more attention than if they had been themselves. Labels will also make you put out content you may not be proud of or have even wrote, but if you want the funding to and to not be cut from the contract you have to sellvery often for people like him. While he was on the label they tried to change him, they wanted him to talk a certain way and they gave him songs to act like he wrote so he could get radio play. He was not happy so he left that label because he saw how big his online following was…
They negotiate contracts without labels and artists who may have a bigger pull and can get a bigger share for their plays over anyone less popular. Spotify announced they paid out $500 million in royalties from 2008 to 2012. They’ve since said they’ve doubled their userbase, but it remains…
Ellis is already up and on the move. He makes his way across the north side of the city checking in on his three recording studios and the artist signed to his music label the “Sling Shot Movement Group.” When you break it down Yaves Ellis is a Christian rapper. He started at the age of seven and was signed to a major record label by the time he was 12. It was a passion that started after he’d seen the rap duo of Kriss-Kross and has remained a passion for a man now in his thirties. To this…
Some of the driving forces of change in the discount/variety store industry are gaining new customers and retaining frequent customers. Dollar General accomplishes this by offering low prices and convenient locations and easy to shop store formats. Frequent customers are retained because they save money. Another driving force of change is the digital revolution. Dollar General offers customers DG Digital Coupon program to more than 11,300 stores across 40 states (Dollar General News Center,…
(Koebler 1). Robert Hammond, a researcher from NCSU did many studies and found that “Albums that leaked 30 days in advance were expected to sell a minimum of 60 or more extra copies.” (Koebler 6). Hammond says these numbers are much larger for major-label artists. This research changes a lot, and has the potential to change even more, such as the overall quality of…
meet the lifestyle expectations of millennials (Grewal & Levy, 2014). To keep up with the demands of the largest target market, retailers like Walmart are utilizing their financial capacity and store-front space to expand and develop their private-label brands (Grewal…
Frederick ENTB3623-O Full Sail University By putting forth some effort and believing in your dreams, entrepreneurship can be a reasonable goal. I sat down with fellow Full Sail student and entrepreneur Antoine Wongus to discuss his self-owned recording label and studio. Antoine started making beats when he was just 13 years old and mastered his skills over the years. When he finished learning the ropes of producing and recording he decided to make a career out of what he loved. He noticed his…
are well established in the music industry in terms of fan base, recognition and above all improved sales via various marketing strategies. Nordic services are customised to meet needs of various artists. By working together with other independent labels, they pool together resources that create varied options so as to ensure satisfaction in fulfilling different artists’ needs. Through consultation, Nordic composers provide a plan to any individual artist, spelling out procedures that need to be…
Conor Maynard born 21 November 1992 is a singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Maynard rose to success in 2012 when he was chosen for, and won, MTV's Brand New for 2012 award. Maynard’s pop song “Unforgettable” was written by Anth Melo and Conor Maynard in commemoration of Anth’s older sister Fresia who died in a car accident. “Unforgettable” was released 30th of May 2017. Just as there are different genres in books and movies there are also different genres in music videos. There are…
music they are listening too is a trend and they all sound the same. First of all, the Music Industry is a monopoly. There are three companies that own most of the radio stations in the US: EMMIS, Radio One and Clear Channel. Also, there’s four major labels that…