This document provides a template for describing a music genre by outlining categories such as when and where the genre began, similar genres, popular artists, associated record labels, target audiences, fashion trends, and common ideas or attitudes.

1. Genre: past and present – Fact File
My chosen genre is…
When it began
Where it began
Similar genres
Examples of successful
artists/bands in this genre
Record labels in this genre
Kind of people its popular
with
Associated fashion trends
Extension: What
ideas/attitudes it this genre
associated with