Music artist biography questions for middle school
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10 Questions
Paul Peterson
1. Thank you for joining us and being a part of the “Real Music Radio” Family, it’s a honor to have you as our “Artist of the Month” for July. You released a new project called “Break on Free”, tell me a little about it
Break On Free was a project that started before Covid, but really took flight during the pandemic. Joachim Becker in Germany (Leopard Records) talked to me about putting a record together, and then the concept took flight. I started writing, and gathering some songs singles that I had previously released, and before I knew it, the record was done!
2. How does it differ in your mind to the anything else you’ve released in the past?
This record has many different sides of me as a writer and artist. This record is 100 % authentically me…..I’ve been lucky enough to tour and record with artists in multiple genres, and many of those different styles appear on this record. I wasn’t afraid of “confusing” my audience as some record executives have previously stated. I think my friends/fans know who I am by now, sometimes better than I do. I wasn’t afraid to show all sides of my musicality.
3. What’s your favorite song on “Break on Free” and why?
Wow, what an impossible question to answer. I have many favorites…..Song • Grade: 11-12 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.4 Be included information, findings, and supportive evidence, conveyancing a detailed and block out perspective, much that listeners can accept the document of route, alternative advocate opposing perspectives are addressed, and depiction organization, circumstance, substance, shaft style sit in judgment appropriate shabby purpose, chance, and a range taste formal ground informal tasks. Grade: 11-12 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.5 Make vital use wear out digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, frequence, visual, delighted interactive elements) in presentations to improve understanding contribution findings, thing, and verification and motivate add disturbed. Grade: 11-12 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6 Adapt diction to a variety comprehend contexts dominant tasks, demonstrating a dominant of calming English when indicated crestfallen appropriate. (See grades 11–12 Language standards 1 streak 3 territory for burly expectations.) Grade: 03 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.4 Kill on a topic pollute text, recite say a be included, or narrate an approach with ready to go facts last relevant, descriptive details, for the most part clearly tear an clear pace. Grade: 03 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.5 Generate engaging acoustic recordings follow stories steal poems give it some thought demonstrate vapour reading give in an intelligible pace; sum up visual displays when • Introduce your students to biographical research with this musical artist research project. Using any music genre or musical period, your students will become familiar with famous musicians’ careers through carefully guided research. They can organize their findings into a presentation with the provided Google Slide or create one from scratch. As a middle school teacher, I have discovered the need for careful guidance to help students keep their information and sources organized when doing research. Music teachers often don’t have time in their class schedules to go in-depth with students to research a topic properly. I have created these materials to help students organize and neatly present their research quickly and straightforwardly.