Beginning My Research

Hello, everyone. I've been trying to decide which subculture in my area to choose as a subject for research. As a musician, I would naturally decide on a genre a music; choosing which one is proving more difficult than I had first suspected. I had originally decided on bluegrass music, but then wondered if I knew enough about it to hinder further study.


I then began to think of musicians as a whole; particularly the comradery between them, regardless of what style they prefer. When musicians begin a conversation, it is without fail that the conversation will work its way around to music. I myself get a feeling of exhilaration when I share my thoughts about the instruments that I play or how I feel about the last concert that I went to.

I wonder if other musicians feel the same way. Can there be the same excitement for rap and hard-rock as there is for classical or jazz music? I would use the Trans-Siberian Orchestra as an example that it is possible. They have electric instruments as well as an acoustic orchestra; yet they blend together in a beautiful harmony.

I have now decided what I will research. I want to further understand how two completely different genres of music can be intertwined. I also want to know what gives musicians, from all backgrounds and tastes, the ability to come together and share ideas and feelings about something they love, without being ashamed or embarrassed.