Research : Detailed Research Into Chosen Artist

Once you have chosen the artist and album that you wish to proceed with, the next step is to undertake detailed research into your chosen artist.

You need to make a post titled;

Research : Detailed Research Into Chosen Artist (Name of Artist)

in which you provide, unsurprisingly, evidence of detailed research into your chosen artist. 

This should not be copied and pasted from Wikipedia but, rather, show that you have researched from lots of different sources.

The post should include 

• information about the artist's background
• information about the artist's career to date 
• the artist's discography (what they have released and when - use this website to help you)
• links to their website, Youtube channel, Twitter feed, Soundcloud feed, etc. 
• embedded videos of the artist's music promo videos
• evidence of any interviews that have been conducted with the artist.

You need to make this evidence as 'media rich' as possible so include lots of images, video and sound. This is important if you are to score highly.

Present your research as a normal blog post which contains a mixture of text, images, sound and video.

Resource : Promonews

Promonews describes itself in the following way:

This daily update of the latest and most interesting music videos…. If you’ve got the slightest interest in film or music, you’ll quickly get hooked.”
Guardian Guide

Celebrating the best in music video creativity, daily updates of music video news and information, links to high quality video files, and its ever-expanding archive – Promo News is the first stop for everyone who loves music videos, and everyone who makes music videos.

It’s where to find new work in music video, the stories behind the making of the videos, the most exciting new music video makers, and lots of production and crew information – from mainstream pop promos to low budget creative gems – every day.

It is a great place to go to look at interesting and unusual music promo videos. There is also a lot of other interesting information such as interviews with music video directors.

If you are on Twitter, follow them @PromoNewsTV

Research : Potential Artist and Album Choices

I need you to create a presentation for 3 potential album choices.

The rules for the presentation are as follows:

• It must be 1 presentation that covers all 3 potential album choices.
• It must be created using an online presentation tool such as Emaze or Prezi.
• It must be embedded in your blog with the post title Research : 3 Potential Albums

For each potential album choice you need to include, in this order:

• The name of the artist
• A brief biography of the artist (including the genre of music they are most associated with)
• The title of the album
• The record label for the album
• The release date of the album
• The track list for the album 
• The title of the track from the album you feel you could produce a music video for
• An explanation of why you think this album / artist is a good potential choice for your coursework

Please have this available on your blog for Monday 20th July.