The_Affects_Of_Globalization_On_Music

The Affects Of Globalization On Music The Affects of Globalization on Music “Won’t you help me sing these songs of freedom'” -Bob Marley The influence that music has throughout the world is immeasurable. Music evokes many feeling, surfaces old memories, and creates new ones all while satisfying a sense of human emotion. With the ability to help identify a culture, as well as educate countries about other cultures, music also provides for a sense of knowledge. Music can be a tool for many things: relaxation, stimulation and communication. But at the same time it can also be a tool for resistance: against parents, against police against power. Within the reign of imported culture, cross cultivation and the creation of the so-called global village lies the need to expand horizons to engulf more than just what you see everyday. It is important to note that the role of music in today’s world is a key tool in the process of globalization. However, this does not necessarily provide us with any reasons that would make us believe that music has a homogenizing affect on the world. Globalization is becoming one of the most controversial topics in today’s world. We see people arguing over the loss of a nation’s music, world, culture, artists, one, cultural, through, globalization, foreign, billion, been, market, influence, global, pop, percent, identity, time, states, song, sense, recorded, people, over, important, fact, cultures, conglomerates, become, aspects, affect, 1990, within, top, tool