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

Herbst, Jan-Peter and Williams, Katherine and Tolstad, Ingrid and Barber, Simon (2024) The Benefits of Collaborative Popular Music Songwriting: A Spectrum of Artist-Songwriter Involvement. Popular Music and Society, 48 (1). pp. 1-24. ISSN 1740-1712

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Abstract

This article explores the often-overlooked role of professional songwriters in popular music, who occupy the spectrum between craftspeople and artists. Drawing on seventeen episodes of the Sodajerker podcast featuring songwriters who write for and with popular artists, we outline the role of professional songwriters in the popular music industry and how collaboration between songwriters and artists shapes and refines songs. On this basis, we propose a five-tiered spectrum of artist-songwriter involvement, ranging from independent songwriting by professionals without a specific artist brief to scenarios where artists are mostly self-sufficient but receive musical or psychological support from co-writers as needed.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1080/03007766.2024.2428035
Dates:	Date Event 7 November 2024 Accepted 23 November 2024 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	songwriting, collaboration, creativity, communication, Sodajerker podcast
Subjects:	CAH24 - media, journalism and communications > CAH24-01 - media, journalism and communications > CAH24-01-05 - media studies CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > College of English and Media
Depositing User:	Simon Barber
Date Deposited:	13 Feb 2025 13:02
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2025 13:02
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16147

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