Rap Music?
Social Statements in Popular Music Styles
What is Real Country Music?
The Subject of _____ in American Popular Music (could be love, war, infidelity, horses, cars . . . )
Early Women Rock Stars
The Music Genome Project (Pandora)
New Artists - Old Styles
What the Top 10 Singers (singles/groups/albums) Have in Common
A History of Lip-syncing
Rock (country/pop/blues/rap) Song Parodies (their purposes and results)
Is It Country or Rock?
Singers Who Think They Can Act (or Actors Who Think They Can Sing)
Improvisation in Popular Music
Is Music an Aphrodisiac?
The Psychology of Popular Music (Why we like what we like)
Popular Music in Movies (or television or commercials)
Dance Crazes in Popular Music (their cause and effect)
New Directions in _______ (pick any genre or a particular instrument, record company, radio format . . .)
Copyright Laws Are Our Friends (or Are Not Our Friends)
The "Crossover" Phenomena
Do Rockers Have to Be Unstable?
Music That Scares Our Parents
Does Music Promote Violence?
My, How You've Changed (a "then and now" look at a particular performer, group, or genre)
How _________'s (performer/group/style) Philosophies Sabotaged Their (his/her) Career
The Most Popular Controversial Songs (some banned, some investigated)
[Please feel free to make up your own title. You won't get extra credit for choosing one of these.]
Your best bet is to choose a topic that requires some conclusions - not just a narrative of what some artist or group has done, what albums they made, where they went on tour. That is BORING!!
One more thing - don't preach to the rest of us
Example: "My opinion is the correct one because . . . " or "Music does promote violence and parents should . . . " or "Contemporary Christian music is superior because . . . " In other words,
we are not really interested in your opinion, we want to LEARN SOMETHING.
Feel free to take any position if you can back it up with research, but I have never heard any research conclusions that included the word "should."
And remember - you don't ha