Autoethnography is an autobiographical genre that connects the personal to the cultural, social, and political. Usually written in the first-person voice, autoethnographic work appears in a variety of creative formats; for example, short stories, music compositions, poetry, photographic essays, and reflective journals. Music Autoethnographies explores an intersection of autoethnographic approaches with studies of music. Written through the eyes, ears, emotions, experiences and stories of music and autoethnography practitioners, this edited collection showcases how autoethnography can expand musicians' awareness of their practices, and how musicians can expand the creative and artistic possibilities of autoethnography. The chapters in this ground-breaking volume stand independently as ?musical lines? within themselves, and represent a diverse range of creative, performative, pedagogical and research contexts. When read together, they form a ?harmonious counterpoint,? with common themes and contours, as well as contrasting rhythms and textures. Together these chapters produce a compelling story that shows how music can inspire autoethnography to sing, and how autoethnography can inspire musicians to reflect on the personal aspects of music creation and production.

About the AuthorsIntroductionMaking Autoethnography Sing / Making Music PersonalBrydie-Leigh Bartleet and Carolyn EllisChapter 1- Songwriting and the Creation of KnowledgeDavid Carless and Kitrina DouglasChapter 2- Beautiful Here: Celebrating Life, Alternative Music, Adolescence and AutoethnographyKaren M. Scott-HoyChapter 3- Musical Artefacts of My Father's Death: Autoethnography, Music, and Aesthetic RepresentationChris J. PattiChapter 4 - Creativity and Improvisation: A Journey into MusicPeter KnightChapter 5 - Bye Bye LoveStacy Holman JonesChapter 6 - Evoking Spring in Winter: Some Personal Reflections on Returning to Schubert's Cycle Stephen EmmersonChapter 7 - Letting it Go: An Autoethnographic Account of a Musician's LossCatherine GrantChapter 8 - Becoming a Bass Player: Embodiment in Music PerformanceChris McRaeChapter 9 - Studying Music, Studying the Self: Reflections on Learning Music in BaliPeter Dunbar-HallChapter 10 - The Road to Becoming a Musician: An Individual Chinese StoryWang YuyanChapter 11 - "Where Was I When I Needed Me?" The Role of Storytelling in Vocal PedagogyMargaret SchindlerChapter 12 - From Ca Tru to the World: Understanding and Facilitating Musical SustainabilityHuib SchippersChapter 13 - Looking into the Trochus Shell: Autoethnographic Reflections on a Cross-Cultural Collaborative Music Research ProjectKatelyn Barney and Lexine SolomonChapter 14 - In Memory of Music Research: An Autoethnographic, Ethnomusicological and Emotional Response to Grief, Death and Loss in the Aboriginal Community at Borroloola, Northern TerritoryText and images by Elizabeth MackinlayChapter 15 - A Way of Loving, A Way of Knowing: Music, Sexuality and the Becoming of a Queer MusicologistJodie TaylorChapter 16 - In Music and in Life: Confronting the Self Through AutoethnographyColin Webber