Globalization of Techno Music
Gabrielle Van Heusden
Roy
Anth 585
December 12, 2011
Dance to the Beat of a Computer Generated Drum “The Internet transformed the music industry just as genres began to get increasingly specialized. Techno is a soundtrack for the wired world. Some of its original creators are approaching their forties, but many of its current listeners are in their twenties and early thirties—people who grew up with computers. Techno reminds us that humans control the machines, and electronics can be used to express funk and soul.” (Farley, Christopher John). Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations. It is a process driven by international trade and investment which is aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, culture, political systems, economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. For thousands of years, people have been buying from and selling to each other in lands at great distances. But policy and technological developments of the past few decades have spurred increases in cross-border trade, investment, and migration. This current wave of globalization has been driven by policies that have opened economies domestically and internationally. In the years since the Second World War, and especially during the past two decades, many governments have adopted free-market economic systems, vastly increasing their own productive potential and creating new opportunities for international trade and investment. Technology has been the principal driver of globalization. Advances in information technology, in particular, have dramatically transformed economic life. Information technologies have given us valuable new tools for identifying and pursuing economic opportunities around the world. Music is no exception to this. Immigrants always bring part of their culture and homeland to the place they
Roy
Anth 585
December 12, 2011
Dance to the Beat of a Computer Generated Drum “The Internet transformed the music industry just as genres began to get increasingly specialized. Techno is a soundtrack for the wired world. Some of its original creators are approaching their forties, but many of its current listeners are in their twenties and early thirties—people who grew up with computers. Techno reminds us that humans control the machines, and electronics can be used to express funk and soul.” (Farley, Christopher John). Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations. It is a process driven by international trade and investment which is aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, culture, political systems, economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. For thousands of years, people have been buying from and selling to each other in lands at great distances. But policy and technological developments of the past few decades have spurred increases in cross-border trade, investment, and migration. This current wave of globalization has been driven by policies that have opened economies domestically and internationally. In the years since the Second World War, and especially during the past two decades, many governments have adopted free-market economic systems, vastly increasing their own productive potential and creating new opportunities for international trade and investment. Technology has been the principal driver of globalization. Advances in information technology, in particular, have dramatically transformed economic life. Information technologies have given us valuable new tools for identifying and pursuing economic opportunities around the world. Music is no exception to this. Immigrants always bring part of their culture and homeland to the place they