- How do you want to introduce your audience to the subject?
I would like an immediate introduction to qawwali music, possibly the usual introduction of a form of the music itself playing as it begins for around 15-20 seconds. I would also like to recite a Rumi poem right after as a sonically creative way to bring in the aesthetic paper itself.
2. What instructions are required?
I’m not sure if there will be any specific ‘instructions’ I will follow per se. I will try to separate the audio paper into a concise beginning, middle and end.
Beginning: A short intro into qawwali and its roots (1 mins)
from the evolutions of the ghazal, qawaalis sufi traditions
migration and mix of turkish ney and of persian ghazal, and sufi poetry to the indian subcontinent
amir khusro creating an amalgamation of indigenous musical traditions with the sufi traditions of poetry in the 20th century. Brung together different factions and religious through the music, building communities together.
Middle: The popularisation of qawwali (3 mins)
End: How it affects the perceptions of the genre and an outro (3 mins)
3. Identify what your goals are for the audio paper in terms of the information you want to share:
My goals for the audio paper are to unearth and inform my audience of the practice of qawwali as a form of music, as well as its commercialisation and popularisation into popular domains and how that has changed or formed the way it sounds today compared to its original roots.
4. What approaches to the ways of listening can be incorporated to support your goals and the representation of the subject of your audio paper?
I would like the audio paper to be formal but as interesting as it is informative. The use of panning and stereo listening could come in handy to further enhance the representation of the genre of music I am trying to present.
Possibly include interviews from family and friends.