As we enter a new millennia, so will our music. The entire field of music has experienced dramatic changes due to the post- industrial/ informational age. This paper will focus primarily on the expansion of musical research and the development of new tools to aid in learning. The overall reaction details innovations that enhance and expand the depths of music.

In the 1970's, the US government underwent a secret project making an underground port of communication. This project created what we now know as the Internet. The term Internet is often used to describe this enormous international network of computers. The word "internet" literally means, "network of networks". In itself, the Internet is comprised of thousands of smaller regional networks scattered throughout the globe. On any given day, it connects roughly 25 million users in over 50 countries. One major importance is that The World Wide Web is accessed through the Internet. The term Internet and World Wide Web are not synonymous, infact confusing as they might seem, they both have different meanings. The Web refers to a body of information- an abstract space of kn

Another conflict that recently began to surface is the implementation of synthetic material verses live human production. What I pose is this- can these new learning tools replace the real thing? What I'm referring to is not just the replacement of teaching but also performing. I recently talked to a music professor who's greatest concern is a computer replacing him. For now, I truly feel that his concern is pointless. Computers were not designed to think on their own. They were made to process information. Until computers process individual needs, there simply is no need for concern.

Another excellent contraption worth mentioning is MIDI. MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. What this contraption offers is electrical generation of sound. This in itself offers a whole new genre of music. MIDI sequencing allows musicians to compose single lines, combine them and manipulate them. Before MIDI, sound was manipulated acoustically. Now MIDI allows large portions of music to be stored in a computer and then be manipulated through a sound generator.

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Another Futuristic idea that I believe is already happening, but normally takes a decade later to realize, is a new music era. I believe that we are in an era of synthetically produced music. This doesn't mean that older periods of music will cease. If anything, man has continued to appreciate all forms of music. Therefore, performers will not be replaced and if anything, they will be enhanced digitally.

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