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 (a)   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