Last week on September 15th, I began my internship at Atlantic Records in New York City. Atlantic Records is a record label company that works underneath Warner Music Group, a music group that owns a variety of different record labels, which range from Electronic to Rock & Roll. According to their website, “Atlantic Records was founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson” both of whom highly dedicated themselves to the music industry, and it was bought by Warner Music Group in 1967 (Atlantic
For one complete week, I emptied the entirety of my music library and left one album, Beyoncé’s latest debut, Lemonade. So, how did it fare? The R&B album, which was released via short film on HBO, caught viewers by surprise as Beyoncé revealed a powerful message of infidelity, feminism, and the meaning of blackness in America. As in classic Beyoncé nature, the album since its release has received critical acclaim and achieved the most simultaneous Hot 100 hits that any female artist has ever held
thewowstyle.com thewowstyle.com The unfortunate aspect of the music industry today is that labels have become a sort of transformation mechanism for artists. Artists enter as the person they’ve always been and make their public debut as a fabricated alias with pink hair and bad publicity. In the early 2000’s when music piracy became a fad to be reckoned with, labels began thinking of ways to keep album sales up. Instead of enhancing the musical creativity of their artists, it became easier to dwell
their own music is the pop genre. Sometimes, I hear songs sung by some of these boys and girls about love and relationships and I wonder if they’ve ever truly experienced what they’re singing about. Or, if the song was handed to them by one of the label executives and told “That will be a hit!” I feel like most
Lil Wayne's Free Weezy Album for their service. Despite his lawsuit against Cash Money, Wayne is still an artist on the record label. The label's 50 million lawsuit claims Tidal exclusively streaming the Free Weezy Album is a "desperate and illegal attempt to save their struggling streaming service." On the contrary, Tidal stated that Lil Wayne's contract with the label is not exclusive. The company also claims the rapper signed over the rights to the project to their service. According to the lawsuit
1. Was it a good decision for LiveNation to sign Madonna, Jay-Z and other megastars? LiveNation made a great 10-year decision to sign Madonna, Jay-Z and other megastars, considering the conditions of the contract. It stands to benefit Live Nation for years to come. LiveNation contracted deal called the “360-degree” deal, it is a document that states for a very large sum of money guaranteed to the performer. Live Nation gets to control almost all aspects of the artists’ careers. Now, that sounds
single words or sentences within his article because throughout the whole article George Howard attempts to educate or instruct the reader. He breaks down the mechanics of royalties, he compares Spotify vs streaming services as well as explains the labels aspects of the endeavor. They are completely different views from one another and show compassion in what they are
Is sharing always caring? You, ethics, and the music industry The music industry much like every other industry has found ways to connect their product to the people through technology. Now music is readily available to the public through many avenues ITunes, YouTube, and so much more. As music has become more available to the public the industry now faces the threat of illegal downloading and sharing of music files. Many people will purchase an album through a download
The music of America has become very diverse, as it should be, with each person taking and bringing influences from styles of music in the US and all over the world to create new blends. With the amount of people in the music industry today a musician who has a different sound than anybody else will definitely turn a few heads. Some make it bigger than others, but the music tends to hold a particular sound, especially if the singer uses their roots as an influence in the music. One such musician
Frith, Hector Qirko and Arnold Shaw explore how musical genres are constructed, defined, negotiated, and maintained. The construction of genre constantly varies and is often inconsistent. This can be attributed to the demands of consumerism. Music labels constantly