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37 Cards in this Set
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Boutique Agencies |
Small and specialized agencies that confine themselves to just one aspect of entertainment. |
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Conflict of interest |
A situation that has the potential to undermine the impartiality of a person because of the possibility of a clash between the person's self-interest and professional interest or public interest. |
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key main clause |
Artists' contracts: Contractual provision that if an artist's manager, agent, or producer leaves a particular company, the artist may follow that individual without legal or financial reprisals. |
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Four-walling |
Rental of a performance facility where the landlord offers only the venue and minimal other services- perhaps no stagehands, ushers, or box office help. |
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Split point |
Point of cumulative revenue at which the artist and the promoter divide any net income from a concert. |
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technical riders |
Addendum to a performance contract stipulating requirements for staging, sound reinforcement, equipment, etc. |
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Ad mat |
Reusable advertising artwork suitable for print media such as newspapers. |
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deadwood |
Unsold tickets. |
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geographic exclusivity |
A statement in a contract saying that an artist cannot play a venue with a certain distance of the hosting facility for a specified time period. |
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hall fee |
A venue's predetermined portion of the revenue earned for a performance. |
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scaling the house |
Determining what quantity of available seats in a performance facility are to be priced the least expensive, the next least expensive, and so on. |
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secondary market/ticket scalping |
Websites reselling tickets at prices higher than face value for in-demand acts. Also huge markups driven by supply and demand, but the artist, agent, and promoter usually share in none of the profit. |
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paper the house |
Concert promotion: Issuing free tickets to ensure a full audience for a performance. |
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Controlled Composition Clause |
A clause stating that the recording company will pay only a percentage (typically 75%) of the current mechanical royalty rate to the composer and publisher for any song written or coauthored by that artist/composer |
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Demos |
(1) Demonstration Recording. (2) Demography, demographic group. |
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Hook (musical) |
Memorable melodic (or lyrical) phrase. |
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Leadsheet |
Music manuscript containing a song's melody, text, and chord symbols. |
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Song Doctor |
A songwriter who is hired to rearrange or fix songs that a publisher owns an interest in to make the work more palatable to a certain audience. |
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Verse |
in a song, gets the storyline across. Sung by (typically) solo singer; has same melody with different text in different sections |
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Chorus |
Where the title of the song is. Different key than the verse but same melody and text each time with multiple singers. |
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Pre-Chorus |
material before the chorus. Gets you from verse to chorus. Also known as lift. |
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Bridge |
Connecting Device in song; job is to get from chorus to verse or to produce a break. Designed to change keys. |
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Riff |
Repeated motive or figure. Often found in guitar part that helps unify song. |
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close-mike |
Recording with a microphone close to the sound source. |
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DAW |
Digital Audio Workstation |
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EQ |
Equalization |
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MIDI |
Music Instrument Digital Interface. (1) Technology that allows a composition to be transcribed into musical notation by playing it on the keyboard. MIDI notation prepared for one instrument can be used to reproduce similar performances with other MIDI instruments. (2) Standard for exchanging musical information for musical devices including instruments. |
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mixer |
(1) Recording technician who operates a console. Often referred to as an engineer. (2) Electronic equipment that enables the mixing of sound. |
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overdubbing |
Adding music or sounds to a previously recorded tape. |
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punch in |
Augment taping or filming with insertion of new (or additional) material. |
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Specialty Labels (Classical music, gospel, jazz, ect.) |
Labels that limit their activities to certain demographic markets. |
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Cutouts |
Surplus record inventory sold at bargain prices. |
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Marketing Hook |
Campaign slogan or concept. |
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Payola |
Money or other compensation illicitly given radio station personnel in return for playing particular recordings. |
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SKU |
Stock Keeping Unit. A uniquely-configured offering at retail. A vinyl LP of an album would be a different SKU than a CD of the same recording. |
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SWOT |
Tool for identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats when, for example, developing a marketing or strategic plan. |
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Turntable Hit |
A song which is successful in the airplay charts but weak in consumer sales. |
