Benn- Beck v X Factor

Beck is classed as a DIY artist, this is when they go out and do everything themselves how they want when they want to please and smaller Niche audience, this would make them want to stay and follow the artist more as they don't release one album which people like then re image themselves for profits and change there style completely. The reason why Beck doesn't change is because he is a DIY artist he doesn't have a major record label behind forcing him to change his style to what everyone likes. Compared to X Factor which is made by Simon Cowell who own a company called Syco which is part of the Major Record Label Sony who constantly produce mainstream Artists who are made to change to what is popular and do what people want to see to keep a large income for the company.

Beck doesn't devalue music as he is adding something new that has not been done before, he does this by creating the music (sheet music) but all the audience and dedicate fans produce the songs and videos. As the songs have never been preformed by him it is down to them to give there own personal interpretation of the song and each person gives it something new and original. This means that the audience feel more apart of the music and will want to listen to and interact with more bands. I find that X Factor devalues music as it is just focusing on the visuals not so much the music they are not creating new stuff just re using the old to get more sales, Beck doesn't rely on Visuals at all he relays on prosumers.

As previously stated X Factor relies heavily on visuals as if they look good some people are blinded and don't care about the music itself, every year the new contestants come out all dressed up in nice clothes with there hair done all fancy giving 'sob stories' to make people feel sorry for them and vote. It makes you wonder if its just a huge 'beauty pageant' instead of a singing contest. When they preform the songs they very rarely bring anything new to the song they just 'imitate' the original, although this helps them receive a larger fan base as you have current fans and then people that where fans of the original song thinking I remember this song which makes them watch it more in case they do other old songs they like. This really isn't moving the music industry forward but instead moving backwards.

Both X Factor and Beck have strong relationships with the audience. With X Factor they do this by finding acts people find visually appealing they can then follow the progress of the band/artist and feel more apart of them, they audience also interact by voting for acts they like, this is a good indication to X Factor as they act on them by seeing what styles work with what band and what would sell. Beck forms relationships with his audience by making his stuff more focused around them and relying on his dedicated fan base and prosumers to make his music, he then got the to share them online for everyone to see and comment on.

Production, Distribution and Exchange is very different with Beck and X Factor, Beck just does part of the production (the writing of the music) it is then down to the audience to produce the song make the video, distribute it online it is then down to the community to vote on which they find the best and enjoy which is exchange. With X Factor it is all mixed together and they mainly rely on exchange to help produce the acts and distribute them to make the more popular.