BTEC LEVEL 3 SUBSIDIARY DIPLOMA in MUSIC UNIT 39: The Sound and Music Industry.
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Music Industry
Quiz BTEC LEVEL 3 SUBSIDIARY DIPLOMA in MUSIC
UNIT 39: The Sound and Music Industry
Multiple Questions
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Helps with major business decisions, assists with the creative process, promotes an artist's career, assembles & heads the artist's professional team, etc.
Union Representative
Promoter
Agent
Manager
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B.
C.
D.
E.
The person involved almost exclusively in booking live personal appearances
A&R
Producer
Promoter
Agent
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B.
C.
D.
E.
A&R, Sales, Marketing, Promotion, Product Management, New Media, Finance, Business Affairs/Legal
Venue
Record Studio
Union
Record Company
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B.
C.
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E.
Networks that move records from manufacturing plants into the stores
Record Company
Retail
Manufacturing
Distribution
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B.
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D.
E.
Record companies and recording artists, as well as the writers and publishers, all make money based on the sale of recordings, as well as through later playing and reuse of their work.
Earnings
Salary
Fees
Royalties
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B.
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D.
E.
Bringing the creative product into a tangible form (i.e. CD) by maximizing the creative process and taking care of all necessary administration (booking studio time, staying on budget, etc.).
Manager
Agent
Promoter
Producer
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B.
C.
D.
E.
A form of property ownership for certain types of artistic & creative works.
Publishing
Fees
Royalties
Copyright
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B.
C.
D.
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Encourage new material, produce demo recordings and printed music (scores), manage all associated copyright and royalty licensing/PRS requirements.
Union Representative
Agent
Promoter
Publisher
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Grants permissions to work with, study, improve upon, reinterpret, re-record copyright material (e.g. recording someone else’s song). Example: NOW! CD
PPL
PRS
MCPS
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A musician who contributes to a recording or a live performance but is not actually a full time member of the band.
Band Musician
Full-time Musician
Orchestra Musician
Session Musician
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B.
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D.
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Agencies that collect royalties on behalf of songwriters when a song they have written is performed
PPL
MCPS
PRS
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B.
C.
D.
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Who prepares & transfers audio from one raw format to a desired mater format and refines the sound quality
Producer
Sound Engineer
Recording Engineer
Mastering Engineer
Connect
Organisation founded & funded by organisations
that serves as their ‘voice’
Organised group of workers to pursue policies that are
favourable for the workers
MU
Equity
BECTU
(Union) Broadcasting & film
Musicians’ Union
Trade Body (Association)
Union
(Union) Actors, dancers, backstage,
choreographers, directors
Link the definition to the correct answer
Trade body for those involved in the PRODUCTION of recorded music (producers, engineers)
Trade body for those involved in the AUDIO industry (audio engineer, recording studio)
Trade body for those who supply LIGHTING and SOUND
technologies
They lobby (put pressure) the government for policies that
will protect their industry
Will represent a performer in case of a dispute over a
contract or unfair dismissal
Union
PLASA
MPG
APRS
Trade Body
Continued…
Question & Answer
What are the two major sources of income for a music publisher?
MCPS & PRS
Which department of the record label works to get an artist's song played on radio?
Promotion
A company with major networks that move physical records from manufacturing plants into the store
Distributor
Who collects royalties for the writer/composer?
PRS
What is the main advantage to signing a record deal with a major label?
Effective promotion and distribution
Which department of the record label handles advertising, publicity, and album-cover artwork?
Marketing
Who collects royalties for the recording artist?
PPL
Longer Answers
What is the benefit of self-producing?The artist doesn't need to give a percentage of
their royalties to a record label. They also have more creative freedom.
How do music artists make money?
Through royalties collected from any play of their song or a cut from the sales of their
music.
Who pays for the PPL and PRS for Music?
They take a cut from the royalties collected. They are non-profit organisations paid for by
the music industry.
List 3 things Marketing do…
• Advertising and Image• Branding• Figure out how to sell product
List 3 things Production do…
• Assemble what is needed for a recording
• Quality control - makes things sound right
• Producers of the physical CDs
List 1 thing Distribution does…
• Getting products into the market place (stores)
List examples of New Media…
• Digital distribution (i.e. Spotify, iTunes)
• Social media • Internet branding (i.e.band
websites)
Sales are in the area of…
Retail (shops)
Describe Major Recording Companies
• Owned by corporations• Various departments (A&R), big staff
• Developing artist commercially
• Own the means of distribution Universal, Sony, Warner
Describe Independent Recording Companies
• Stand alone (independent)
• Small, minimal staff• Musical niche (specific type of music)
• Develop artist more individually
More Connect
Oversee the recording of an artist
Choose the music & organise rehearsals
Choose suitable microphones
Carry/ transport equipment to event
Fix broken string
Instrumental support
Sound Engineer
Producer
Musical Director
Roadie
Link Description to Person
Organise tour dates & shows
Check Health & Safety
Schedule times in studio
Publicise a concert
Gather prices for advertisements
Marketing
Studio Management
Artistic Management
Venue Management
Promoter
More…
Scouting for new talent
Complete the audio mastering
Create sequencer & apps
Sells CDs
Self-employed musician
Freelance
Software Engineer
A&R
Mastering Engineer
Retail
And more…
Links in the Music Industry