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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

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

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

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,

Music Business Assignment Part A (1.1) For the past decades the music industry has changed a lot. The old music business module, where the artist hands over his music to the record label and through the record label the artists’ music is sold on a high street to consumers, is not as efficient and profitable as it used to be. The internet changed the way how people consume music. With the internet along came music streaming that opened new ways for upcoming artists and songwriters to share their

Reality. They were wrong; he did not hit. His album sales fared poorly, and he would soon be dropped unceremoniously by his record label. That was his beginning of a

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