Friday, 16 May 2008
Does The Music Industry Create The Market?
It is my belief that the answer to this question is unclear. The general public dictate what they like and what they dont, by quite simply not investing their cash in the artsists they have no interest in. The music industry need to cater to the audience, because at the end of they day, if they fail to do so, they effectively have a product which they cannot sell. And to any business, this is useless. However, the music industry can control and dictate what music in released and to what extent. Therefore, I believe that the market is dictated by the general public and the industry, becuase the general public invest in the undergroud and local scenes (such as LostProphets and Bullet For My Valentine), and then the big record labels latch onto this and each get themselves a band from the respective genre which happens to be the fashion at the time. Whilst my opinion is its a mix of both, looking back a couple years, the music industry have had an almost delayed reaction to what was hot at the time.
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I would agree that there are many examples of the major players in the recording industry being hijacked by, rather than pioneering new movements.
The posts you have submitted are for the most part well written and make some good points. However, you have lost a substantial portion of your marks for failing to submit three blogs. You also have a tendency to slip into inappropriate language and personal experience; if you explain your arguments well then we shouldn't have to "get what you mean". This is also a problem in your essay and is something you need to work on going into your final year.
DOB
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