The Artist and Repertoire (A&R) department of a record label is the portion of a record company that is responsible for paying new talent.

A crew is a group of people besides those on stage hired by the artist or record label to work on a concert tour and travel with the artist from venue to venue.

This is a collection of an artist/writer’s music e.g. albums, EPs and/or singles. Also known as a ‘discography’.

If you sing a cover song and change something about the track (whether it be lyrics, timing, key), your cover has now become a...

A licensor is the grantor of rights under an agreement.

This royalty amount is equivalent to all royalties payable to the artist minus all the royalties owed to various producers for a given master.

Venue refers to the place where a live performance occurs.