Fieldwork Presentation
Subtitle
Interview feat - Jayso Creative
Jasper McNeal is a 21 year old African American female from North Minneapolis and her choice of music is Hip Hop. Interview was recorded and then communicated for further follow-up questions and comments. I received additional footage from a previous performance and a casual freestyle session.
Eleven Questions
1. Initial motivation?
2. Who helped and how?
3. Who is involved with the music production?
4. Audience?
5. Female in Hip Hop and challenges?
6. Reflection on Hip Hop culture?
7. Important elements of your music?
8. Process?
9. Favorite and least favorite performances, why?
10. Selecting a place to perform?
11. Goal when creating and performing?
Eleven Answers
1. "Being young, 6 or 7 years old, listening to music hip hop.
2. "My dad and all his mixtapes. Provided me with a variety of different musics"
3. "Other artists and mostly my family"
4. "Anybody with a brain"
5. "Questioning your talent"
6. "Hip Hop has evolved in a way a lot of people thought it wouldn't"
7. "The concept and my word play. I am very intent with what I say and how I say it."
8. "Either start with the beat then the words, or start with the words then find a beat"
9. "Very first performance with the adrenaline rush and my second performance when nothing went my way."
10. "Needs to have a nice stage. The way I can move around on stage."
11. "Something that is nurturing"
2. "My dad and all his mixtapes. Provided me with a variety of different musics"
3. "Other artists and mostly my family"
4. "Anybody with a brain"
5. "Questioning your talent"
6. "Hip Hop has evolved in a way a lot of people thought it wouldn't"
7. "The concept and my word play. I am very intent with what I say and how I say it."
8. "Either start with the beat then the words, or start with the words then find a beat"
9. "Very first performance with the adrenaline rush and my second performance when nothing went my way."
10. "Needs to have a nice stage. The way I can move around on stage."
11. "Something that is nurturing"
