Dylan's Impact

Instructions for Dylan's Impact

Directions: Take as much time as you need to complete the following questionnaire. Responses to the open-ended questions can be brief or very long. Please answer all open-ended questions in English. You can also write your open-ended responses in another computer program and paste them into the space below. Once your questionnaire is submitted, you will not be able to edit it.

1. Are you Male or Female?

Female
Male

2. What is your age? years.

3. What is the highest level of education you have completed?

4. Nationality (country of birth):

5. Core Research Question: In the space below, please describe what Bob Dylan’s music has meant to you. In other words, in what ways has Dylan’s music been personally important to you? You may want to consider the following issues in your answer:

What impact did the music have on your life? Did it influence you? Did it change you (your behaviors, thoughts, attitudes, philosophy, etc.)?
Describe the context in which the music was important to you—What was the physical space in which you experienced the music, e.g. radio, album, concert, etc.? What was the social context? What else was going on in your life?
Did you share your experience of Dylan’s music with other people? Who and how?
How did other people respond to Dylan's importance to you?
While I am not asking for extended interpretations of Dylan’s music, you may need to discuss your understanding of the music in order to best describe what it has meant to you.

6. During which decade did Dylan’s music have its most significant impact on you?
1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-05

7. During which period of your life did Dylan’s music have its most significant impact on you?
Teens 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s+

8. What Dylan songs (up to 5) have been particularly important to you?

9. What Dylan albums (up to 5) have been particularly important to you?

10. What other musicians/groups (up to 5) have been particularly important to you?

11. What other “artists” (graphic artists, writers, film directors, performers, etc.; up to 5) have been particularly important to you?

12. COMMENTS: