Live performance
eg setting up and promoting live performances, health and safety, tour management,
event management, retailing, backstage, front of house, performing rights.
Record companies
: eg majors and independents, finding and signing artists, recording studios, retail,
distribution, internet sales.
Music publishing companies
eg finding songwriters/composers, A&R, promotion.
Artist management
: eg business management, sponsorship, tour management, artists’ and managers’
rights, merchandising.
P1 describe four areas of the music industry
M1 explain four areas of the music industry
D1 comment critically on four areas of the music industry
Live performance
-promoting live performance
promoters are responsible for shows and venues their roles are printing out poster and flyers for the show so they also deal with the publicity of the show and to do that they contact the record company for promotional materials.They also might be in charge of the food and beverage as also security,sound and light.light. There's also the booking agents and venue operators that are in charge of promoting live performances. booking agents secure the gigs and works with the main artist the also are in charge of the media and publicity for the show and they also coordinate tours.venue operators they find the venue were the artist can play and they work in the venue all the time.
-setting up for a performance
to set up for a performance you first need to find out where you are playing, how much space you have for that venue and how many people can fit there. After that you have to set up the lights and sounds that's why theirs different roles in a show there's managers of sound and light, the people that deals with the instruments and the kit,and the rest that operates inside the venue.
-health and safety
health and safety in a show is very important because there could always be an accident so most of the instruments and kits has to be check if its in the right condition also its always good to check if there's fire doors and fire alarms/you could always ask a manager from the health and safety department to come and check if everything is safe for the show.
-Tour/event management
The idea of using a concert (band) tour manager is to make sure the tour is running smoothly, all band and crew are happy, performance revenue is being collected and tour-related bills are being paid.The following is a (very) brief guide to the work you should expect from every concert tour manager you work with.
A band concert tour manager is the person who takes care of booking all the accommodation, transport, equipment and crew involved with the tour. The tour manager will then travel with the band on the road, dealing with all the day-to day problems as they arise. They also act as accountant; producing budgets, picking up cash for performances and paying suppliers and other expenses as the tour progresses.
http://www.tourconcepts.com/what-does-a-concert-tour-manager-do/
recorded companies
-majors and independents
A record label is a trademark that's within the marketing of music recordings and music videos. a record label often a publishing company that's involved with brands and the main jobs of a record companies is to coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos.
-finding and singing artist
the managers of the record companies are the ones who go and find the artists to record one of their songs. their in charge of the artist safety and everything else that artist wants
-acts and materials
the Recording Group sometimes use the stuff they wrote but if they perform the songs that the don't write they must use the help of a manager or music publisher to locate these songs.
-recording studios
recording studios is a place where you can record your songs as an artist and edit with the studio systems. all artist record their cd`s in the studios because ts the best way where you can record your songs without any other noises outside or anything else.
-retail
there are different managers in a record companies. there's one called marketing manager his responsible for promoting products They direct all marketing activity for a specific record retailer. In large retail companies, they may be partly responsible for this, with other members of a team, under a marketing director. The work initially involves identifying target markets for record companies. From this marketing opportunities are exploited for individual products to create an overall plan.
-distribution
Distributors want to know that you have some music ready to go before they will commit to working with you (in most cases), but musicians will want to know
that you have distribution before they sign to your label. http://musicians.about.com/od/musicindustrybasics/ss/howtostartalabel_5.htm
-internet sales
internet sales is another way of getting money for a record company what they do is publish their songs on the internet or albums and most people buy it on itunes.Its a quicker way of getting money but now a days kids download music from illegal sites so most of the companies are losing money.
-intellectual property and copyright management
Intellectual property is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
-digital rights management
Digital rights management is a class of technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders, and individuals with the intent to control the use of digital content and devices after sale there are, however, many competing definitions://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
-industry organisations
organizations that operate within the industry are: the musicians who compose and perform the music; the companies and professionals who create and sell
recorded music music publishers, producers, recording studios, engineers, record labels, retail and online music stores, performance rights organizations those that
present live music performances booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew professionals who assist musicians with their music careers talent managers, business managers, entertainment lawyers those who broadcast music satellite, internet and broadcast radio journalists; educators; musical instrument manufacturers; as well as many other.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry
music publishing companies
-finding/selecting songwriters and composers
there are a lot of ways to find songwriters and composers but the most common way is the Word of mouth ( a way of passing information by oral communication-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_mouth) that filmmakers use.
-promoting the material
you can promote your material on radio, TV, clubs, etc. or performed live anywhere in the world.of course the material that your promoting is the albums that you have made or played in
-music sales and live broadcast
internet sales is another way of getting money for a record company what they do is publish their songs on the internet or albums and most people buy it on
iTunes. It's a quicker way of getting money but now a days kids download music from illegal sites so most of the companies are losing money.
-intellectual property and copyright management
Intellectual property is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs.'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property'
-performing rights
Performing rights are the rights to perform music in public. It is part of copyright law and demands payment to the music’s composer/lyricist and publisher.'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_rights'
-piracy
internet piracy in music are people who download music free of the internet its quick and easy to do but most companies in music waste a lot of money and without any one buying it they only get the money in radios or tv shows and live performance's.
-industry organisations
organizations that operate within the industry are: the musicians who compose and perform the music; the companies and professionals who create and sell recorded music music publishers, producers, recording studios, engineers, record labels, retail and online music stores, performance rights organizations those that present live music performances booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew professionals who assist musicians with their music careers talent managers, business managers, entertainment lawyers those who broadcast music satellite, internet and broadcast radio journalists; educators; musical instrument manufacturers; as well as many other.'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry'
artist management
-business management
A business manager is a person who coordinates the work of others in order to run a better business and make a large profit. the manager has to be a specialist in one or more: sales, marketing, and public relations; research, operations analysis, data processing, mathematics, statistics, and economics; production; finance; accounting, auditing, tax, and budgeting; purchasing; and personnel.Other technical areas in which a business manager may have expertise are law, science, and computer programming.
-sponsorship
sponsor mangers use use different markets for their business such as promotions,merchandise,production,health insurance.their responsibility is to increase financially artist use promotional levels and use different levels of sponsorship in other situations there levels are increased immediately.
-tour management
A tour manager is the person who helps to organize and schedule of a venue for a band or artist.
-artist and managers rights
The manager will have a lot of responsibility and possible control so it is vital to get the right person and the right agreement.The manager may come from various backgrounds – he’s a friend of the band, works already in the music industry, is an entrepreneur from a different industry or just has heard about the band’s potential and swoops in.'http://regator.com/p/258247368/artist_managers_management_contracts/'
-royalties
A royalty (sometimes, running royalties, or private sector taxes) is a usage-based payment made by one party for the
right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property.Royalties are typically agreed upon as a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset or a fixed price per unit sold of an item of such, but there are also other modes and metrics of compensation.
-merchandising
when placing when placing your first apparel order you may want to consider a few key topics. The most important factor that will determine the direction you
take is budget and demographic. Once you have established who your "core following" is, you will be able to determine if shelling out the extra money for those finishing touches is worth it. A good business model is far superior to one of "over the top" design, so keep in mind the profitability of the proposed project. The more money you make from your first couple of designs may give you that extra buffer to try new things down the road. Don't sink your ship before you make it out of the marina.
-promoting live performance
promoters are responsible for shows and venues their roles are printing out poster and flyers for the show so they also deal with the publicity of the show and to do that they contact the record company for promotional materials.They also might be in charge of the food and beverage as also security,sound and light.light. There's also the booking agents and venue operators that are in charge of promoting live performances. booking agents secure the gigs and works with the main artist the also are in charge of the media and publicity for the show and they also coordinate tours.venue operators they find the venue were the artist can play and they work in the venue all the time.
-setting up for a performance
to set up for a performance you first need to find out where you are playing, how much space you have for that venue and how many people can fit there. After that you have to set up the lights and sounds that's why theirs different roles in a show there's managers of sound and light, the people that deals with the instruments and the kit,and the rest that operates inside the venue.
-health and safety
health and safety in a show is very important because there could always be an accident so most of the instruments and kits has to be check if its in the right condition also its always good to check if there's fire doors and fire alarms/you could always ask a manager from the health and safety department to come and check if everything is safe for the show.
-Tour/event management
The idea of using a concert (band) tour manager is to make sure the tour is running smoothly, all band and crew are happy, performance revenue is being collected and tour-related bills are being paid.The following is a (very) brief guide to the work you should expect from every concert tour manager you work with.
A band concert tour manager is the person who takes care of booking all the accommodation, transport, equipment and crew involved with the tour. The tour manager will then travel with the band on the road, dealing with all the day-to day problems as they arise. They also act as accountant; producing budgets, picking up cash for performances and paying suppliers and other expenses as the tour progresses.
http://www.tourconcepts.com/what-does-a-concert-tour-manager-do/
recorded companies
-majors and independents
A record label is a trademark that's within the marketing of music recordings and music videos. a record label often a publishing company that's involved with brands and the main jobs of a record companies is to coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos.
-finding and singing artist
the managers of the record companies are the ones who go and find the artists to record one of their songs. their in charge of the artist safety and everything else that artist wants
-acts and materials
the Recording Group sometimes use the stuff they wrote but if they perform the songs that the don't write they must use the help of a manager or music publisher to locate these songs.
-recording studios
recording studios is a place where you can record your songs as an artist and edit with the studio systems. all artist record their cd`s in the studios because ts the best way where you can record your songs without any other noises outside or anything else.
-retail
there are different managers in a record companies. there's one called marketing manager his responsible for promoting products They direct all marketing activity for a specific record retailer. In large retail companies, they may be partly responsible for this, with other members of a team, under a marketing director. The work initially involves identifying target markets for record companies. From this marketing opportunities are exploited for individual products to create an overall plan.
-distribution
Distributors want to know that you have some music ready to go before they will commit to working with you (in most cases), but musicians will want to know
that you have distribution before they sign to your label. http://musicians.about.com/od/musicindustrybasics/ss/howtostartalabel_5.htm
-internet sales
internet sales is another way of getting money for a record company what they do is publish their songs on the internet or albums and most people buy it on itunes.Its a quicker way of getting money but now a days kids download music from illegal sites so most of the companies are losing money.
-intellectual property and copyright management
Intellectual property is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
-digital rights management
Digital rights management is a class of technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders, and individuals with the intent to control the use of digital content and devices after sale there are, however, many competing definitions://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
-industry organisations
organizations that operate within the industry are: the musicians who compose and perform the music; the companies and professionals who create and sell
recorded music music publishers, producers, recording studios, engineers, record labels, retail and online music stores, performance rights organizations those that
present live music performances booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew professionals who assist musicians with their music careers talent managers, business managers, entertainment lawyers those who broadcast music satellite, internet and broadcast radio journalists; educators; musical instrument manufacturers; as well as many other.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry
music publishing companies
-finding/selecting songwriters and composers
there are a lot of ways to find songwriters and composers but the most common way is the Word of mouth ( a way of passing information by oral communication-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_mouth) that filmmakers use.
-promoting the material
you can promote your material on radio, TV, clubs, etc. or performed live anywhere in the world.of course the material that your promoting is the albums that you have made or played in
-music sales and live broadcast
internet sales is another way of getting money for a record company what they do is publish their songs on the internet or albums and most people buy it on
iTunes. It's a quicker way of getting money but now a days kids download music from illegal sites so most of the companies are losing money.
-intellectual property and copyright management
Intellectual property is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs.'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property'
-performing rights
Performing rights are the rights to perform music in public. It is part of copyright law and demands payment to the music’s composer/lyricist and publisher.'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_rights'
-piracy
internet piracy in music are people who download music free of the internet its quick and easy to do but most companies in music waste a lot of money and without any one buying it they only get the money in radios or tv shows and live performance's.
-industry organisations
organizations that operate within the industry are: the musicians who compose and perform the music; the companies and professionals who create and sell recorded music music publishers, producers, recording studios, engineers, record labels, retail and online music stores, performance rights organizations those that present live music performances booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew professionals who assist musicians with their music careers talent managers, business managers, entertainment lawyers those who broadcast music satellite, internet and broadcast radio journalists; educators; musical instrument manufacturers; as well as many other.'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry'
artist management
-business management
A business manager is a person who coordinates the work of others in order to run a better business and make a large profit. the manager has to be a specialist in one or more: sales, marketing, and public relations; research, operations analysis, data processing, mathematics, statistics, and economics; production; finance; accounting, auditing, tax, and budgeting; purchasing; and personnel.Other technical areas in which a business manager may have expertise are law, science, and computer programming.
-sponsorship
sponsor mangers use use different markets for their business such as promotions,merchandise,production,health insurance.their responsibility is to increase financially artist use promotional levels and use different levels of sponsorship in other situations there levels are increased immediately.
-tour management
A tour manager is the person who helps to organize and schedule of a venue for a band or artist.
-artist and managers rights
The manager will have a lot of responsibility and possible control so it is vital to get the right person and the right agreement.The manager may come from various backgrounds – he’s a friend of the band, works already in the music industry, is an entrepreneur from a different industry or just has heard about the band’s potential and swoops in.'http://regator.com/p/258247368/artist_managers_management_contracts/'
-royalties
A royalty (sometimes, running royalties, or private sector taxes) is a usage-based payment made by one party for the
right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property.Royalties are typically agreed upon as a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset or a fixed price per unit sold of an item of such, but there are also other modes and metrics of compensation.
-merchandising
when placing when placing your first apparel order you may want to consider a few key topics. The most important factor that will determine the direction you
take is budget and demographic. Once you have established who your "core following" is, you will be able to determine if shelling out the extra money for those finishing touches is worth it. A good business model is far superior to one of "over the top" design, so keep in mind the profitability of the proposed project. The more money you make from your first couple of designs may give you that extra buffer to try new things down the road. Don't sink your ship before you make it out of the marina.