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The Music Industry

The Stock Market

The Music Industry

Photography

Valencia (Spain)

Seven Wonders

The Weather

The Human Body

World Politics

The Solar System

Scuba Diving

The OperaHealthy Eating

Fashion Industry

World Hotels

New York City

Spanish Cuisine

The Renaissance

Positive Thinking

World Football

Aviation

Perfumes

Fashion Designers

World Continents

Film Making

Satellites

World Television

News Reporting

German Christmas

Markets

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The Theatre

Berlin

The Memory

Cancer

Nurnberg (Bavaria)

Song Writing

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Time Zones

Salt

California

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American PresidentsWater

China

Movie Crews

Paris

Steel

The Mob

Journalism

What is the Music Industry?Well, like any other business, the music industry sells! It sellswritten music known as Compositions as well as recordingsand musical performances. There are many parts to the music industry thatmake the whole thing function. These include performers, managers,writers, record companies, stores, agents, lawyers and many others. Therewould not be a music business at all if it was not for one very importantingredient... Talent. It all starts from the point of a person having a

having a certain musical talent. There would be no lawyers, norecord companies, no record stores and no managers withoutsomebody with the talent to sing or write music. This talent usuallyshows itself at a young age when an individual finds a passion for music. Once the talent has been found by the talents scouts or talent showsthat are on TV, the music industry goes into full swing to make sure thatyou the music lover gets a chance to not only see the artist with talent,but more importantly purchase their music.

There are a number of ways that a person or band with musical talentcan be found or discovered. First of all, they can put aDemo (demonstration) tape together. This is basically the musicalequivalent of a CV. It is a sample sound recording that the singer or bandput together of their music which will hopefully get the attention of arecord company or music producer. The use of A&R (Artists & Repertoire)managers may also be used by record labels to scout out new talent. Many

Once a marketable talent has been identified by a record label ormusic producer,they may be offered a recording contract (recorddeal ).A recording contract is simply a legal agreement between theartist and the record label of the conditions in which they will worktogether. These contracts can be quite detailed, they basically offer theartist a chance to have the recording process financed in return for ashare of the rights to the recording. Recording Deals are a major part of

the music industry. Artists usually hire people to assist them with theiraffairs. First they may hire an entertainment lawyer who will helpthem understand and assist them in their contracts with the recordcompanies.A business manager will also be employed to handle all the financial affairsof the artist ( Tax and book-keeping). Tour managers are also needed toensure that an artist/s on tour has everything looked after for them. Theduties of a tour manager would include arranging the tickets for

collect from broadcasters such asradio and television stations for the

rights to broadcast copyright material.Artist/Record Royalties:These are payments given by a record label to the performer of a song.Mechanical Royalties: These are payments given by the record label tothe writer of a song.Synchronization Royalties: These payments areusually paid to a songwriter for use of their material on TV. Ok, how is allthe music that is played in the world on a daily basis tracked so that thewriters, publishers & performers receive theirroyalties ?

Here are just a few:

Country PRO

America ASCAP , BMI , SESAC

UK PRS

Ireland IMRO

ManagementArtists in the music industry usually have managers to look after theiraffairs. It does not matter if you are a sole performer or part of a band,having a manager or management team can be very beneficial to yourcareer. The role of a manager in the music is to guide the career of their

Record Labels:A record label is a company that markets and sellsmusic recordings and videos. The record label also may look after theproduction, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion of anartists song. The record label is extremely important to an artist as itenables their music to be seen by a much wider audience through TV andradio. When an artists joins a record label, they are also assisted in manyother ways to promote their work.

When these smaller labels are bought by the larger record label,they become a unit or division known as an imprintof the largerrecord label. There are 4 major record labels today that control quite anumber of Indie labels as well as 70% of music sales worldwide.

1/Universal Music Group 2/Sony BMG Music Entertainment 3/EMI Group 4/Warner Music Group.

words or music notation.An Instrumentalistplays a musicalinstrument.

ASinger will use his/ her voiceas a musical instrument. A reallygood musician can not only sing, they also have the ability to playinstruments as well as writing great music that is enjoyed by everyone. TheCarpenters proved this with their wonderful musical talent. To make surethat all artist are treated fairly by the music

CDS and DVDS

CD= Compact DiscDVD= Digital Versatile DiscCDS and DVDS are optical discs used for storing digital data. The basicdifference between the two is the amount of data that they can store. CDScan store approximately 700MB of data, while the DVD can store up to4.7GB of data. Made ofPolycarbonate plastic, the CD is used for storing

desired. The microscopic bumps areso small on a CD that if you couldlift the entire data track off a CD and stretch it out in a straight line, itwould be 3.5 miles long (5km). When a CD or DVD is then placed into yourCD player or video machine, a laser beam within the machines pick up thetrack of data and reflects it back to an optical-electro device that detects

changes in light. Other electronics within the machine then convert thesechanges in light patterns to signals that we can hear or see in a clear way.Sound Engineering: Have you ever wondered why listening to aperformer playing liveis not as clear as listening to their music on a CD?The reason for this is because when the artist is recording

restaurants etc ...There aremany people that successful artistsneed to employ to ensure that their careers are handled in aprofessional and profitable way.Royalties: Royalties are basically the money that is paid from a recordlabel or other sources to a songwriter or performer. There are a fewdifferent types of royalties which are paid out for different reasons.Performance Royalties:These are payments due to the songwriter byPerformance Rights Organizations (PRO) from fees the PRO

Well, this is usuallytracked by Performance Rights

Organizations (PRO). It is the job of the PRO to collect theperforming rights royalties on behalf of its members, composers andmusic publishers. The PRO then pays these royalties to its members.The PRO license public performances of their members music to placessuch as TV channels, restaurants, clubs and stores. There are PROorganizations in most countries of the world monitoring how and whentheir members work is being played.

Industry is to guide the career of their client. His duties mayinclude taking care for their day to day business affairs, helpingthem find the right agent and basically helping them make the rightdecisions that affect their careers. The managers percentage rate onearnings by an artist is usually agreed at contract stage, indeed if theartist becomes very successful, the earnings of the managers will alsoincrease. It is also quite normal that as an artist grows in popularity, theworkload of themanager may also increase. Fromdealing with recordcompanies to tabloids, legal or otherwise, the role of a manager in themusic industry can be very time consuming position.

Publicists for the record label help the artist promote their productsin stores and other media outlets. An Independent record label(Indie) is a small record label that funds itself outside that of a majorrecord label.

Some indie labels sign agreements with the major record labels as theymay rely on certain international licensing or distribution deals.

Most music stars of today are signed with one of these big 4.Musician:A person who writes or performs music is known as a Musician. Theterm can be broken up into a few different categories: A Recording

Artistwill create music in the form of a CD which will then be sold tothe public.Songwriters, Arrangers and Composers spend their time writing,

Industry, it is important to have a voice that can defend their rightsand interests. The Recording Artists Coalition (RAC) is an American

music industry organization that represents recording artists.TheRecording IndustryAssociation of America (RIAA) is a group that represents the recordingindustry distributors in the United States. Its members consist of recordlabels and distributors.

music. For images or video data the DVD is more commonly used.During the manufacturing process of a CD, the plastic is impressedwith microscopic bumps arranged as a single, continuous, extremelylong spiral track of data. This data can be the music, the movie or otherinformation. A CD has a single spiral track of data, circling from theinside of the disc to the outside. The reason that the spiral track starts atthe centre means that the CD can be smaller than 4.8 inches (12 cm) if

their songs in a recording studio, a person known as a Sound orAudio engineer is working along with them to create a clearrecording for the CD. By using highly advanced electronic equipment,the sound engineers job is to bring out the best in the music for theartist that they are working with.

Mixing consoles are used in many areas, including recording studios,public address systems, broadcasting, television, and film post-production. There are many courses available for people to go andstudy and finally make a career out of sound engineering.

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