The Rossafella Records Label (RRL)

The music industry is made of companies which produce and sell music. The music industry as we know it was solidified in the mid-twentieth century, where records succeeded sheet music as the primary product in the music business. Record companies were established, but did not last very long until the late 1980s when the “Big Six”, a group of multinational corporations consisting of Sony, MCA, WEA, Polygram, EMI, and BMG controlled most of the market. Initially there were five corporations (CBS and RCA (both now belonging to Sony), WEA, EMI, and Polygram) that had emerged in 1978 to own 60 per cent of the market. (Wallis and Malm, 1984, p. 81)

The occupation or role that will be discussed is the publisher. Publishers take a song that has been already been composer and attempt to persuade various artists or producers to record the song. Publishers also register copyrights, file mechanical and performing rights to the respective organizations, audit record companies, and collect royalties and payment.

For new bands, one of their first major steps into getting into the business is usually finding a record label. A record label is commonly known by most people as someone who simply signs a band and sells their music. What most people do not know is that they do much more than that. A label does do all the things that people believe they do, however, they also do much more to help an artist. A label is one band’s contact to other artists or promotors that will help further their popularity and reach out to more businesses who could potentially seek endorsement deals to support an artist while also advertising their own product (Lindvall). However, some bands have had negative experiences with labels. There are many negative outlooks on record labels recently and their work with certain artists.

Gone are the days where artist, songwriters, performers, producers and records companies reap full successes of songs through stage performance and radio airplay. Since 1960, a technological evolution has created many changes in how music are made, played and performed. From the era where television and radio was popular with much of its viewers and listeners being the youth to development of the Internet and World Wide Web platforms, music suffered much development. Huge part of these changes was how music was delivered to the audience this time not on the radio or television but on the Internet websites where music

Until the late 40s, most country and western artists on a major record label would record in New York, Los Angeles or Chicago as they were where the label offices and studios were located. 1945 saw the first independent recording studio built in Nashville, titled ‘The Castle Recording company’ and was created by a pair of enterprising radio engineers from WSM in Nashville, (Levy 2000, 22-23). In 1954, Nashville Producer Owen Bradley constructed a studio away from downtown in the famed Quonset hut and was soon followed by a rush of producers, publishers and performers in the late 50s to early 60s converting old houses into studios and offices. This central hub of music industry development in downtown Nashville would form what would come to be known as ‘Music Row’ (Hill 2011, 294). This rush of interest would see session musician and producer Chet Atkins persuade label RCA Victor to construct a studio in 1957, later known as “Studio B”. (Studio B, n.d.)

The purpose of this business plan is to convey the vision for how Musically Infinite will become the preferred vendor of choice for music artist both novice and veteran. This plan will detail the vital steps involved in transforming an idea for a successful business into a thriving profitable pillar to the Metro Atlanta Area economy.

The search for a pop music artist turned into a singer/songwriter listening session. The programming department at Layer Deep Radio (LDR) was determined to find new music for its station.

My target industry is Roca-A-Fella Records aka Rocnation. They are founded by Damon”Dame” Dash, Shawn “Jay-Z Carter, and Kareem”Biggs”Burke. They founded the company in 1995. It is the subsidiary of Universal Music Group and they are being distributed by Def Jam Records. They are Located in New York City, New York. There notable artist includes Amil, Aztek Escobar, Beanie Sigel, Bink, Cam’ron Christon, The Diplomats, DJ Clue, Diamonds in Da rough, Foxy Brown, Freeway, Freekey Zekey, Jadakiss, Jim Jones, N.O.R.E. There are no longer with the company. They only have three active artist Vic Mensa, Kanye west, and of course

Roy Wood$, a young rising Toronto artist discovered by OVO Sound Beats was recently signed to Drake’s record label and made his official debut by coming out with his first album Exis. The fresh, underrated OVO member made a resilient first impression; Exis serves as a strong introduction to the beginning of Wood$’s career. The album is laced with only 6 tracks, but still feels appropriate to the whole debut project. As the latest artist to be coming out of Canada, Roy is able to set himself apart from the rest, through his individual artistry and flair, innovative perspective, and exceptional voice. Not only is he able to bring a different genre of PBRnB style to us, his vocal expression is emotionally rich and soft while remaining powerful making it addictingly sweet.

For marketing, I would stick to strictly online campaigns. I think this is the smartest idea for electronic music since the online community is so vast, and work can travel very quickly if done effectively. I will prioritize Facebook, Tumblr and YouTube for marketing. These outlets have a decent mix of visual and text aids, that

This book is the most trusted for songwriters for the past 34 years. This book provides up-to-date information that writers need to know so they can properly place their songs in the hands of publishers, record companies, producers, managers and agencies, and music firms. In this book, you’ll find placement opportunities and see how each market differs from one another also ways to find success in the industry. This book also went over the basics of the business, like how to properly submit music, the proper way to copyright your work, how to point out scams,

Jefferson Multi Media Inc. is a production company that provides services to recording artists. The company has two main divisions: the audio division and the video division. The audio division is charged with executing all necessary procedures to finalize the recording process. For example, the company records the artists, adds special effects, develops concepts and designs, and finally promotes artist relations to ensure that artists are satisfied with the services provided by the company. To finalize the audio production process, the company’s audio division produces the final work in a form of audio cassettes, computerized disks, and digital sound tracks, which are transferred

‘Independent record labels have been around since music started being recorded’ (King, 2012, p.13). Created by fanatics with a passion for music, the recording and production process was often self-funded and the purpose was to nurture talent and creativity. Most of the major record companies we know today would have once started in this manner (King, 2012).

     The music industry is in a time of growth at this very moment. The environment for its growth has been increasing rapidly on many geographical boundaries and has been established through information technology and Internet. In this paper I will analyze how the music industry not only has been affected by Globalization as an economic institution but also that it has become a worldwide-globalized commodity. First, I will begin by analyzing how the music industry, though its consumption is not a necessity, it is affected by large economic factors and has become a large Music Market. Furthermore I will analyze how the music market has globalizing tendencies

Studio technology has developed drastically over the years and has become ever more vital to the record