This is why it is no surprise that world music is a highly profitable industry that it is today because world music has so many variations within its "catch-all" phrase that there is a type to relate to the diverse tastes and preferences of many different audiences. ... Having world music in the global spotlight combined with the advancement of recording technology and the Internet has forever changed the way people access, encounter, and even experience the world of music....

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The work of Thomas Edison and later Bell Labs and RCA enabled sound to be recorded first on wax coated cylinder (Edison's phonograph) and later disks of shellac then vinyl.1 Without this new technology it would have been hard for such stylised genres of music to gain such widespread popularity over such a large continent as audiences usually thirst for the familiar with small variations. ... This is combined with the relentless global marketing machine marketing glittering western pop music to the world. ...

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One of the most influential and characteristic genre of the Renaissance was the Madrigal which is a vocal composition combining homophonic and polyphonic textures that is set to a short poem. ... Other innovations such as new instruments such as the trombone and the violin came into play as well as new genres including: variations, prelude, fantasia, toccata, ricercare, canzona, and sonata. ...

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