Music in which the internet is integral either to its composition, or dissemination, or both. Currently, the main distinctive characteristics of internet music are:
Asynchronicity
Interactivity
Multi-user
Co-operation
Emergence
Whilst the last two may also be said to be characteristics of conventional music making, the medium of the internet requires a special notion of social intercourse and co-operation which is peculiar.
See also:
Culture-jamming, Digital Aesthetics, E- and I-instruments, Emergence, Free Music, Freeware/Shareware, Games, Indeterminacy, InteractivityBibliography:
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