today there are 4 major record label in the music industry theses are
- Sony Music Entertainment
- EMI
- Warner Music Group
- Universal Music Group
What is a music industry “The music industry (or music business) sells compositions, recordings and performances of music. Among the many individuals and organizations that operate within the industry are the musicians who compose and perform the music; the companies and professionals who create and sell recorded music (e.g., music publishers, producers, studios, engineers, record labels, retail and online music stores, performance rights organisations); those that present live music performances (booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew); professionals who assist musicians with their careers (talent managers, business managers, entertainment lawyers); those who broadcast music (satellite and broadcast radio); journalists; educators; musical instrument. manufacturers; as well as many others.in the music industry a record label is a brand of which is accosiated with the marketing of music recording and videos. many industry try and distributed their music though big names and unique videos and songs these are the products of which the music industry uses, but the music industry don’t have a specified genre of music they look at. exclusive recording contracts are what make the music industry’s different from one and other by signing a artist they can differ from the others though clever way of getting their artiest well known. music industry will use different types of music such as metal, rock, punk. garage etc techniques such as videos on music channel or radio stations are ways of allowing the public to hear the product.
A lot of the music industry use the internet in order to distribute their products and transmit songs and albums across the world at no cost — and at no profit to content owners, such as music labels and recording artists. this is a positive for the music industry but there are negative sides to the internet though illegal downloads.
