The culture of music

Is music a universal language? Can all peoples of the world find comfort in the vast expanse that is music? And how is the internet going to influence the production and consumption of music?

The digital age has ushered in a new era of music that not only stretches the boundaries of what we call music, but also increases the availability of musical technology and software to the masses. Unlike the introduction of mass production to the music scene where instruments became widespread and pianos and guitars began to populate nearly every household in America, Digital Audio Workstations allow for the actual production and exportation of a completed work that very well could be a high quality song.

Does this change the face of who we consider to be talented or a good musician, or even that of our celebrities? Does the social aspect of music making begin to change with the inclusion of this technology? Will the connection between members exhibit a new kind of respect found in the music community?

My personal belief is that there will be a homogenization of world cultures via the close connectivity that the internet and technology provides us and with that merge will come a change in the interpretation of culture as a whole. How that will effect music in the mainstream and otherwise will only be able to be interpreted as time moves onward. It must be understood that now, as sound becomes more malleable, their will be a reciprocation impact on the world's culture to the extent that music may become a unifying force behind a cultural singularity.

If so, then music is universal, and humanity has much to look forward to.