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ads free.]”( Ek). The main source of income for these companies is generated through advertisement and paid users, and they pay royalty fees based on this income. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek claims that “Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers, and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists. Furthermore, reports from Pandora Media states that “in the first 10 months of 2012, Pandora paid $182.1 million in music royalties, or 60 percent of its

This is where a record label comes into play. 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

– up more than 90% from the same period last year. The advance of the internet has affected almost every industry and the music business is no exception. When people reference the music business we might first think they are speaking only of record labels. The music business however is a bit more expansive of a definition. “The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that make money by creating and selling live music performances, sound recordings and music videos of songs and instrumental

payola and it is still in practice today, although it is technically illegal. The record companies write off the legal fines imposed by the Federal Communications Act as an expense of promotion (Campbell p.88). Black artists in the 50’s were writing some of the most inventive and marketable music of the time, but their music was still not palatable to a white audience as long as it was played by black musicians. Record companies began buying the songs of poor black musicians and giving them to their

affected the distribution of music worldwide. I’m sure you’ll all agree when I say that music is changing very fast. It’s either that or we keep changing our tastes in music every five minutes – which is far more probable. Today if someone put on a record from just 10-20 years ago we’d probably think of that music as being incredibly old or very simple. I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand to watch some (if not most) of the early Top of the Pops because the music is so old. We think of this as

COMPASS RECORDS BACKGROUND Compass records is a small, independent music recording company and co-founded in 1994 by musicians Alison Brown and Garry West. Compass is a new breed of roots-music label: eclectic, sophisticated, and artist-friendly. It is called “one of the greatest independent labels of the last decade” by Billboard Magazine, Compass Records has provided a thriving haven of creativity for artists and a reliable beacon of quality for music fans. Its 2006 acquisition of the Green

everything. Music is all I think about 24/7, non-stop. Music also supplies you with money if you’re talented, or if you just work hard. You can earn an infinite amount of money in the music industry by either being independent, or signing to a record label. Music will always be apart of me, music completes me. The music industry has been around for over two-hundred years. The recording of music originated in the mid to late 1800s. When recording was begun, the only music that was recorded were classical

Labels sign up and coming artists buy all the copyrights to their songs and then promote them, their success riding on the promotion. The Labels then produce their CD’s for under a dollar each unit and then charge the wholesalers around ten times the cost of production. Records main concern is how the development of the MP3 will impact record sales. Of course it will affect record sales. However, music on the Internet and its devices is

disc sales have declined and more music is being released without the record company’s permission. Some may view this as a major problem to the other major record labels that distribute music globally. But some are using the mp3 to their advantage. A while ago an artist could not walk out

having fun, but the underlying motive of rappers in this era was to reflect on their rough lifestyle through clever lyrics. The motive wasn’t for money, but recognition for their unique wordplay among the rap community. However, that all changed when record companies saw a financial opportunity in rappers, and rappers saw a financial opportunity through music. Due to the commercialization of hip hop, authenticity is rare to find in the mainstream