Effect of the Market on Construction of Music

Can Manufactured Bands ever be Classified as 'Good' Art? The Effect of the Market on the Construction of Music
Introduction
Manufactured bands now make up a major percentage of chart music today, not least of them Take That, Boyzone, Bad Boys inc., East 17 and other all-boy pop bands. In this essay I would like to discuss how the standard of art has been lowered by the capitalistic system of the music industry, using a specific example - 'Upside Down', which is maybe the latest addition to this genre of music.
By this genre of music, I mean the all-boy bands w…