A Documentary Idea

so today is the first time i have ever written a blog. im still not sure how i feel about it but as it is a required part of my documentary class, here goes nothing...

i am currently in a class called COMM 408, visual communications. we are creating political documentaries and i have finally found a subject i am interested and that i feel others will be interested in as well. i have titled it "the plight of the college rock musician". this refers to my ideas about what it is like to be a rock musician in today's world and also in college. it is because of these two criteria that we find many bands that are not considered mainstream music. it is also because of this that they struggle. do rock bands all want to "make it big" or are they just interested in playing the music they like? do they play what they like or what they are good at and how does it affect their fanbase? do rockers have to give up what they feel is right in order to ever emerge from the local open mic night scene?

it is these questions that i plan to focus on. i want to know about the politics in music and how college students such as myself handle these controversies. i will be interviewing local musicians in my area and getting some good footage from the local places that host such things as open mic night and battle of the bands.

any suggestions??