So, today was the first day of class and I was thinking about what my research project should be about, and as a worship musician who plays in a Christian church on Sunday mornings, I find it interesting that we use many forms and techniques pioneered by popular music, rather than the traditional religious music from preceding centuries. I figure this is an interesting question (why) and thought "let's do it!".
by the way, this was about three minutes before Prof. Powers used the EXACT SAME EXAMPLE.

Well, there are many good topics, so I'll look around some more for a less obvious and more interesting topic. Maybe how racism led to the rise of Mumford and Sons- (paraphrasing of course).