As the most-visited social media site on the internet, the video-sharing platform YouTube has become a highly influential space for musicmaking and learning. Becoming a YouTube Musician: How People Learn, Create, and Connect Online explores how YouTube creators and viewers are using digital video to create and consume music, develop online communities, and engage in formal, informal, and experimental music learning.
Drawing on 26 case studies, the author challenges music educators to incorporate the learning, creative, and social practices of online musicians into their classrooms by helping students learn to participate in an online music system like YouTube. While this book serves as an in-depth analysis of a specific platform, the concepts within are more universal. Becoming a YouTube Musician encourages readers to consider how technology, media, and the internet can be used to innovate teaching by incorporating popular practices that exist on social media. The author shows educators how to apply lessons from the practices of YouTube musicians in their classrooms, facilitating student creativity and engagement in new ways.
By:
Christopher Cayari
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9781032453644
ISBN 10: 1032453648
Series: Routledge New Directions in Music Education Series
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 28 July 2025
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Forword Chapter 1 - YouTube as a Site for Musical Learning, Creating, and Connecting Chapter 2 – Three Online Learning Arenas: YouTube Musicians Acquiring the Skills for Content Creation Chapter 3 – DIY Video Production and YouTube Musicians Creative Processes Chapter 4 – Making Music with Others on the Internet: Do-It-With-Others (DIWO) Collaborations Chapter 5 – Collective Music Making, Crowd Sourcing, and Do-It-For-Others (DIFO) Projects Chapter 6 – YouTube Musicians Connecting through Online Communities Chapter 7 – YouTube as a Teaching Medium
Christopher Cayari is Associate Professor of Music Education, Curriculum and Instruction (courtesy), and Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (affiliate) at Purdue University, West Lafayette-Indianapolis.
