bodies of work in music history.” This is one way Rhino Records has been described in the music industry. It has been spanning decades of cultural history and worked with virtually every genre. It is incredible at developing and promoting different collections across multiple media platforms. Rhino has evolved into the world’s premier reissue label, setting standards for excellence in both the physical and digital worlds. Thanks to this label, our definitions of what a catalog music company can…
Vinyl Record Materials Shellac Materials devoted to make records have changed and evolved several times over the years. The earliest disc records produced between 1889-1894 were made of various materials including wax and rubber. Shortly after, a shellac based compound had been experimented with leading to it becoming the standard material. Each manufactures exact formula varied, but records were typically made using cardboard and fiber which were coated with a shellac (wax) resin. These shellac…
Though there are many great and successful entrepreneurs, I have decided to do my research paper on Richard Branson. Richard Branson is the founder and creator of Virgin Group. Virgin Group generate millions of dollars yearly and are very profitable. Not is only Branson a successful entrepreneur, but he is also a very unique person. He likes to think outside the box and believes that if someone has done it already then you should not do it twice. I believe this is one of his strongest traits and…
Dame Dash, also known as Damon Dash is a record producer, music executive, and entrepreneur whose net worth is -$2 million. His rise and fall His rise Roc-A-Fella Records Dame co-founded the music label Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay Z. The label became popular and Dame’s net worth at one time was $50 million. He was the CEO in the late 90s and early 2000s. The most popular artists had signed into the label, ranging from Kanye West, Beanie Sigel, Juelz Santana, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, to DJ Clue.…
Between 1916 and 1949 a few other companies offered colored shellac discs, including a blue-shellacked series from Columbia during the 1930s and chocolate colored pressings from a budget label “Perfect Records” prior to the 1930s. In 1949 when RCA Victor launched their 45-RPM format they began color-coding their records based on genre calcification. They classifications are as follows: Black Vinyl – Pop Pressings (Prefix 47) Green Vinyl – Country Music (Prefix 48) Red Vinyl - “Red Seal”…
Civil Rights movement. In 1946 the band made their first official debut. They were given the opportunity to sing in a church in Chicago and the crowd loved them. From then on, the Staples Singers performed more songs and were given the chance to record an…
that used phonographic disks to play recorded audio out loud. It was originally intended for the use of business documentation, but when that failed, music became the new idea. In fact, it was such a good idea that Emile Berliner invented the disc record or "gramophone". Although Edison thought of creating a disc phonograph, Berliner was the one who really got the ball rolling. Part of Berliner’s reasoning in this invention was his ability to make a large profit by their mass production. In 1893…
as the “Deal Memo”, with the defendants, Victory Records Inc. on July 17, 2006. Under the “Deal Memo”, A Day to Remember was to produce at least five albums through Victory Records Inc. A Day to Remember is seeking to end their business relationship with the defendant as they claim they have fulfilled their contractual obligations and released at least thirteen albums through Victory Records Inc. A Day to Remember also alleges that Victory Records Inc. has attempted to copyright certain band…
“things were better in the past, because they were simpler” trope that she repudiates in others. Bayles creates a ‘straw man’ out of late twentieth century music and proceeds to beat the stuffing out of almost every artist and genre who dated to record for more than a few hours on more than four tracks. While she promises to offer solutions to music she readily admits she does not like nor thoroughly understands, she simply leaves her target scattered on the ground with a gleam of satisfaction…
BPM is an independent record shop and privately run in the early 90’s and later became one of the large markets for the local electronic music. It is a record store, which sells CDs and vinyl. The large growth in sales of the vinyl and CD records contributed to BPM grow into a record distributor with independent records labels at home and overseas as well as supplying their up-to-date music to the record stores. Nevertheless, the record shops are recently losing market share to Web-based shops…