Types of interview questions
There are four types of questions that students have typically asked
artists in interviews.
- Questions about the artist's personal history. For example:
- When and how did you first become interested in music? How long
have you been playing music?
- What are your musical influences?
- Does anyone in your family play music?
- What kinds of times and places have you played music in your life?
- What else do you do besides play music?
- Questions about the stories behind the songs. For example:
- Why did you write or decide to play that song?
- What do you think that song is about?
- What does it take to play a song like that?
- What is special about that song?
- Questions about musical style and attributes of the genre. For example:
- What makes that a ________ song?
- Are there different kinds of _________ songs?
- What is it about the way you play that song that makes it different
than the other kinds?
- Questions about musical taste. For example:
- What makes this kind of music "good" to you?
- Why did you choose to play this kind of music?
>> Open-ended interviewing
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