Project Brief

Preamble

Through research into the Montagnard people, I intend to find new information about their involvement in contemporary music. I aim to learn what types of contemporary music they enjoy, whether there are any aspiring Montagnard musicians, and if so, hopefully experience their music. If time permits, I may even be able to mix my music with their music, working together toward the goal of musical achievement and enjoyment. As can be seen by the image on the right, both Montagnard musicians and I play music. Because of this, we should try to find out how the other party goes about this, and possibly play it together.

Data Mined

http://diacritics.org/2011/01/05/mondegas-for-the-people-a-montagnard-hip-hop-debut/
This is a review by diaCRITICS about a young Montagnard hip hop artist from Raleigh, NC who just recently got some public recognition.

http://www.mondegamusic.com/biography/
This is the same guy's biography.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1089009
This is the only other contemporary musician who was not a traditional music artist that I could find. Another hip hop artist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qd6gTVSEE8
This is a short documentary about a traditional Montagnard musician. In it he states that most of the Montagnard children don't really want to learn traditional music.

Need for Additional Information

I have a great need for more information. The internet only mentions one Montagnard musician (Mondega), and that is because he is the only one who has made it big at all. I need to meet the people who want to do music, are barely scratching by, have never been found, or are still in school. That's where my best information would come from. I'm sure that some of the Montagnard children (maybe those of high school age) want to do music; I want to know what types of music they want to do.