Interview for radio show + progress and minutes

As part of our radio show exploring the reasons for music not being as revolutionary today as it has been in the past, we've decided to interview some contacts in the music industry to get some professional insight. My interviewee is my brother-in-law, Adam Rosenfeld, who is a recording artist, a music producer and CEO of Men of Israel Records. Here is a sample of questions I'm planning to ask him:

How long have you been in the music business?

What are the reasons you decided to switch to completely digital music release and distribution?

How do you think the advent of the digital age affects music production/consumerism today?

Do you think that the quality of music has changed over the years? If so, how?

In your opinion, what are the possible reasons you think music is not as revolutionary today as it has been in the past?

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Apart from this, we've all been looking for samples of music and sound bytes to use for the radio show - Mandy is looking up songs from the dance/rave movement, Simon's looking for samples of songs from the rock and roll revolution such as Elvis, the Beatles, etc, and I'm looking for samples of music (punk, etc) that made political statements and were the voice of the generation at that time. An example of this is the anti-war song by Edwin Starr, called War:



During our last team meeting, we took the 'minutes', with Simon noting (very enthusiastically) the action points, ideas, and estimated timeline for our project:

Present: Esther, Mandy and Simon J

Location: Gatehouse Bath Spa Date: 10/11/09

Action point!!!!!! Each group member finds samples of music which they think is suitable for our production

Simon – Elvis music
Esther – Political music – punk, protest

Mandy – Trance/Dance

Mandy says she has found a thing on her blog about punk philosophy

How do you think the advent of a digital age affects music production and consumerism today? – Technical dudes!!! – Esther’s bro, Si’s producers, Mandy’s music guy and lecturer

ACTION POINT!!!! Mandy e-mail lecturer!!! Esther e-mail Bro!!!!!! Si talk to producers!!!!

Is the quality of music to blame for no music revolution? – General public, music students – VOX POP TIME! – 2 weeks time

Favourite genre of music question – good suggestion Esther!

ACTION POINT!!! – Mandy book Mirans and boom mic for Thursday 19^th

ACTION POINT!!! – Book gatehouse for 25^th Nov for post production

ACTION POINT!!! – Simon – Album sales, Mandy – Internet uploads, Esther – Live music

Timeline –

- 19^th November meet in City centre for vox popping

- 20^th November all recordings complete

- 25^th November Gate house – 10:00

- 4^th December Post production complete