Global Popular Music: Trends, Technologies, and Production

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of global popular music, exploring its evolution, the impact of technology, and various production processes. It examines the role of technology, including personal computers, auto-tune, and electric guitars, in shaping contemporary music. The report also delves into the fundamentals of music production, outlining the steps involved in songwriting, demo recording, rehearsals, and the creation of basic tracks, overdubbing, editing, and mixing. Furthermore, it discusses the distribution of music, highlighting the roles of distributors and record labels in bringing music to consumers. The report touches on the popularity of genres like K-Pop and the importance of music lyrics and their role in the global music landscape. The study emphasizes the importance of understanding these aspects to gain insight into the music industry. The report aims to provide a detailed overview of the essential elements of the global popular music industry, covering both its technological and creative dimensions.

GLOBAL
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFRENCES ..................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In today's scenario large number of population are attracted towards music. This is the
common base of their life. The global popular music is based on the unique and tailored
programme which allows students and people to considered popular and contemporary music
cultural, style and feature for world wide (Waxer, 2013). It is mainly focuses on music which are
popular at world wide. Technologies play a significant role in global music. In twenty first
century popular music was unimaginable and unthinkable without any integration of smart
technologies. According to the point of view of departure it is important to having an knowledge
and better understanding about music technologies rather than the collection of recording
equipments, playback devices and musical instruments.
MAIN BODY
Global popular music is a way which provide a right direction to music. It helps in
increasing excellent reputation, music department is one of the most popular distinguished part
of UK. Music is not a simple thing, it is required for learner to take expert advice and training to
learn and increase their knowledge in music industry. According to the point of view of Dr Eliot
Bates music is based on the different culture and country. His research basically focuses on
studio cultures and various art of record production, critical andrology and digital aesthetics in
most popular contemporary music. He is basically focuses on teaching music in California about
sound studies, analysis of popular music and ethnomusicology.
Local research opportunity is also an essential part of global popular music. In this music is
identified from the local area and it is an important part of local community of music. These
helps in providing valuable opportunities to the local research.
Large number of people adopt this study because it gives exceptional facilities. With the help of
this people can get best and beneficial facilities for proper music study and practices. It provide
support in increasing art of culture in country. Without having an expert advice and guidance
learning of music is not possible so for better understanding of music it is required for learner to
gain knowledge and idea about music. Mostly people are attract towards gaining their knowledge
about instruments rather than learning music (Shuker, 2016).
Global popular music helps in providing employability in country. According to the survey it has
been evaluated that large number of students who are postgraduate in music got employed in
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large music business firms. It helps in increasing job opportunity for people who are more
interested in music field. The global popular music series helps in providing popular music
scenes to students, teachers or musicologist with an effective and well planned procedure to
introduce music at world wide. People consider music in their daily routine for removing stress
and tension. It is a best thing to spend time.
K- Pop is considered as a music genre which is originating in South Korea in the form of
electronic hip hop, pop, rock and R&B music and it is characterized through a huge variety of
audiovisual components. In the modern scenario the interest of people towards music is high and
in which pop music is more popular in nature. In the recent decades K-Pop Rap and R&B is the
most popular music which liked by numerous number of people. This kind of music has a huge
impact on teenagers and younger as they are very much influenced with the electronic music and
R&B is totally based on technological equipments. Advancement in technology is beneficial for
music industry as it is easy for people to create different kind of music in easy and effective
manner. Technologies has changed at regular basis which has a huge influence on music as
advancement in tools and technologies are effective for creating new and attractive music in
respect to garbing the attention of people towards music. Different kind of music instruments
such as electric guitar, harmonium and technologies such as monograph, Effects pedals,
multitrack recording, synthesizers, turntable, walk-man etc. are required in order to creating an
effective music. Instruments are effective in creating music and technologies are efficient for
providing a way to create whole music with attractive sound. In the modern scenario people are
mainly applying advance technologies, synthesizers, electric guitar in respect to making
electronic dance rhythm and sound.
Production of music
A great understanding of the production process is the most important hang ups which are
related with all the non voice producers, the song writers and the engineer. If the experiences of
the persons who are professions are not watched they are just left away with the trails and errors
approaches which are related with the music industry. This will end when all the concepts which
are linked with the production activities are stopped reading in the magazines which are related
with the industry (Fairchild, 2016).
The process of producing the music is very unique to all the artist. There is no particular
when can be used by the musicians that will be suitable to all the artist of the music industry. All
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these takes years to achieve them in order to record the music sounds and productions related
with the experiences had to be established effectively. If a person is working in the commercial
studios than it is described as the best ways by which the experiences can be easily gained. By
watching or listening the songs of the recorders they will be gained knowledge about the
different ideas for solving each day problems that are blocking the ways when the songs are
being produced in the industry.
There are various type of technologies applied in creating music in which some are
described as under:
The personal Computer: This plays most effective role in recording and editing sound in order
to producing effective music. By digitization has separated music from its medium, and it has
also provide freedom and level of control to artists. It is required for musician to having
appropriate knowledge about music and how to make it better and effective. The proliferation of
personal computers has also meant that artists can release their music in unorthodox manner.
Auto- Tune: This is also effective in altering the human voice in effective manner. R&B is most
popular music in the recent decades and it is necessary for musician to create attractive lyrics
with effective sound in respect to attracting people towards the music. This technology helps in
managing the voice of artist in effective way as to present them in front of public.
Electric Guitar: This is most attractive instrument which represents as a identification of a
music artist. This helps in providing a background base to the artist to perform any kind of song.
In the year of 1941, Les Paul added a neck, tuners, strings and home-made pickups to a 4 by 4
pine slab that he dubbed the log, audiences balked. They were not braced to see a musician wrest
melodies from a solid block of wood, so Pauls added a false sides to give it more familiar in
nature. In the previous timing playing guitar is a tedious task and it is not hat much effective in
making high range of sound. The modification in guitar helps in creating high rage of sound with
unique and innovative features.
Microphones: This is effective in listing the music as it helps in providing a proper way to listen
music without any kind of disturbance. This is also effective in analysing the tune and lyrics in
effective manner as to listing them in proper way.
Music Production Basics
The studies of any ideas about the music production are always starting with the
fundamental blocks. They are considered as the best and the true methods or the ways by which
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the working will achieve positive results on the very consistent basis. This is the initial step of
making any music with the help of significant procedure. The production of music is the step by
step procedure in which various aspects are included (Kellner, 2011).
Process of music production:
The process of music production is classified into various different steps. It is very
complicated because in this so many activities are included. The below mentioned steps are need
to be followed in an effective manner to creating best and significant music for the public. These
steps are described as under:
Step 1: Writing the song
It is the initial step for creating music, first of all it is required for producer to write lyrics
about the topic on which director going to made music.
Step 2: Recording a demo
After writing the lyrics it is required to make compatibility among music and lyrics, so
for this producer record a demo for checking the efficiency of music.
Step 3: Rehearsals
It is necessary for music industry to conduct an effective rehearsals for producing a good
music for getting attention of customers. Manufactures adopt various strategies to make their
song most popular across the globe (Lie, 2012). They pay a huge amount to the best singer who
are having their command in the particular field because mostly people are attract towards the
person rather than song.
Step 4: Basic tracks:
After completion of above steps, a basic track has to be recorded with the help of musical
instruments. According to the lyrics producer need to made music for lyrics which are suits the
most. This track helps in identifying the mistake of singer and they make some changes as per
the requirements of song.
Step 5: Overdubbing
After completing track, producer add some dubbing feature to make it more attractive, so
large number of listener can easily attract towards the song.
Step 6: Editing music
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It is a necessary step in recording a song because with the integration of various
instruments, sound of singer goes down so it is required for producer to make some editing in
their music to correct them.
Step 7: Mixing of music
In this the different recorded song are combined together and after mixing the song is
ready to launch at market place (Lim and Draper, 2011).
Distribution of music:
It is an important process in music world. After completion of a music it is required to
redder it at market place to most interested target group. Distribution is an effective method
through which a recorded music transferred to the final user or consumers. It is an effective
process of give music in the hand of consumers. Distribution is possible with the product or
music labels, traditional distribution company sign and make a contract with other recording
company to sell their music in very effective price in order to earn profit and growth. Thus it
helps in increasing reputation of firm. In the distribution deal they assign a label on product.
This label describes that the company having right to sell that product at market place to most
interested group (Achterberg and et.al., 2011). Mainly distributors are concern towards providing
ready to market products to the final consumers. They sometime deal with manufacturing and
distribution. The production of music is most important process it is cost consuming method.
For making a music, director spend huge amount in their recording for making it more effective
so that people can easily attract towards the music and its lyrics. In total music lyrics are the
words which play a significant role on creating population about music at market place. The
distributors is responsible for paying the cost of manufacturing of an album. They increase their
income through improving their sales of album until their rate of investment is paid off.
 Music distributors work through label of records which needs to be available for at-least
three years. It is necessary for company to having three previous years releases that have
earned large number of profit and having a effective reputation at market place.
 For attracting large number of customers distributors get records into stores and
customers get the labels from the retail outlets. They provide promotional and marketing
tools through retail stores (Parry, Bustinza and Vendrell-Herrero, 2012).
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 In music launching there is a need to make an written contract in which all details about
the procedure is mentioned in detailed formate. Both the parties need to follow the
mentioned rules and procedures.
 Customers want products as per their own set of choice and wants, so manufacturer needs
to conduct an effective marketing survey for knowing the current needs and wants of
customers.
 Distributors are mainly focused on creating exclusive and unique agreement with their
choosing label, their major purpose is to represent the music with more exclusive feature. Distributor have to sale their product to a chosen label which is close to 50 present off to
the price of retail.
Basis of music distribution:
In today's scenario music is essential part of humans life, music is the best and effective
entertainer. In 20th century, the distribution of music is tedious as compared to present working
environment. In previous timing distribution industries were links with retail stores and record
labels. In 20th century music was available only at music stores or big box retailers like book
stores, walmart etc. It helps in creating better understanding about distributors roles and
responsibility in the music industry (Hracs, 2012). In this modern scenario the distribution of
music is easy with modernisation in the market. Large number of people are using mobile phone
with android feature in it, this provide easy download facility to customers in which field they
are having more interest. In the modern era people are very much depend on digital tools and
technologies and to maintaining comfortable and effective life style. Digital technologies are
effective in reducing human efforts and making humans life more easy and comfortable. In
distributing music you-tube, iTune and social media plays effective role as in the recent era
people are spending a huge amount of time of social media. You-Tube is effective in creating
awareness among people about the new music and song as it is most popular field of distributing
music in effective and efficient manner.
Consumption of music
In today's scenario the consumption rate of music is very high rather than the previous
time. In 20th century is is very hard to get music because of lack of instruments and technologies.
Music can be considered as the most popular entertainer. In previous timing people were usually
spend their time through listening music on radio or gramophone. In today's world there are lots
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of technical instruments are available for getting music in very less period of time. The major
purpose of suppliers are to provide best and high definition music to their final customers. The
production of music is based on the new trends, which kind of songs are the first preference of
people. Music industry spend huge amount in market survey for getting the detail about the
present needs of human on music.
(Source: Consumption of music 2017)
According to the above chart it has been concluded that large number of people are
listening music through radio, it means the consumption rate of listening music is high on radio
rather than other musical equipments. Some people use digital music services such as phones,
recorders etc. with the developing world people use iPhone or iPod or many other mp3 music
players for consumption of music, these are easy technologies through which it is easy for
customers to get music as per their own choice (Tschmuck, 2012). Some are using CD player,
this is widely used in those area where large amount of audience are collect for entertain their
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Illustration 1: Consumption of music

own self. Computer is the modern tool in which people can easily download and store music as
per their own taste and interest.
CONCLUSION
As per the above study it has been concluded that music play an important role in humans
life. The production of music is not easy. Global popular music is a path to introduce the music
at world wide. The producer adopt various strategies to promote their song just for attract large
number of customers towards the song. The song has to be ready with the help of passing
through from a wide process, in which all aspects of music are included. In today's modern world
people use various instruments to record music and share them in very large scale just to
entertain people of society.
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