Extention Of Income/Power

Income and power are broken down loosely into three different category's, these are as follows;

Type 1 - Artist power.

Artist power is all about the power that's behind the artist, how individual they are and how this attracts fans and therefore sells records.

Lady Gaga is a prime example of this, she is famous not only for her music but a multitude of other aspects of her being, like her costumes and eccentric clothing, her strange behaviour on stages and shows or most recently her meat dress. She has individulity and to begin with the public may have disliked or even rejected the idea, but she has grown with her own boldness and is making a mint form it.

it is part of an artists reputation an what the public expects that is the artists power. Even is the novelty wears off after a while.

Type 2 - Economic Power.

Money is also made through the selling of products. this is economic power, although in recent years this may have taken the back seat.

the money is made for the artist by selling there CD'S, downloads, merchandise, and tickets to tours etc, however like I said, so much is done over the internet these days and with the upsurge in illegal downloading there has been a dramatic drop in the amount of sales. Therefore... Economics don't make much Profits.

Type 3 - Ideological Power.

idealogical power is the ideal that an artist creates around them, so that the idea influences the audiences.

An example of this is Bono from U2; not only is the band famous enough that that have achieved immortality in the music industry, BUT... the artist influences the audience.

Bono is renowned for all of the charity work that he and his band have done over the years, not many people can name 10 hits of theirs but everyone knows who Bono and U2 are, this is through the influences of idealogical power.

The effect from this is that the producers can also use this towards fashion (reference Lady Gaga) and points of view of an artist.

So the main effects from idealogical power is that Bono is then perceived by the public, as being a kind caring person, and at the same time the music is infiltrated through the public image to the fans and they think that its good music, because he is a good person.