for Turiba Universiti

1. MUSIC GLOBALIZATION

2. thedevelopment of new high technologyproduces manufactural musicalproducts.
 Thetechnologicalmusictools suchas digitalaudiotape,compactdisc,andMP3player providea
convenient environment for people tolisten tomusic.
the productionmodelchangesthetraditionalmusicinto a maturepopmusicindustry. Thenew
musiceconomicmode containsmanufactureinstruments, trainpop star,sale musicproducts,and
organized theconcert.
Third,thecommunicationandtransportation’s changealso connectwith thenew technologic
development.
 The new music style is created with the global communication. In
order to cater to the worldwide audience, today’s popular music is
divided into different genres. Last, the globalization of pop music
industry change people’s life.

3. Peopletodayconsumediversemusicofferedtotheglobalmarketbymultinationalmediaand
entertainingindustry.Baseonbothsocialandeconomiclevel,globalizationhasvariousimpacts
onthepopularmusicindustry.Globalizationpromotestheworldmusiccommerceandenhances
theculturalcommunication;however,mainstreampopculturereplacesthetraditionalmusicand
commercializedthepopmusicwhichleadstoaresult thatthequalityofthemusicisdecreasing.

4. Inthedevelopedworld,audiencesareseekingforamusementandleisure; thepop
musicindustryproducesandpackagespopmusiccarefullyinordertofulfillthe
consumers’requirements. Accordingtotheeconomicandindustrialgeographer
YukoAoyama,“Justasinanyotherindustry,foramusicgenretogainpopularity,it
necessitatesanexpansiontoanexport marketnearandfar.”(3)Today’spopmusic
industrydevelopedasamaturebothsocialandeconomicsystem.Theinteractionof
globalpopmusicbreaksdowntheculturalandeconomicboundaries.Inotherwords,
globalizationprovidesnewopportunitiesforthepopmusicindustrytoexpandthe
worldmarketandgainhugeprofits.
PopularmusicexpansionandTransculture

6. GlobalizationandAmericanization
Accordingtotheprofessor ofmusicindustryandpopularculture,GustdeMeyersuggeststhatinthe
cultural-imperialisticview,globalizationistheresult ofAmericanization.Forinstance,NewYorkCity
attracthugenumbersofglobalmigrants,thisglobalcitystartstohavelessincommonwiththeirown
nationandmorecommonwiththemultination’s’culture.Thefactis,inthelatetwentiethcentury,many
Americanmusicrecorded cooperationwereabsorbedbyotherforeigncountrysuchasGermanandJapan.
Untilnow,onlyWarnerMusicbelongstotheAmerican,EuropeanandJapanesestarttodominatethepop
musicindustry.ThehistoryandculturalstudiesprofessorAlexSeagobringsupthethesisthat
Americanizationandglobalizationarecloselyrelated toeachother,butglobalpopmusiccannotrefer to
theAmericanizationmusic.AccordingtothefigurespublishedbytheInternationalFederationofthe
Phonographicindustry,itsuggeststhatin1987,80%originsoundrecordingmediaweresoldintheirown
country.Tosumup,Americanizationdoesnotexist intheglobalizationpopmusicphenomenon.

8. Global popmusicandTraditionallocalmusic
Evidently,thechangeofthepopularmusicindustryaffectsthetraditionalmusic.Thepopculture
spreadwidelywhichleadstotheresult thatthepopmusicindustryhomogenizeandstandardize
onedistinctmusicstyle.Thehightechnologicalanddigitalpopmusicchangestheolddistributive
anddisseminativeway.Baltzissays,“In1998,about846millionnewCDsweresoldintheAmerican
market,whileinthefirstsixmonthof1999,atleast17millionMP3files weredownloadfromthe
Interneteachday,thatisatotalapproximately3billionfiles.”Thestatisticshowsthatthedigital
popmusicisbecomingamainprocesstolistentopopmusicinhuman’sdailylife.Withthe
developmentofglobalpopmusicindustry,traditionallocalmusicisreplacedbythepopularmusic.
PeoplecanbuyMusicrecordsinthestore;downloadMP3filemusicfromtheInternet;moreover,
peoplecanusetheirsmartphonetobuymusicintheAPPstore.Comparetotheconvenienceofpop
music,traditionalmusicsuchasoperaandmusicconcertrequires time,moneyandspace.People
havetogotothetheaterandspenthourstowatchtheopera.Popularmusicistheadvancementof
thetraditionalmusic.

10. MusicMigration andGlobalMusicEconomy
Musicmigrationmeans thatinorder to attractaudience’s eyes, themusic-related products
including poster, T-shirt, accessories, andbrand are produced.This term explain the
phenomenonthatpop musiciscommercializedby theglobalpopmusiceconomy. The
artificialmusicsound is becomingnot asimportant asbefore; as aresult of theworldwide
teenage asthe mainconsumersofpop musicshare thesameview ofpop music.Today’sworld
is morelikely to becomea globalvillage, thus theglobalized poplarmusicis produced inorder
to fascinatetheglobalmarket.For example, inKorea, popstars publishtheir musicalbumin
twodifferent languagesversion.