A Background to the Music Industry and Some Basic Theory

There are many different genres in the music industry ranging from pop to rock to new age. each genre has difference to each other such as instruments, melodies and image. There are also some-genres to every genre, each sub-genre has a slight difference to to its main genre, for example indie rock (bombay  bicycle club and two door cinema club) are different to the typical rock genre (motorhead). Each genre is also separated by an artists image, since punk has a very specific style with leather jackets, piercings, doc martins, skinny jeans. An artists image helps segregate them into the genre to which they fit into easier. Genres also help customers choose music that they like, iTunes genius for example chooses past music choices and recommends similar music artists who fit into the same genre bracket. It is also like this at stores such as HMV since the artists are separated by the genre so that it becomes easier for customers to choose new artists and music which they are interested in and enjoy.