Is the audience for popular music created by the music industry?

I feel that any person is free to listen to the music the music they want at their own free will. However, their choice to do so is sometimes heavily influenced by the record companies and how they over-publicise their artists, e.g. radio play and television. Theorist, Adorno, agrees with the statement that the music industry looks at success with certain bands and produces similar sounds such as boybands like Westlife and Boyzone, I, too, agree with this as there are phases in the music industry when a certain type of music is predominantly popular. The control of the music industry has been reversed and now us (the consumers) are more in control. With the advancements in technology, it has now been made easier for consumers to have whatever choice they want in music. With websites such as iTunes and illegal downloading, people are free to buy whatever they want.

Review of Kerrang! Magazine

Kerrang! is a rock magazine giving you (the fans) some good shit to get your heads into. Kerrang! have the edge on all the different spectrums of rock, including, Goth, Heavy Metal and Punk. It offers the best coverage on the latest gigs, albums and bands. Aimed at both sexes between 16-24, the magazine features the latest rock fashion styles and pull-out posters of some appealing (to some) fella's. There's no bull-shit in the magazine, what you see is what you get, they use real fans and real experiences, if somethings shit, they'll tell you - simple. Unsigned or unknown artists usually appear in the magazine giving the chance to experience different things other than some of the usual commercial crap we hear today. Kerrang! magazine definitely get's it's very own KKKKK (classic) rating, and is recommended for all you fucking hardcore dudes out there.