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 Tourโฆ
๏ 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.
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?