BTEC Music First Music Industry - Companies in the Music Industr

What is a RCA?

• Rights Copyright Agency

• Regency Cooperative Artists

• Royalty Collection Agency

• Rights Collecting Authority

What agency collects royalties for songwriters when their work is performed by live musicians

• PRS

• PPL

• MU

• MCPS

What agency collects royalties from streaming, use in music videos and film and television, and the sale of physical goods

• PPL

• MCPS

• Equity

• NI

What license would a hairdressers need if they wanted to play recorded music in the salon?

• PRS

• BECTU

• Driving License

• PPL

Choose 3 reasons the MU exists

• To provide legal support to musicians

• To fund musicians to buy instruments

• To host networking events for professional musicians to meet and network

• To give musicians a job

• To support musicians in financial hardship

Select the job role the union BECTU would NOT support

• DJ

• Music Journalist

• Roadie

• Conductor

Select the description that is NOT a part of a Trade Body's remit

• Lobbying the government in support of its members

• Trading stocks and shares for its members

• Collaborating and sharing best practice between companies

• Verifying and accrediting standards

The _______________________ represents the interests of all involved in the production of recorded music in the UK.

Select three companies an artist going on tour might use

• Record label

• Transport company

• Sound and lighting company

• Security company

Which company works mainly with performers

• Record Label

• Music Publisher