A meta independent of time and space: New music trends in digitized world

Abstract

Thinking of music only as a sound element means ignoring many aspects of the cultural dimension of human life. The evolution of music as a phenomenon in terms of a human communication form reached a tipping point in the 20th and 21st centuries. As a result of new outcomes emerging from its interaction with society, music, which is gradually becoming a form independent of time and space, can present new practices to the history of humanity that we cannot anticipate in the next century. The music phenomenon with all of its humane and artificial aspects which evolved from the hybrid use of analog and digital sound combinations is moving to the future way of musical expressions. Thinking of this phenomenon regarding its commodification through mass and now digital media offers new question marks for researchers and enthusiasts from different backgrounds. In this chapter, the breaking points of the Turkish music ecosystem within changing musical cultures shaped by different technological eras are examined. By following a discourse analysis, arising music trends are examined in relation to changing practices offered by digital technologies. © 2024 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.