I've had a number of different ideas brewing regarding the subject of my research for this quarter's class. My top consideration was the culture of the marching band, and the marching band's role in other cultures (sports); however, speaking from experience, most school bands' marching season is the Fall, and Spring is concert season. Concert season is its own thing, but during this time, bands don't have the same interaction with the public and with other cultures as they do during marching season. Even the drum and bugle corps are in recruitment and rehearsal mode this time of year. Too bad.
Another vastly different culture that might be interesting to study is that of the electronic music scene. It is certainly a culture unto itself, with myriad subcultures. From the mildest of clubs that occasionally feature a house DJ to illegal warehouse parties to full-blown raves with multiple rooms/genres/scenes/weird people and enormous festivals out in the desert; the scope of the electronic music scene is huge. The current soar in the popularity of Dubstep is certainly not harming the popularity of the scene, I'm sure.
I recently saw a great documentary from 2008: "Nerdcore Rising" which followed then up-and-coming hip-hop artist MC Frontalot, who helped spark a new subgenre of hip-hop that appealed to highly intellectual yet sometimes socially-challenged listeners. I know that Comic-Con is massively growing in audience and scope, and it would be interesting to see how music is intertwined into that scene.
I'll ponder on this.
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