The newspaper's chief purpose was to document local music.
It also documents local ethnic music like the popularity of polka music in rural Minnesota.
The earliest documented music comes after settlement by Anglo-Americans in the 1850s.
Courses cover the technologies for documenting music, as well as the collaborative elements of studio work, and the business of recording.
The collaboration led to the movie "Chulas Fronteras," which documents the area's daily life, culture and music.
Fast Forward was a cassette magazine documenting post-punk music in the early 1980s.
Writers also need to document music, photos, web sites, interviews, and any other source used to prevent plagiarism.
Godrich first conceived From the Basement as a means of authentically documenting music being made.
They use traditional analog recording techniques and are interested in documenting music made by their friends.
The British record label Emanem has documented much music in this vein.