Creation Records

There are innumerous amounts of cover bands and tribute artists that focus entirely on remaking songs from other artist into their own piece of art. This is where the line gets blurred. For instance, with copyrights on almost all records that are recorded through a record company, how do these artists legally perform these covers? If the proper royalties are paid to the person or company that holds the right to a song’s words or tune, then the artist is free to create whatever they desire…

Digital media is media in any format that can be read by a machine. Digital media includes but is not limited to websites, social media, and digital audio. The music industry is a struggling industry today. It consists of several companies making and selling music. There are many issues today in which digital media and the recording industry both take place. A major problem in the digital media and the music industry is digital piracy, the decrease in sales of physical products, and subscription…

As a CEO of Warner Records, I must be able to use the recourses of the Warner Music Group and it's connection with Warner Bros Pictures effectively and flexibly, and seek opportunity to develop the international market. The company focused on music publishing and the broader entertainment industry, but I believe artists nowadays will want more than that. Warner Records hold a whole lot of catalog from the old days when music production costs were high and labels guard the pass between the artist…

Periodically the Australian Music Industry has gone through constant periods of growth and alteration. Digitisation shows this transformation, as the traditional consumption of live music has shifted from $26 billion to $15 billion over a 15 year span (2014). This modernised landscape, has largely affected the physical presence of the industry's multi-layered persona. This adaptation is presented in the ‘Australian Independent Music Market report’, which stated digital revenue from downloads and…

The Music of My Life Thesis: The job that best suits me If I were given the opportunity to convince an employer that I posses the qualities required to become a music producer, it would be a simple task for myself. Since I was a child, music has always held a special place in my heart and continues to do so to this day. I have always dreamed of producing music, in hopes that it would impact someone else the way is does me. For example, the song that sparked my interest in producing music…

Radio airplay was one of the first factors to help determine if a song was a hit. In 1958, the Billboard Hot 100 list was made. The chart took statistics from radio airplay and sales data to compile the list. According to Nielsen Music, the radio continues to be the number one way for people to discover music. A streaming service iHeart Radio that allows people to listen to live radio from all of the United States or create one’s own station by choosing an artist or song created a company called…

Green became a solo artist and “decided to drop the final “e” from his last name” (Biography…). Although he was raised in a Baptist church, most of Green’s hit songs were those of the secular music industry. Al Green has sold more than 20 million records. During 1972 and 1973, he placed six consecutive singles in the Top 10. Moreover, in 1972, Green recorded “How Do I Mend a Broken Heart”, a song released by the Bee Gees in 1971. These lyrics expressed by Green’s talented vocal ability to…

Comparing the music industry in 10-12 years ago to nowadays, we for sure can tell the massive change. From the way people choose digital over physical music, labels are something that can really affect your career path or how technology totally change our ways to produce music. In the past 10 years, the music industry has faced a massive drop of physical sales while digital keeps rising. This factor cause by the technology we have to. With just a move of your tip you can have an entire album in…

Free music allows us to access any form of music through many legal sources without having to purchase a single album or song. Because of this, highly-recognized and even unknown musicians have stopped selling their music and are instead releasing their content to these free sites. This is because no one wishes to spend so much money on something that is easily accessible and free on the internet. Although, it may also be because they think that they will have a likelier chance of being…

Gum is a fairly useless product. In the grand scheme of consumerism, very few products are as nonessential. But yet, we are all guilty of purchasing a pack of gum. While choosing what gum to buy is based largely on habit, Extra is attempting to change that. In one their latest, and most successful, commercial, Extra appeals to our primal desires for love and companionship in order to sell a two-dollar pack of gum. However, while this relationship has aesthetic qualities and makes the viewer…