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WorksheetsBTEC Music First Music Industry - Companies in the Music Industr
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
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
Which company works mainly with composers and songwriters
Record Labels
Music Publishers
Select an advantage of working for an indie record label
More money spent on marketing
Better relationships between producers and artists
You have more chances to collaborate with well known performers
Good relationships with media companies
Select an advantage of working for a major record label
More money spent on recording, promoting, and releasing your music
More creative control and freedom
If you are not immediately successful you could be dropped
There are usually less artists so more time is spent on you
Bertie Prolon is a folk rock singer. He is very eccentric, has just moved to the UK and came tenth in Britain's Got Talent. He has an offer to sign with a major record label to sing folk covers like 'Wellerman' or he can sign with an independent label. What should he do?
Indie Label
Major Label
Select 2 advantages of self publishing
Save money by doing everything yourself
More chance of not making a mistake as you are only responsible
If you are good you might be picked up by a larger company
Less stressed as you are your own boss
Write down the 3 major record labels
