

That results in the navigation of ecologies and economies of data, hardware and software that work in local urban circumstances.

This connects people with transnational software-based commerce through social media, local telecommunications companies and phone manufacturers. Increasingly ubiquitous technologies such as mobile phones are used for musical purposes in ways that specifically put certain processes to work to sustain these social phenomena. There is an interdependent connection between music that is highly participatory and locally relevant, and processes involved in sustaining key social relationships across a variety of groupings. This article examines how the use of mobile phones and associated software creates and sustains regionally diverse urban communities.
