Music Industry Structure

Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, two of hip-hop 's biggest legends collaborated in the early months of 1984 to create one of the most influential songs ever. Released in 1985, on the B-side to The Show, "La Di Da Di" garnered considerable media attention, making it one of the earliest rap songs to blow up nationwide. Instead of it playing on just black music radio stations, the song played on Pop music stations. The song has an everlasting legacy and influence on all genres of music, not due to the original song, but rather the hundreds of mega hits through the practice of sampling.

Advertisements help pay an artist’s bills which allows them to make more music. Commercials can also help pay for the costs for tours and artists can make an innumerable amount of money. Promotions can bring a more varied audience to a musician and can help bands gain popularity. By having more people listening to an artist’s music, a musician can be given a sense of reassurance to write more songs. Recently people are debating about whether advertisers should be allowed to use a musicians’ music. The only way for an artist to survive in the music industry is to stay true to themselves and take any opportunity they can to advance their

Darrius Johnson, a author, says that well established artists can lose much from corporate deals. He supports this claim by talking about U2, a band that received large amounts of criticism and hate from fans about how they were forced to except music that they did not want to listen to. Even though this is a example of a corporate deal gone wrong, this is extremely rare and the benefits far outweigh the cons. Johnson also says in the same article, that artists need to make money in order to keep making music. If artists do not accept corporate deals, consequently, they will not be able to make

Music Executives work in multiples settings. They can work for big record labels such as Universal Music Group, Sony entertainment or Warner Music Group. But many music executives choose to work or start their own record label. For example Bad Boy Records was started off by P. Diddy and Roc-a-fella records was started off by Damon Dash and Jay-Z. All three of these men are are still music executives today. These are all important factors of becoming a music

The 1980s was a decade where many things changed drastically. The music industry in the 1980s experienced major changes, mostly due to the political and economic changes, and new trends and inventions.

The music industry is an entertainment business and with almost any entertainment business there is some sort of corruption either known to the public or at times hidden. The music world is currently going through a transitional period of it’s payment model and how the artist and producer of a song gets paid.  Producers are not being paid or credited by record labels and artists because of the position there being put in in the industry; they need to come together and find methods to license/contract there work and also raise awareness.

It all started in Liverpool in 1960 when four men came together to create the iconic band, The Beatles. The English rock band members consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They were able to create timeless music that still continues to influence artists even years after the end of the group’s time. Not only did they surpassed every limit that was reached before them, they left a mark on the music industry that most artist can only hope they achieve. They changed the way music itself was created and the way it was presented to people listening all over the world. There are few artists in the world that have been able to have the success The Beatles did, their musical achievements truly were one of a kind

The year of 2017 has been a rough year for major independent record labels, in terms of the album sales that have continued to decline steadily throughout the past few years due to the presence of other music streaming platforms and according to Amy Macy, “the consumers [began] looking elsewhere to satiate their burgeoning musical

Lawrence Lessig’s research on piracy and copyright laws suggest the issue began long before Napster’s free website of burning music for personal use. In fact, stolen content was first documented one hundred years ago when Thomas Edison’s inventions were stolen before copyright laws were in place.

Musicians should be able to sell out and here 's the reasoning why. Musicians are losing money because people won 't buy

In Walter Olson’s “How Copyright Law Makes Sample-Based Music Impossibly Expensive...If You Want To Do It Legally”, Olson reports that there is an increasing number of copyrights out now, and artists must make sure their song is clear of copyrights to publish it. If it is not, they have to pay an expensive sample clearance fee. Olson asserted that ”Capitol records would lose 20 million dollars on a record that sold 2.5 million units”(3).In other words, it is nearly impossible to find all copyrights, and make a profit off the artwork after paying for copyright clearance fees.Artists should not have to pay expensive copyright clearance

In UK music industry, discography has been replaced by digital era. According to RIAA statistics, the blossom of the industry began with the comparison of offline and online sales. With the popularity of digital, music industry focused on new strategies to develop their companies.

We all know what one-hit wonders are. They are those singers who have tried to make it big but fell short of fuel and later faced oblivion after that one humongous track. Sadly, the music industry is just about identifying which singer would have the staying power, and much as how passion and determination wants to keep up with the game, fame is just not for everyone. While there are a lot of singers who have been classified as a one-hit wonder, there are some who are experiencing otherwise. With the right infusion of looks, talent and undying urgency to be on top, there are singers who managed to somehow establish their name, despite the not-so-huge following. They are the ones who

The power of music can connect and represent the words that cannot be spoken. Music unites people, nature, or even beliefs. Don’t you desire to reach people using the universal language - music? Film music is without a doubt about touching audience’s minds and evoke people in a certain way. It certainly isn’t around the music or the orchestra or the audience, however, it is the interconnection of all these elements that makes music alive. Being a film composer means that you will be the catalyst to trigger the crowd’s sensations.

Most establishments nowadays play music during daily operation to enhance the ambiance. Playing music in the establishment brings many benefits which include creating a memorable experience for the customers based to the theme and concept of the establishment. At the same time, it is important for the establishment to be aware that a license fee is required if intend on playing music or screening music videos and DVD’s. The copyright in the song and the copyright in the recording and/or music video of the song are the common copyrights in most recordings and music videos. (Katherine, 2014)