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Popular Music Making and Young People: Leisure, Education, and Industry

Moir, Zack

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Roger Mantie
Editor

Gareth Dylan Smith
Editor

Abstract

Many young people are involved in music making activities that may be considered as “leisure,” such as playing in bands, making recordings, or live performance. Music making, when considered as a leisure activity, is a cultural or social phenomenon that enjoys an interesting and complex relationship with education and industry. First, this chapter explores the ways in which young people engage with popular music making as leisure and leisure-education by considering the nature of musical activities that are self-directed, self-funded, and fuelled principally by the enthusiasm and autodidacticism of the participants. Second, consideration is given to the ecology of informal music making among young people with specific focus on the development of skills, competencies and creativities, and the economic, commercial, and professional pressures to monetise musical activity.

Citation

Moir, Z. (2017). Popular Music Making and Young People: Leisure, Education, and Industry. In R. Mantie, & G. D. Smith (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190244705.013.9

Acceptance Date Mar 7, 2016
Online Publication Date Jan 1, 2017
Publication Date Feb 6, 2017
Deposit Date Jun 22, 2018
Publisher Oxford University Press
Book Title The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure
Chapter Number 13
ISBN 9780190244705
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190244705.013.9
Keywords music education, popular music, music industry, music making, leisure-education, learning
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1201668
Publisher URL http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190244705.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190244705-e-9