Introduction: Popular Music Songwriting as Cultural, Creative, and Economic Practice

Michael Ahlers; Jan Herbst; Knut Holtsträter

Introduction: Popular Music Songwriting as Cultural, Creative, and Economic Practice

Michael Ahlers, Jan Herbst, Knut Holtsträter

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Popular Music Songwriting as Cultural, Creative, and Economic Practice
Editors	Michael Ahlers, Jan-Peter Herbst, Knut Holtsträter
Publisher	Waxmann Verlag GMBH
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2 Apr 2025

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Songwriting-Camps: Kollaborative Songwriting-Praxis zwischen Songwriting-Tradition und musikindustrieller Transformation
Translated title of the contribution: Songwriting camps: Collaborative songwriting practice between songwriting tradition and music industry transformationWernicke, C., Zaddach, W-G., Ahlers, M. & Herbst, J., 1 Jan 2025, Musik in der spätmodernen Gesellschaft: Analysen, Positionen, Perspektiven. Pfleiderer, M., Just, S., Wernicke, C. & Jost, C. (eds.). Waxmann Verlag GMBH, Vol. 43. p. 197-218 22 p. (Popular Culture and Music; vol. 43).
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The Benefits of Collaborative Popular Music Songwriting: A Spectrum of Artist-Songwriter Involvement
Herbst, J., Williams, K., Tolstad, I. & Barber, S., 1 Jan 2025, In: Popular Music and Society. 48, 1, p. 1-24 24 p.
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Songwriting Camps: Geschichte, Theorien und Forschungsansätze zur Fließband-Produktion von populärer Musik
Translated title of the contribution: Songwriting Camps: History, theories and research approaches to the assembly line production of popular musicAhlers, M. & Herbst, J., 16 Aug 2024, Parallelgesellschaften: Effekte struktureller Mehrgleisigkeit auf populäre Musik, ihre Erforschung und Vermittlung. von Appen, R., Chaker, S., Huber, M. & Prieske, S. (eds.). Transcript, p. 315-342 28 p.
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“The Song Factories Have Closed!”: Songwriting Camps as Spaces of Collaborative Creativity in the Post-Industrial Age
Herbst, J., Ahlers, M. & Barber, S., 29 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Creative Industries Journal. 22 p.
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SC21: Songwriting Camps in the 21st Century
Herbst, J., Ahlers, M., Barber, S. & Williams, K.
1/02/23 → 31/01/26
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Popular Music Songwriting as Cultural, Creative, and Economic Practice. ed. / Michael Ahlers; Jan-Peter Herbst; Knut Holtsträter. Waxmann Verlag GMBH, 2025.

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Songwriting-Camps: Kollaborative Songwriting-Praxis zwischen Songwriting-Tradition und musikindustrieller Transformation

The Benefits of Collaborative Popular Music Songwriting: A Spectrum of Artist-Songwriter Involvement

Songwriting Camps: Geschichte, Theorien und Forschungsansätze zur Fließband-Produktion von populärer Musik

“The Song Factories Have Closed!”: Songwriting Camps as Spaces of Collaborative Creativity in the Post-Industrial Age

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SC21: Songwriting Camps in the 21st Century

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