Music is an integral part of video games and the cultures that surround them, and the sound of video games enhances the user’s immersive game-play experience. Video game music (VGM) inspires performance and the creation of derivative music in both online and offline contexts. This study was conducted to explore how musicians perceived how helpful various learning strategies were for gaining the skills to publish VGM online. A cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire was conducted at Super Music and Gaming Festival™ (Super MAGFest), an annual convention held near Washington DC, to capture data from respondents (n = 137) who were adult musicians who published VGM online. The questionnaire captured the perceived helpfulness of learning strategies at school, other educational institutions, and informal approaches. Descriptive and inferential statistics analyses were made. Respondents found music theory courses in school and informal music learning strategies were among the most helpful learning approaches for attaining the skills they needed to publish VGM online. This article provides a starting point for the further exploration of VGM and informal music learning in the age of the Internet.

音乐是视频游戏及其周围文化不可或缺的一部分，而视频游戏的声音增强了用户身临其境的游戏体验。视频游戏音乐 (VGM) 激发了在线和离线环境中的表演和衍生音乐的创作。这项研究旨在探索音乐家如何看待各种学习策略对于获得在线发布 VGM 的技能有多大帮助。在华盛顿特区附近举行的年度大会Super Music and Gaming Festival™ (Super MAGFest)上进行了一项横断面、自我管理的问卷调查，以收集受访者的数据 ( n = 137) 是在网上发布 VGM 的成年音乐家。问卷调查了在学校、其他教育机构和非正式方法的学习策略的感知有用性。进行了描述性和推论性统计分析。受访者发现学校的音乐理论课程和非正式的音乐学习策略是获得在线发布 VGM 所需技能的最有用的学习方法之一。本文为在互联网时代进一步探索VGM和非正式音乐学习提供了一个起点。