)
=Musical History of the Artist=
1) What genres influenced the artist?
2) How are those influences manifested/evident in their music?
3) What was the sound of their music? How/why did it change over time?
4) What was the message of their music (lyrics, tones...)? How/why did it change over time?
5) What impact did they have on future music?
=Audience=
1) Who were the fans? (consider age, ethnicity/race, class, gender, geography)
2) Why did the artist appeal to this partcular group(s)? (consider political & cultural environment)
3) At the time, was the artst considered to be part of mainstream socety, or did they represent a sub/counterculture?
4) Were there any reactions against the artist? Why/why not?
=Economics=
1) What record label did the artist sign to (or not)?
2) How did the label impact the popularity and marketing of the music?
3) How did the label influence the style/ message/ image of the artist?
4) How much control did the artist have over their music? (style and message of music, their image, the marketing...)
5) Did the money/ fame impact the artists' music or image?
These are all the questions that are asked for my project.
=Historical Context=
1) What was the time frame that the artist the artist entered into? Where?
2) What were major historical and/or political events that shaped the era?
3) What were the values and major conflicts of the time? (those that would influence both the mndset of the artist and how society would react to them)
=Musical History of the Artist=
1) What genres influenced the artist?
2) How are those influences manifested/evident in their music?
3) What was the sound of their music? How/why did it change over time?
4) What was the message of their music (lyrics, tones...)? How/why did it change over time?
5) What impact did they have on future music?
=Audience=
1) Who were the fans? (consider age, ethnicity/race, class, gender, geography)
2) Why did the artist appeal to this partcular group(s)? (consider political & cultural environment)
3) At the time, was the artst considered to be part of mainstream socety, or did they represent a sub/counterculture?
4) Were there any reactions against the artist? Why/why not?
=Economics=
1) What record label did the artist sign to (or not)?
2) How did the label impact the popularity and marketing of the music?
3) How did the label influence the style/ message/ image of the artist?
4) How much control did the artist have over their music? (style and message of music, their image, the marketing...)
5) Did the money/ fame impact the artists' music or image?