Youth and Music Summit

music truly is the international language, it has done much to bring the peoples of the world together. It is almost impossible to listen to music and not hear the influence of other cultures. In an increasingly integrated world and with the rise of international telecommunications, it is more obvious than ever. The internet has created a forum for music to be shared around the world. Social networking sites such as Last.fm allow users to catalogue their listening habits, compare with others from around the world, and learn of new music from every corner of the globe. You can hear native hip hop, electronic, reggae, rock, and any combination thereof in practically every nation in the world. Artists from different nations are even collaborating, such as American hip-hop artist Kanye West and French electronic duo Daft Punk. These cross-cultural and cross-genre exchanges are acting to build bridges between cultures.