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research of studio time and what it costs to have a record published and sold in stores. I understand that music is hard to make a living off of because its hard enough to just pay for the things your band needs and that record labels lose a lot of money in trying to finance an album that has such a high chance of failure. But major Record labels are creating a monopoly of the music industry which limits the innovation and advancement other minor labels or musicians could provide by taking away competition

Ian Morris, Author of the article, "Technology is Destroying the Music Industry, Which is Great for the Next Taylor Swift", music is changing but the only thing the internet is destroying are the record labels. Which he explains as a good thing for the industry. Morris talks about the roles the record label plays and why it 's on the way out. The biggest change in music since the internet was the development of Napster. 2014 marked fifteen years after the rise and fall of this online file sharing platform

event company, who specialise in event planning and supplies music venue for record label companies. Supplier , those who manufacture CD, supply equipment to record company, artist who supplies and created music such as ArtistLed, Inc Now , let us see what are some of the ways in which IT has affected the various suppliers in the music industry. Internet Decreasing revenue for

after” them, these days it is called manager or producer. According to the Kazi Uddin, there are only 3 recording major labels these days : Warner Music, Sony Music and Universal Music Group. Warner music controls 19% percent of the industry, Sony music manages 34% and Universal music owns 37%, the rest 10% is running by the independent “indie” labels. Apart from that, major labels are having divisions into a

not only reducing an artist to almost indentured servitude, but also cripples record labels themselves. The 360 deal is a common mandatory contract record labels utilize to financially support an artist. This includes advances and funds for promotion, touring, and marketing, all which the artist has to pay back to the label. I believe this problem is significant and warrants further research because the record labels are unconstitutionally taking away artists rights in favor of their own greed,

hearing a record executive say “I want to sign you to my label” are over. Back then major labels were the only ones with the connections to get one’s music video on MTV, get the music sounding professional, get songs on the radio, and many other things to build a fanbase. Now today, artists tend to battle with the thought of signing to a major label for an advance to put food on the table immediately, or to do everything a label could do for them on their own. In a new type of record deal, the 360

Top 10 Major Record Labels Nowadays. Music and Business Music has several functions in the society, such as the expression of emotions; creation of joy; communication; entertainment; integration of a society; and the continuity of culture. These functions of music make music a human need, which results in humans demanding for music. The human need or demand for music makes music a valuable item (good). Therefore, humans (artists) create music as a good that can be sold for revenues and profits. This

Team 4 Anuraag Mishra Mani Ganesan Vaibhavi Kulkarni Zihe Meng Dhaval Trivedi Case 6: Music Industry CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 THE MUSIC INDUSTRY 1 INDUSTRY VALUE CHAIN 1 CONSUMER BEHAVIOR 2 DISTRIBUTION 4 RECORD LABELS 5 ARTISTS 5 TECHNOLOGY DISRUPTION 6 MEM RECORDS 8 MEM RECORDS VALUE CHAIN 8 VALUE PROPOSITION CANVAS 9 MARKET FORCES 10 PORTER’S 5 FORCES 10 ADDITIONAL FORCES AT PLAY 11 RECOMMENDATION 11 THREE HORIZON MODEL 11 HORIZON 1: 12 HORIZON 2: 12 HORIZON 3: 13 VALUE MIGRATION 13 DISRUPTIVE

the comfort of their homes or through cheap freelance studios. Later, they can that market and sell their music without the help of a label or radio promotion. On the 21st century entrepreneur article, David Bowie said, “I do not think a few years to come it would be significant or necessary to be signed up with a label because things would not be working with labels and distribution systems in the same manner. There has been complete overhaul of the music industry, and everything we thought about

influential label in music history. They have signed musicians of all different generations and genres so their artists appeal to my generation, my parents generation, and even my grandparents generation. How do they know how to produce music that anybody can enjoy? And at the end of the day, what is more important to them, making a profit or making great music that they are proud of? Sony Music Entertainment was founded in 1929 by the merging of several companies and was known as American Record Corporation