Production And Promotion Organisations

Question 1

What does a record company pay for?

Answer 1

Everything that needs to be done to make a CD or release a commercial song:

1) recording - studio/engineer time
2) mixing
3) mastering (the final copy)

Question 2

What do record companies give their artists ?

Answer 2

An advance to live on while making the CD

Question 3

What is a record label?

Answer 3

A unit within the company

Question 4

What does a record label do?

Answer 4

Handle a particular repertoire. It is a brand or trademark associated with music recordings.
They also co-ordinate the product, manufacture, distribute, market, promote and enforce the copyright for sound recordings and music videos

Question 5

What are the 3 record labels referred to as Major labels?

Answer 5

WMG- Warner music group
UMG- universal music group
SME - Sony music group

Question 6

What is a recording company?

Answer 6

A business which deals in recordings.