Talent
& Tenacity - The Major Record
Labels
Major
Record Labels
Ever
consider how music and the major
record labels play such a large
part in our lives?
I
cannot even remember a day in my
life when I did not hear music.
Whether you
have a collection of
thousands of CDs or
in my case albums or just turn on
the radio during your morning
commute to work, you are a
connoisseur of music.
Here are
a few musical questions for you
...
- Do
you ever wonder how it gets to
you or do you ever wonder who
decides what music gets played
and what music
doesn’t?
- Do
you ever wonder why only
certain artists get played or
have their music sold in major
retail outlets?
- Has
it ever crossed your mind what
trends are going to overtake
music next?
Well the
answer to most of these questions
lies within the major record
labels.
If you
love or hate an
artist, it’s their record
label that you either thank or
blame.
The major
record labels take on new artists
and promote the sales of their
CDs and/or DVDs. They may also
help other companies with tour
promotions and other public
events.
A
recording company will
usually take on an artist for a
specific length of time or for so
many recordings. This depends on
the terms of the contract
negotiated with the major record
labels.
If you have
ever taken a look at your CD and
or DVD collection you’ll
probably find that nearly
90% of them come from one
of the five major record labels
in some way shape or
form.
Did
you know that you can now learn
to read music free online at
Music
Playground?
Check it out
at learn
to read
music
Do the
names Universal Music
Group, Sony Music Entertainment,
EMI Group, Warner
Brothers and BMG
Entertainment sound
familiar? These are known as
the big 5 and make up the five
major record
labels.
They
account for the vast number of
artists, videos and movies. When
looking for a job in the music
industry, the major record labels
are the people to talk
to.
You may be
looking at your CD covers and if
you’re like me you scan the
entire label searching for
information.
You may see
a name other than one of the five
major record labels. This
doesn’t mean that
you’ve purchased a CD from
someone who duplicated
it.
However,
what is most likely happening is
that you have bought something
from one of their
subsidiary
companies. All of the
five major record labels own
subsidiary companies.
For
example, the once great
Motown record label is now
a subsidiary of Universal
Music Group. Capitol
Records is also a member of
EMI’s subsidiaries.
The list is
endless.
The music
we listen to today is largely
determined by the five companies
noted.
You
probably aren’t concerned
about that when you are dancing
to the latest hip-hop hit or
singing along to a chart-topping
country song.
The major
record labels do have a way of
bringing rhythm to our lives,
don't they?
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Pardue
is the owner of Music Playground
where you can find plenty of
valuable music information. You
can even learn
to read music
free
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often.
Disclaimer: Although we
have made every effort to provide
solid and accurate information
about major record labels on
these pages, Bob Pardue or Music
Playground accepts no
responsibility or does the site
insure or imply any degree of
expertise about the major record
labels. Degrees of success with
these music ideas varies greatly
dependent upon the talent,
attitudes, attributes and
ambition of each individual
person.
Please
thoroughly check out any
information you find on this site
before assuming the accuracy of
this article about major record
labels.
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