Key Terms

Distribution - selling music to shops e.g HMV and iTunes 

Copyright - a law in place to stop people copying or being stolen 

Royalties - When the company/artists get a % of the money made

A&R (Artists and Repertoire) - part of the company that look for new music talent, middle man between artists and companies

Sampling - uses parts of someone else's song and will sample it in their song

Peer•to•peer - people who share music between each other 

Major Record Label - a worldwide Lable that signs artists and gets them globally known

Subsidiary Label -  labels within a major Lable e.g Sycho who is within Sony

Independent Label - a record Lable which controls the artist by giving them freedom and let's them explore themselves as an artist

Key terms

Distribution - Selling music to customers via Internet, iTunes, albums etc. Concerts 

Copyright - Protection against artists work, have to pay to own the music.

Royalties - When the company/artists get a % of the money made

A&R (Artist & Repertoire) - part of the company that look for new music talent, middle man between artists and companies

Sampling - Sending a music piece to a record label to sample it

Peer to peer - people who share music between each other

Major Record Label - A worldwide label that signs major well known artists, are horizontally and vertically intergrated enabling them to work more efficiently as they own each individual sectors of the industry which let's them work cheaper.

Subsidiary Label - labels within a major label, eg. Sycho who is within Sony

Independent Label - A label based in one country, gives artist freedom and let's them exlpore themselves as am artist.