Sound mobility: Smartphones and tablets as ubiquitous polymedia music production studios
Craig Mccullough · Queensland University of Technology · 2023
This study examines how mobile devices are perceived and engaged with for music-making. Using digital ethnographic research and digital methods focused on relevant online communities, and publicly shared social media and video, several significant themes related to the practices of mobile music-making are identified, such as the properties of the devices, aesthetics, the relationships among mobility, space and place, and creativity, and mobile music communities. The research also raises questions about the nature of music-making in the contemporary context of ubiquitous media, and whether use of social video platforms such as YouTube are changing the nature of music production practices.