There are scholarly groups devoted to preserving medieval

 There are scholarly groups devoted to preserving medieval instrumental music and instruments. For instance, Iowa State University’s Musica Antiqua ensemble has a website devoted to medieval instruments and early Renaissance music. Follow this link to their “About Instruments” page. Choose any instrument from this page. Listen to both the instrumental and musical examples provided. Note your selection and any observations you make about instrumental timbre, tempo, dynamic level, or any other musical concepts we’ve covered. Share the information you learned with your classmates.

Additionally, find and share a YouTube video of a medieval instrument performance and discuss what you saw and heard. It does not have to be the same instrument you chose from the Medieval Instruments and Early Renaissance Music website.

Be sure to cite the video in MLA format. Additional external sources are not required; however, if used, cite them also using MLA format.

Discussion 4

How do modern musicians make a living?

Choose one of your own favorite modern musical artists. (It does not have to be someone who is extremely famous.) How does your chosen artist make a living and market himself or herself? Is it music sales alone? Do they have additional income streams? Do they perhaps have an additional job? Discuss their marketing strategies and whether or not you feel that impacts their income.

It is not required, but feel free to include a video link to one of your chosen artist’s pieces. Please be sure to make note if it is explicit in any way out of respect for your classmates and in accordance with our discussion ground rules.

How important is it for modern artists to have multiple streams of revenue? How important is their marketing?

Additional external sources are not required; however, if used, cite them using MLA format.