Areas Of The Music Industry

The music industry is a very busy and hard working industry, there are a lot of areas to make the music industry work and successful. But there is four areas in the industry that are very important and need to be payed a lot of attention because without these areas the music industry would not work at all. So the four areas are: Recording companies, artist management, music publishing and live performance, these four areas fit in together but how do they fit together? its all in steps...

Step 1 - 'Artist management'

For an artist to be successful and to get out there they have to have an artist manager also can be called a music manager, because an artist manager does most of the work for them and helps them get out there, finds them a suitable recording label to be able to record their songs, books all the meetings, gets them gigs, gets them connections with promoters and other people in the business, guides them through the way to make right choices, encourages them, supports them, is determined for them etc..
But its not all easy, the artist and the artist manager has to have a close relationship and be able to bond, trust each other, get along with each other, because there have been loads of cases where artists and artist managers clashed and did not get along, the artist manager embarassed the artist and was negative and did not compromise with the artist witch did not get the artist any where and made the job really hard and pointless. With an artist manager most of the money goes to the manager because the manager is getting you out there and the artist is working for the manager so the manager gets more money then the artist, but you have to be careful because some artist managers are rip offs and take all the money, lie to you, some managers have bad history that effects on the artist and gives a bad reputation for both the manager and the artist.

Step 2 - 'Recording companies'

So what that artist needs next is to find a recording company to sign them and promote them, this would be the artist managers job so the artist manager needs to search for a record label to match up with its client (artist), because there is loads of different recording labels but not every one of them is going to suit the artist or the record label will not be interested in signing the artist, the artist needs a record label because what a record label does is signs an artist, records their tracks and then promotes their tracks. This could take a lot of time for the artist to find that one record label, but its all with luck and time.
With a recording company the studios have to be easy to work with for the artist because the artist needs to be able to work in piece and be happy and calm with the recording studio because then other wise the artist's money towards the studio time is a total waste. There have been loads of court cases with recording companies and artists for all sort of certain reasons so as an artist and a manager you have to be wise and make sure you are using your money well and money is fair between the recording companies, artist manager and the artist.

Step 3 - 'Music publishing'

So here is when publishing the music comes in the journey! the artist recorded their album or single but it needs to get out there people are not just going to know about the album all of a sudden, the artist needs a music publisher to help them publish their album or single they have recorded.

But with music publishing all the rights go to the song writers and composers because they created the song and they have to have their right for people to know its their material, but the artist still gets credit for performing it but not that much. So the music publisher's job is to make sure the song writers and composers get their payment when their songs is being used commercially, get the songs used in film soundtracks or in televison and commercials. But the music publishing have to receive up to %50 of the money being earned by the song writer or composer because they are publishing their music and making it well known.
So for an artist it is best to be able to write and compose their own songs to earn more money.

Step 4 - 'Live Performance'

This is where all the fun is made and the most important area in the music industry! why is this the most important area? because live performance is where the artist get to perform their material live, get everyone to come, show everyone what they can do, sell their cd's there, so when they perform their material if people like their songs they all can buy the cd's there on the spot and the artist will also tell the audience to search their name online so they can search them online and then spread the word. 

Live performance is also really important because the people that show up to their gig and likes them the artist gets more fans and those fans can grab interest in them and tell everyone they know and show everyone they know the artist's material and thats how the artist becomes famous from building a fan base.
To be able to build a good fan base in a live performance is to have confidence and connect with the audience and hope the audience will like their music and buy the cd's.

There are so many different ways of selling music, there is major labels where they get some of the pay for selling the music and where they work for the artist and help the artist get out there, then there is independent labels where it gives the artist more independence and the artist earns their own money because with an independent label you make your own way and publish things on your own so in a way an indepent label is much better for an artist for money wise but it is really hard because major labels have connections and can back you up but with an independent label you do it all on your own but get all the money.
Then there is a 360 deal witch is the worst deal for the artist because with the 360 deal the labels and areas cut of everything for tours, concerts,gigs,sales of singles and albulms so the artist hardly gets any money only a little amount because the 360 deal cuts it all of and goes to the labels and publishers.


Bibliography:
Music publishing - wiklopedia
Recording companies - wiklopedia
Artist management - wiklopedia

'Hear and Identify'

Worst Version

8 faults:


1. there is a caugh and noise at the beginning,and more noise from 0.16 - 0.20. this effects the track because it doesnt sound good with the track and it is unexpected, it sounds unprofessional and wierd. this could of been prevented by muting the microphone while recording the instruments at the beginning, re-recording it, or editing it out on logic.

2. the instrumental at 0.00 starts out of time, and the timing is off and it sounds rushed. this couldve been prevented by re-recording it, using a metranome to keep in time. it couldve been fixed by quantising it on logic.

3. the microphone is fuzzy on 0.53 and on, it is not clear, sounds very fuzzy and blury, so from 0.00 - 0.53 he sounds quite clear then other bits like 0.53 and on sounds really blury and not clear, sounds like the microphone has bad quality and sounds wrong. this couldve been prevented by setting up the microphone differently, testing it out before recording.

4. music and vocals over power each other, at times the vocals is much louder then the music and then other times the music is louder then the vocals so its over powering each other, also the backing vocals are not clear and are quite fady. this couldve been prevented by editing the volume of the vocals and the volume of the music to match and sound equal.

5. tuning is really bad on 0.53 - 1.11, this point sounds really flat and out of tune, you could fix this by tuning the vocal on logic and putting the vocal into tune, fixing the pitch and changing the settings of the vocalist.
6. the panning is unstable and isnt in the middle, throughout the song the sound goes from the right ear to the left ear, from 0.00 and on the sound is on the right ear, then when it gets to 0.30 the sound transfers to the left and is more equal but the panning is stronger on the left ear, the panning keeps changing from left to right to equally to the middle. this could be changed by changing the panning settings on logic or what ever program is being used, changing the panning to equal and making sure non of the settings are to the left or to the right unless the producer purposely wants to have the panning unequally.

7. tuning is really bad from 1.35 - 1.43  this point sounds really flat and the lead vocalist does not sound equal with the backing vocals, this couldve been prevented by tuning the vocals to make it sound smooth and in tune.

8. 0.22 - 0.24 he sais 'with the degree' this is really out of time and the word 'degree' is really out of time,it sounds like the vocalist is hesitating and lost his timing but it is just the timing is not in time, this could be fixed by re - recording it, and quantising the timing and the beat to fit with the lyrics.