“I Hold On”: How Country Music Songwriters Cope with the Precarity of Craft Work — Online Appendices

Method

The appendices draw on qualitative, primary data consisting of retrospective, career-spanning interview narratives from professional country music songwriters. Appendix 1 develops a conceptualization of songwriting as creative craft and Appendix 2 presents additional illustrative quotations from the data in tabular form. Results Appendix 1 identifies five dimensions of creative craft practice—continuous practice, arousing tools, playful experimentation, intrinsic commitment, and masterful perceptiveness—and illustrates each dimension with interview excerpts.

Appendix 2 provides further empirical evidence that substantiates these dimensions across respondents and career stages. Conclusion Together, the appendices enhance conceptual clarity, empirical transparency, and analytical depth by detailing the craft-based practices that underpin songwriters’ sustained engagement with their work under conditions of precarity.