You will start the essay with a proper
introduction describing the paper and wha
You will start the essay with a proper
introduction describing the paper and what you will discuss. You will list the concert you attended and
the sidemen/sidewomen and their instruments. The paper will include a short biography on the
bandleader and a description of each of the songs you heard, so please take notes. If they do not
announce all the songs, find a bandmember afterwards and ask them the song names. Take notes on
the tempos of each song, the vibes, the feelings each evoked, and anything else that comes to mind.
The majority of the paper will be your thoughts on the songs and the concert as a whole. What did you
enjoy about it? What connected with you? Have you heard anything like it before? What didn’t you
like about the music? Was anything fun? Distracting? Who do you know that you would recommend
the show to? Why? Do you see any similarity between this performance and any of the music you
listen to or buy? Would you go again? Were any of the sidemen/women impressive enough for you to
seek out their own albums? What was the venue like? Classy, rundown? Who were the people in the
audience with you? What were your thoughts on them? Did everyone seem to be enjoying the music?
How were they expressing it? Was there food? Drinks? Were people talking? Was it loud? These
are just a few of the questions that you could discuss and expound upon; the more creative and original
you are with your paper the better your grade will be.
The introduction, concert info, sidemen/women names and instruments and short bandleader biography
are necessary, but your thorough and honest reactions to the album are the essential and most important
part of the paper