How popular musicians learn in the postdigital age. Ergebnisse einer Studie zur Soziomaterialität des Songwritings von Bands in informellen Kontexten

The research and development project Postdigital Popular Music Pedagogy (PPP) aims at the development of a music pedagogical program oriented towards informal learning in bands. Using the actor network theory, and thus investigating songwriting as a sociomaterial process, we present, exemplify, and discuss the results of the exploration of informal practices. The song as an actor network transforms through several spaces and phases. The starting point is the socio-technical constellation in which the events and the maturation of ideas as organisms are made probable. From there, an iteration of adaptation to musical-aesthetic standards and physical ability begins: The recording, internal publishing, and rehearsing phases, translate the idea from the workpiece to the object of dispatch into technical requirements. This is completed by the publication phase, in which the song idea is presented as a standardized product in several online and offline contexts. (DIPF/Orig.)