Blog 9

Some of the most difficult points in my research have been finding a lot of information specific to Ball State’s marching band, The Pride of Mid-America. There’s information out there about marching band, and I can always do interviews with people in Ball State’s band, but if I want to find something written about the band, that’s a lot more difficult to find. The easiest part of this project has been actually getting to feel welcome in my field site. Having a close friend within the band has helped a lot in trying to feel comfortable with the marching band people, and helps them all to feel more comfortable with me. I suppose if I could change anything I would’ve tried to set up more interviews with other people. I’ve learned a lot from Marta, my roommate, but I haven’t heard a very different perspective from Marta’s. Keeping a blog has really helped me to follow along and keep up with my research. By having to answer the blog questions I know if my research is up to date or if I’m falling behind.