music industry

2. What is the Music Industry?
A Business mainly split into 4 parts:
 Writing of the Music
 Recording of the Music
 Publishing the Music
 Live Music and Managing the Artist

3. Recording
This is a map of the recording process.
STAGE ONE: The artist must find a record company to record with.
STAGE TWO: The artist must find a song to record. Either a Cover or an
Original
STAGE THREE: Record the Artists singing
STAGE FOUR: Record the backing track
STAGE FIVE: Distribution

4. Song Writing and Publishing
 When someone writes an original song there are
certain terms and conditions that apply when
publishing the song into the music industry.
 The song is split into two halves ; the writer share and
the publishers share.
 So for all the revenue a released single will get the
writer will get 50% and the publisher will get 50%.

5. Live Music
 With so much Illegal Downloading taking place in
todays society and Artists main source of income is
Live Performance, e.g Concerts/Gigs/Festivals

6. Live Music Process
 A promoter gets the performing artist and a venue
together to discuss a contract
 The promoters then presents the Artist to the booking
agency.
 The booking agencies job is to book the Artist in for
performances.
 Consumers then purchase tickets from the venue or a
ticket distributor e.g ticketmaster

7. What Goes On, On Tour…
 Record Companies will provide tour support. They may
finance the tour in the hope of promoting record sales.
 It is more common today for an artist to release their record
in preparation for an upcoming tour.
 Successful artists employ a Road Crew to travel with them,
headed by a tour manager, crew also includes lighting and
sound engineers, instrument tuners, maintenance and
transport, as well as an accountant, stage manager and
catering team.
 Small tours may be handled by just a few roadies or the
band themselves.

8. Artist Management
 Artist Manger: Oversees all situations that may affect an
artists career in exchange for a percentage of the artists
income
 Entertainment Lawyer: Focuses on legal services of the
music industry e.g contracts with the record company.
 Business Manager: In control of the artists finances and
book keeping.

9. Record Label
 A Record Label is a trade mark which takes care of
marketing and recording of artists songs and Music
Videos.
 Record Labels also cover production, manufacturing,
promotion, marketing and distribution

10. Departments in A Record Label
 A&R (Artists & Repertoire)-
Discover new talent, choose songs
for albums and where albums will be
recorded
 Artist Development- Promotes
and publicises the Artists over the
course of their career
 Promotion Department- Main
purpose is to make sure the artist
gets their music played on radio or
tv.
 Publicity- Works to get the word
out about new artists.
 Sales- Oversees retail for the record
company
 Admin- controls finance and legal
contracts.

11. Major Labels
 Universal Music Group (owns EMI)
 Sony Music Group
 Warner Music Group

12. Independent Labels
 Domino
 Rough Trade Records
 Apple Records

13. PRS- Performing Right Society
A UK copyright collection society that undertakes collective right
management in the music industry.

14. PPL- Phonographic Performance
Ltd
Licenses recorded music played in public or broadcast and then
distributes the licence fees to its performer and recording right
holder members.

15. Task
 Select an artist from your chosen genre from last lesson.
 Use wikipedia/band website
 What record label are the signed to?
 Is this owned by one of the big 3?
 Is this an independent label?
 When did they sign to this label?
 What other Artists are on their label?
 Have they collaborated with any other artists? If so are they
also on the same record label?
 Research the label- does it just represent a certain genre?