I am curious where most of the folk and popular music traditions from the US come from. I feel like one of our primary exports in the US is culture/art, so I'd be very curious to see what inspiration we have taken from other parts of the globe.

I would like to learn more about the history of music's globalization and how artists from the US have utilized the power of the internet to export and share their music throughout the world. I am also curious on how different cultures around the world take inspiration from American music and implement elements of it into their own culture and music.

I would like to learn more about the cons of globalization. When I think of globalization's impact on art I generally believe it's had a positive impact, so I would like to hear the opposing side. I would assume potentially the cons could be some forms of cultural appropriation, but I would like to hear some of the other cons of globalization for music.

I am curious to see how global music cultures have had an affect on music in the United States. I find this particularly interesting since we are often considered the world's melting pot of cultures, so I wonder how far reaching of human experience our music is.