Assignment 10: Practice Interview Report

In order to find a valid subject to interview, I chose to interview a subject from the managers and hosts of Owner #1 Music Group. The subject I interviewed volunteers as an assistant to one of the groups many musicians.  For this portion of my research I will label her as Member-1.  After receiving permission from Member-1, I organized my questions and started my interview.  I first asked Member-1 a question concerning the demographic of gender in the music group.  She stated that from her experience, she had found that more men avatars are involved with the music group.  She then included,  "the number of female musicians have been on the rise".  Observing the direction of the conversation, I thought it best to next ask if Owner #1 Music Group was the only music group she was involved.  She informed me that she ends up working with several music groups due to her "passion" for live music.  Due to her participation and involvement with the music scene; I asked her opinion concerning the competitive nature, or lack there of, in SL's music culture.  She stated that while some music venues have a competitive nature towards other SL businesses, most of the musically involved avatars have a "shared love of live music";  and therefore collaborate with each other to "bring about the best in live music".  We then went into discussion about how she became involved with the music scene in SL, and eventually worked for one of it's musicians.  What I gained from the interview was a sense of inspiration from the music culture.  Member-1's enthusiasm is practically palpable when when she converses about music.  What I was looking for in this interview was to gain insight on the reasons why, and how, these avatars manage the music in Owner #1 Music Group.  I am satisfied with the amount of input I received from my interview subject.