PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Babjaková, Anna
TI  - The Impact of Foreign Music on the Development of Selected Slovak Popular Music Styles and Genres since 1989
DP  - 2017 Dec 11
TA  - Musicologica Olomucensia
PG  - 209--219
VI  - 26
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/mo.2017.011
IS  - 27879186
AB  - This study provides a brief outline of the development of mainstream music and popular music content since the fall of the Iron Curtain in Slovakia, mapping the rise of specific music styles, such as club, hip-hop, and electronic music, and providing a brief description of the infrastructure, including recording studios and currently active music producers. In studying the nature of the creative process, it focuses on selected popular musicians (Štefan Královič and Martin Kavulič) who have been active on the music scene in the recent years. The study deals with the nature of various sources of influence on musicians' decision-making, addressing issues such as the role of their education versus their innate musicality and intuitive sensitivity to current trends, the role of globalisation and the media, and certain specific features related to Slovak artists' mainstream music production.