THE PAST TODAY TOMORROW OF THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN TURKISH FOLK MUSIC

Abstract

Mankind is faced with a technological hardware and software war that kills the previous version as it changes and changes with technological production when it comes to technology. The digitalization that came with the widespread use of the Internet has enabled the creation of a virtual communication, sales and marketing areas globally and in all areas. Music, which has reached millions of people with vinyl, cassette and cd technologies and has become a huge commercial sector all over the world, is one of these sectors. With the use of technology in the field of music, the reflection of the folk music style, we see that our bards, who sing a landing folk song in their hands, and who perform their songs by singing language by language, can reach large audiences without going anywhere from their seats with a phone and an internet connection. With digitalization, very useful works have been done in the music sector, and the chance to appeal to more audiences has emerged in less time and with less budget. However, the vulnerabilities of the virtual environment, after a while, paved the way for unfair earnings, which we call Pirate, in the field of music, as in all sectors where commercial gain and profit purpose come to the fore. Pirated album sales result in damages to the rights of copyright holders who make a living in this field. Big music sales and listening stores such as YouTube, YouTube Music, Spotify, iTunes, which are among the biggest in this field, have become the biggest platforms of the digital music market. Although copyright violations in the record, cassette and cd market in the past continue to be carried out on these large platforms, they have only changed shape. In the process that started with the use of technology in Turkish Folk Music, this work has been carried out too many people, from organizers, tonmaists, songwriters, mix mastering specialists, instrument performers, artists, music producers, producers, teachers and lecturers, who worked in music and made a living with music. It aims to offer constructive suggestions to the system while examining the copyright issues affecting the music worker in a cause and effect relationship.