BTEC Music Unit 1- Record Labels

A record label manages brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion and enforcement of copyright for sound ______________ and music videos.

Which department/job role scouts for talent and new artists?

• A&R

• Promotion

• Marketing

• Distrubution

Tick the three major record labels

• Island Records

• Sony Music

• Universal Music Group

• Warner Music Group

List three advantages of a major record label:

List three disadvantages of a major record label:

Sub Labels - The big three record labels own and manage many other labels. These are called 'sub labels' Artists are signed to major record labels through these sub labels. __________________ is signed to Atlantic Records.

An ________________ record label is a record label that operates without the funding of a major record label.

Which artist/band started on independent records?

• Adele

• Taylor Swift

• Artic Monkeys

• Micheal Jackson

List three advantages of working with an Independent Record label:

List three disadvantages of working with an Independent Record Label: