“…The model is derived from earlier research into group composing in garage bands (Thorpe, 2008) and informed by the work of Fautley (2005Fautley ( , 2010, Webster (1990Webster ( , 2002, Guildford, (1950), and Wallas (1926). Consistent with other research into group music making in contemporary styles (for example Biasutti, 2012;Campbell, 1995;Green, 2002Green, , 2008Jaffurs, 2004), group composing usually begins with a 'messy' phase when group composers jam together, looking for ideas upon which to base their composition (Thorpe, 2015). While this may look to an outside observer like the same activity as social jamming, the object is quite different.…”