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 (a)   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. (a)   is signed to Atlantic Records.

An (a)   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: