The Role Of Greed In The Music Industry

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.

“Regardless of what artists may think about this shift in the music industry, there’s no arguing that they need to adapt in order to make money” (Carter 5). Endorsement deals play a big role in a musician’s career. Currently people are debating about whether or not artists should allow advertisers to use their music in promotions. Artists should allow their music to be in commercials because advertising keeps a musician financially stable and helps them reach a wider audience.

Censoring music on the radio does not mean that music is unavailable on other streaming platforms, because if one truly wanted to music, they could find it elsewhere. Music censorship, in actuality, is protecting the people of the country. It is stopping the spread of dangerous ideas. It is saving people’s lives. Therefore there is no reason that music shouldn’t be censored on the radio. If one truly wants to “hear real music” which is what F@%*K Censorship describes uncensored music, they can hear it on a platform that unlike the radio, promotes people to ruin 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

They make a great living because of all the successful artists in their record label. The more successful the artist the more successful music executives get. Having experience is very important when it comes to working in this kind of job. Music executives are also in charge of A&R, contracts, management, publishing, production, manufacture, marketing/promotion, distribution, copyright, and touring. Even though they also work in senior management they could've started off as a artist or A&R for a number of years while building a strong reputation start a record label later on in their

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 new model that the music industry is transitioning to is the streaming model. Artists and producers used to make most of their income from physical copy sales. Now most of the income usually comes

The aforementioned factors play a significant role in influencing what is purchased by the consumer, but if they bought other genres instead of pop music, then the industry would be forced to change. When it comes to sales “The music industry is a Superstar economy… the top 1% account for 77% of all artist recorded music income” (Mulligan). Artists who would fall under this 1% criteria mostly belong to the pop genre, such as Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, and so on. Notwithstanding drama-related reductions in popularity, artists such as these, and several others of “superstar” status, are the ones providing a great deal of the profits for the pop industry. It is through the widespread support of these artists by consumers where the homogeneity of pop music is encouraged and

The film industry and professional sports are regarded to be the most profitable business sector in the present scenario. The professional artists and film actors earn millions of dollars due to their talent.many people might have had a dream to be popular and earn more like they do. Despite the fact that their profession is not an easy job that could be done by common people, they are more prone to criticism resulting from their overpaid work. However, the perception on whether the professional artists and actors are overpaid or not is still a matter of concern of a majority of people. This essay interprets the brighter and darker sides on the overpayment of actors and professional athletes.

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.

Now many people are gonna be upset and won 't agree while they too have reasonings why they shouldn 't need to sell out to make more money. Many people would say but they should just sell merchandise as source three suggests. As that could be the case, think about it logically. Wouldn 't it cost them more money to make the merchandise than to sell it? Some of the merchandise wouldn 't sell out so they will be losing money instead of gain it. Plus, if they want to get their songs out their and fast so people could hear it as fast as possible while people would buy more copies of their music, they should simply do advertisements.

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.

It’s rare to find meaningful music today in the cluster of regurgitating pop and rap music being played on the radio. It’s sad to see these artists who can have big impact on the world do not take the opportunity. I can’t put all the blame on the artists though. Why wouldn’t they keep putting out this type of music when the masses keep throwing money and support for more of their garbage? It takes time to find a band or group that serves a purpose, sends a powerful message, and simply produces great music. I came across a band called Twenty One Pilots, thanks to my friend Ronnie. Twenty One Pilots consists of two members: Tyler Joseph (Lead Singer) and Josh Dun (Drummer). The band was formed in 2009 and has aggregated a large following the