Globalization of Malaysian Music Industry
Globalization of Malaysian Music Industry
We live in a globalised world. Boundaries and differences are becoming increasingly blurred as globalisation takes over the course of human development. With the aid of information technology, we have become ever so advanced in many aspects beyond past generations. Thanks to the unlimited opportunities emerged from globalisation, we can have more frequent exchanging of ideas, trade, culture, education and so on, between a country and the rest of the world. Globalisation has made the world become relatively smaller, thus in a way, it can be said that the on-going trend makes it more viable for anyone who wants to make something of themselves, as the world today is practically an oyster of an entirely new level.
If one as to wonder: what truly defines globalisation? To put it into perspective, it can be said that globalisation is a process of interaction and integration among the people, firms, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment through the effective use of information technology. (Institute, 2013) This process can bring upon an overwhelming effect on our environment, culture, social-political systems, economic development and prosperity, and even on our physical well-being regardless of where we may be. (desirezunlimited, 2008)Music, as a matter of fact, has also enjoyed a much wider prospect from the global community due to globalisation, which happens to the key focus of the topic today - the Malaysian music industry amidst the dawning era of globalisation.
As Malaysia has become more prosperous and economically developed, the local commercial music industry has also grown to be more important in the Malaysian society. Malaysian popular music today, although closely following the footsteps and styles of the western as well as international popular streams, the trend does indicate an individual sense of artistic expression in the contemporary Malaysian culture.
We live in a globalised world. Boundaries and differences are becoming increasingly blurred as globalisation takes over the course of human development. With the aid of information technology, we have become ever so advanced in many aspects beyond past generations. Thanks to the unlimited opportunities emerged from globalisation, we can have more frequent exchanging of ideas, trade, culture, education and so on, between a country and the rest of the world. Globalisation has made the world become relatively smaller, thus in a way, it can be said that the on-going trend makes it more viable for anyone who wants to make something of themselves, as the world today is practically an oyster of an entirely new level.
If one as to wonder: what truly defines globalisation? To put it into perspective, it can be said that globalisation is a process of interaction and integration among the people, firms, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment through the effective use of information technology. (Institute, 2013) This process can bring upon an overwhelming effect on our environment, culture, social-political systems, economic development and prosperity, and even on our physical well-being regardless of where we may be. (desirezunlimited, 2008)Music, as a matter of fact, has also enjoyed a much wider prospect from the global community due to globalisation, which happens to the key focus of the topic today - the Malaysian music industry amidst the dawning era of globalisation.
As Malaysia has become more prosperous and economically developed, the local commercial music industry has also grown to be more important in the Malaysian society. Malaysian popular music today, although closely following the footsteps and styles of the western as well as international popular streams, the trend does indicate an individual sense of artistic expression in the contemporary Malaysian culture.