Influence of Technology in Bangladeshi Music

Industry

Music is the most graceful thing in the world. It is a combination of symphonic sounds
which gives a pleasurable feeling to the brain of the animals. It as well as heals the plants.
So we can say, Music is a pattern of sound waves which is favorable to the biological
creatures. So that’s why the world of music is the most richest, powerful and developed.

We love music so much that from very beginning of human civilization there was a touch
of music in every work. That’s why scholars say ‘Every sound is music’. In the present
world Music has been so popular that it has its own market. Today’s music world is a
market of 19 billion dollars (PPP: 2007)

Bangladesh has a reach musical culture. This country offers 29 types of genre of music
including Lalon, Bhatiali, Baul, Religious Folk songs, Pala songs and many more. And
these music are very much constructed and has deep impact in music world of our
country.

But matter of sorrow is that most of the people of our country are not very much
concerned about these. Our youngsters want some other things like Western music. So
the question is what is making the western music so much popular?

The answer is globalization of music and technology. Western music is a combination of

different musical cultures. That’s why people are getting a different taste. It contains
Latin guitars, electro jams, Belgium piano, European violins as well as Indian Tabla
beats. All these things together are making some masterpieces. And all these things are
now becoming in a single piece by the blessing of science and technology. So now a
day’s technology is making the difference. Let’s find out how technology is making
masterpieces.

Today’s world is the world of computers and digital gadgets. They are making the life
easy as well as the making of music. Musicians are now using the modern technologies to
create a masterpiece. Now days they are using a large Varity of softwares and machines
to make the music Rocking!

Bangladesh is also trying to walk with the western music world. For that reason our
music culture is also entering the world of techno music. The scenario was not like this
before 10 years. Acoustic instruments and noisy tracks were making people bored. That’s
why the Bands playing rock, metal, jazz music with electrical instruments was very
popular. The pop industry was to be sunk. Then after 2003 techno music enters in to the
pop market. And people was started to groove with the pop music. All was the
technology, the editing of the wave of the sounds. It was done by some music studio
softwares. And now for the technology Bangladeshi Music Industry is raising up again.
Now it has a market of 29million dollars.
What do these softwares do? These softwares edit the records wave tracks. It controls the
volumes of the tracks. Synthesizes the vocals, reverbs the waves of the vocals and
instruments. It also colors the waves by many wave effects like flingers, spacers,
scratchers, radio effects and many more. These softwares also helps musicians to create a
crystal clear track by removing acoustic and other noises of the instruments and vocals.
Softwares like Nuendo, Frooty Loops, Cool edit, Live-e-lite, Acid pro, Adobe StudioCS
are very famous in our country in the recording studio.

Other machines are the R8 beat maker, auto tuners. Highly defined soundcards, Midi
keyboards and other devices. In these thing midi keyboard is the most important electrical
music instruments. Now days midi keyboards only can input all the instruments through
midi-waves using softwares like FL studio. Live-e-lite, Reason, Beatraid etc. So now
days technology giving a new definition of music creation. This system has been
accepted by the youngsters of our country.

Creating music with techno-things is not a easy job to do. But people like Fuad
Almuqtadir, Habib Wahid, Hriidoy Khan and others are making a good image of the
techno based music. Habib Wahid mixing the Baul songs and making a new introduction
of Baul songs among the new genaretaion using softwares Like Reason4. Fuad is
changing the song patterns of our age old modern song style. These are the sign of
change in the modern music culture.

In this era DJ music is becoming popular and also creating a good image among the
teenagers of Bangladesh. Using DJ machine (wave effecting device) and scratchers songs
are being mixed by the DJs. But the thing is that this impact of technology can diminish
the acoustic taste of instruments of creating music, as happened with the Belgium Tribal
genre.

Bangladesh is now creating good music with help of technology. If musicians work hard
to bring out the best from them the Music Industry of Bangladesh would be a strong
competitor in World music market like India having a market of 468 million dollars. So
the present music pattern of Bangladesh should be continued for the better future of the
music culture as well as the industry.

Created by,
Md. Abul Hasnat
ID# 081091025
Department of BBA

Dated: October 20, 2008