There is a long chain of activities involved in the process of the production, distribution and reproduction of a piece of music, and a bit of it has nothing to do with the record label itself, but knowledge is required to achieve success in the biz. There are 3 main components when we look at it in the widest sense- the artist and their music (software); the means of transmitting or distribution to the customer; and the method by which it is played (hardware). The diagram at the beginning of this leaflet shows it in the widest sense! So, you need a little explanation of the specialist terms and conditions that come along with the diagram? Don’t worry! That’s what we made this booklet for! We will use the diagram as our foundation, build the house through the leaflet and you can put the roof on it!
The relationship between record companies is often stereotyped as antagonistic, with the record companies seen as being the hostile party. I put this down to a lot of bad publicity from the media and the high profile that is given to record company Vs. artist court cases, the most recent one being George Michael Vs. Sony records.
There are many different artist contracts that labels offer to artists, many have tradit
Publishing companies work in much the same way in music that they do in writing. The songwriter writes the music in the same way that an author writes a story and the publishing company prints the material for sale. Publishing companies show the importance of written music and separate the person who wrote the music from the person who recorded it (if indeed they were two separate people). There are very few independent publishing companies, most are affiliated with record companies, especially ‘majors.’
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