Areas of the Music Industry

What do record companies do? - In the music industry record companies help out with the sales of the artist's records and promotion for the artist. Record companies also discuss charges for creating a debut album for the artist as well. If there are no record companies musicians wouldn't be able to make a career in music. Record companies are the main part of the music industry. The reason why record companies are the main part of the music industry is because they do all of the:

Promoting the artist's records
Advertising
Sales of the artist's records
Album creating
Record contracts for new upcoming musicians

Record companies are and will always be the main part of the music industry. If there were no record companies here today musicians wouldn't be able to share their work to the world. The way record companies get music out to the pubic is by advertising it first. Most artist and solo musicians have their own record labels. Music producers like Nicky Romero, Axwell and Afrojack have their own labels. These labels are independent labels because the artist owns the label. When a artist has been signed to a label it is the artist's major label.

What is artist management? - An artist manager is a very important key person to have when you are in the music industry.The reason why you will need a music manager is because he/she will help you with:

Gigs
Contracts
Studio time
Finding good deals
Negotiating costs for making a debut album with the record company
Getting heard more

In my opinion every musician should find a manager before he/she starts a career in the music industry. The reason why this would be best for a musician is because he/she will help get heard by more people and the A&R department in the record company will be very happy to sign you onto their label. It is important and essential that the manager has very good skills like:

Being punctual
Well presented
Respectful
Serious
Loyal

No musician would want a manager who is disrespectful, not serious, not well presented and not loyal. This would be a waste of the musician's time and the music industry's time as well. The artist manager usually gets 15-20% of the artist's earnings. The artist manager wants the best for the artist, so the more the artist manager works the better it will be for the artist and the artist's manager.

What is music publishing? - Publishing is the final process of getting the music out to the public. The songwriter will have signed a contract for a publishing deal. Once that is done the music publisher does all the copyright for the songwriter's work. The publisher would use the songwriter's work for films, advertisements, etc. This is a good way for people to listen to the artist's music and it is also a good way to advertise the artist's new music material.

Publishing companies such as EMI, arthouse entertainment, bluewater music, etc are all the companies that publish the artist or band's music to the people. Once a artist or band has produced, mixed and mastered a full track it gets sent of to the publishing company and the publishing company releases the music out to the people. This is how a artist or band gets their new records out to the people.

What is live performance? - Live performance is when a solo musician or band performs live on stage to a massive crowd of people. Before a band or solo musician can perform the band or musician will need to know:

What songs to perform (DJ + backing tracks may be needed)
How long the show lasts
What day, time and venue
What time sound checking and last minute rehearsals start at
What equipment to bring
Who is the target audience

If a solo musician doesn't know all these things the performance will not be successful, the crowd will be let down and most of all it makes the solo musician or band look like idiots. So it is essential that a solo musician or band knows all these things. However if a solo musician or band knows all these things it will make the performance a success. Not only will the crowd have a good time but the band or solo musician will be very happy because he/she knew and understood what to do to make the performance a major success.

The fans come to watch live performances because they want to have a good time and enjoy themselves. This is why every musician needs to know what to do before he/she performs live. This shows that the solo musician or band is serious about performing live and this shows what they need to do before the band or solo musician gets the chance to perform.