Role of Electronic and Computing Technology in Music

Abstract

Music has long been the subject matter of numerous analysis; many have contributed to our understanding of music, and of all the phenomena, which surrounds it. Indian classical music has gone through several changes in not only its form and content but also the context and patronage. From temples to Moghul courts and homes of rich landed gentry, it has moved to homes of people and auditoriums. The middle class community has also begun to embrace it. On other hand, electronic technologies are profoundly altering the way people produce, transmit, and consume music. Furthermore, technological developments are contributing to a sea change in the social organization of musical practices, challenging earlier paradigms of Ownership, creativity, and human agency. The omnipresence of music culture combined with the omnipresence of technology is particularly salient.