Globalization and Music Industry
Globalization and Music Industry
Globalization is integration of societies, economies, cultures of worldwide through of process of technology, politic and trade. In cultural way, it basically means that where countries used to have unique culture, now all the countries are becoming similar are losing the their uniqe features. Also, it can call “world without borders.
Cultural Globalization is transforming ideas, meanings and values across to world. Cultural globalization is a long-term historical process. Religious movements are one of the biggest example of historical cultural globalization. In today’s world; movies, books, musics are part of cultural globalization.
The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that make money by creating and selling music. In today’s world a large majority of music market for recorded music is controlled by three major companies. They are; French-owned Universal, Japanese owned Sony, and the US owned Warner Music. There are still music companies but those companies mostly independent. In live music, the market’s huge piece controlled by Live Nation.
Findings
-Digital music is the biggest way to get more people in all around the world.
-Napster was the first biggest P2P service which led to get music easily
-With Napster, the people from all around the world had a chance to listen world’s music without any company. It was a good way to get over the borders.
-iTunes is a online music market from the US. iTunes also available almost all the world. iTunes is a biggest music vendor and it leads global music industry.
-Spotify is another software for music from Sweden. in Spotify there are about 20 million completely free songs to people who live in spotify-available countries.
-Globalization and this kind digital distribution is not always good for big labels. It’s biggest example is Radiohead and their seventh studio album “In Rainbows”. With internet, Radiohead distributed their album to the wolrd.
Globalization is integration of societies, economies, cultures of worldwide through of process of technology, politic and trade. In cultural way, it basically means that where countries used to have unique culture, now all the countries are becoming similar are losing the their uniqe features. Also, it can call “world without borders.
Cultural Globalization is transforming ideas, meanings and values across to world. Cultural globalization is a long-term historical process. Religious movements are one of the biggest example of historical cultural globalization. In today’s world; movies, books, musics are part of cultural globalization.
The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that make money by creating and selling music. In today’s world a large majority of music market for recorded music is controlled by three major companies. They are; French-owned Universal, Japanese owned Sony, and the US owned Warner Music. There are still music companies but those companies mostly independent. In live music, the market’s huge piece controlled by Live Nation.
Findings
-Digital music is the biggest way to get more people in all around the world.
-Napster was the first biggest P2P service which led to get music easily
-With Napster, the people from all around the world had a chance to listen world’s music without any company. It was a good way to get over the borders.
-iTunes is a online music market from the US. iTunes also available almost all the world. iTunes is a biggest music vendor and it leads global music industry.
-Spotify is another software for music from Sweden. in Spotify there are about 20 million completely free songs to people who live in spotify-available countries.
-Globalization and this kind digital distribution is not always good for big labels. It’s biggest example is Radiohead and their seventh studio album “In Rainbows”. With internet, Radiohead distributed their album to the wolrd.