1. Music Industry Quiz BTEC LEVEL 3 SUBSIDIARY DIPLOMA in MUSIC
UNIT 39: The Sound and Music Industry

2. Multiple Questions

3. Helps with major business decisions, assists with the creative process, promotes an artist's career, assembles & heads the artist's professional team, etc.
Promoter
Agent
Union Representative
Manager

4. The person involved almost exclusively in booking live personal appearances
Agent
Promoter
Producer
A&R

5. A&R, Sales, Marketing, Promotion, Product Management, New Media, Finance, Business Affairs/Legal
Union
Record Company
Record Studio
Venue

6. Networks that move records from manufacturing plants into the stores
Distribution
Retail
Record Company

7. Record companies and recording artists, as well as the writers and publishers, all make money based on the sale of recordings, as well as through later playing and reuse of their work.
Earnings
Fees
Salary
Royalties

8. Bringing the creative product into a tangible form (i. e
Bringing the creative product into a tangible form (i.e. CD) by maximizing the creative process and taking care of all necessary administration (booking studio time, staying on budget, etc.).
Producer
Promoter
Agent
Manager

9. A form of property ownership for certain types of artistic & creative works.
Fees
Royalties
Copyright
Publishing

10. Encourage new material, produce demo recordings and printed music (scores), manage all associated copyright and royalty licensing/PRS requirements.
Promoter
Publisher
Agent
Union Representative

11. Grants permissions to work with, study, improve upon, reinterpret, re-record copyright material (e.g. recording someone else’s song). Example: NOW! CD
PPL
PRS
MCPS

12. A musician who contributes to a recording or a live performance but is not actually a full time member of the band.
Session Musician
Orchestra Musician
Full-time Musician
Band Musician

13. Agencies that collect royalties on behalf of songwriters when a song they have written is performed
MCPS
PPL
PRS

14. Who prepares & transfers audio from one raw format to a desired mater format and refines the sound quality
Producer
Recording Engineer
Sound Engineer
Mastering Engineer

15. Connect

16. Link the definition to the correct answer
Organisation founded & funded by organisations that serves as their ‘voice’
(Union) Broadcasting & film
Organised group of workers to pursue policies that are favourable for the workers
Musicians’ Union MU
Trade Body (Association)
Equity
Union
BECTU
(Union) Actors, dancers, backstage, choreographers, directors

17. Trade body for those who supply LIGHTING and SOUND technologies
Continued…
Trade body for those involved in the PRODUCTION of recorded music (producers, engineers)
Union
Trade body for those involved in the AUDIO industry (audio engineer, recording studio)
PLASA
Trade body for those who supply LIGHTING and SOUND technologies
MPG
They lobby (put pressure) the government for policies that will protect their industry
APRS
Will represent a performer in case of a dispute over a contract or unfair dismissal
Trade Body

18. Question & Answer

19. What are the two major sources of income for a music publisher?
MCPS & PRS

20. Which department of the record label works to get an artist's song played on radio?
Promotion

21. A company with major networks that move physical records from manufacturing plants into the store
Distributor

22. Who collects royalties for the writer/composer?
PRS

23. Effective promotion and distribution
What is the main advantage to signing a record deal with a major label?
Effective promotion and distribution

24. Which department of the record label handles advertising, publicity, and album-cover artwork?
Marketing

25. Who collects royalties for the recording artist?
PPL

26. Longer Answers

27. What is the benefit of self-producing?
The artist doesn't need to give a percentage of their royalties to a record label. They also have more creative freedom.

28. How do music artists make money?
Through royalties collected from any play of their song or a cut from the sales of their music.

29. Who pays for the PPL and PRS for Music?
They take a cut from the royalties collected. They are non-profit organisations paid for by the music industry.

30. List 3 things Marketing do…
• Advertising and Image
• Branding
• Figure out how to sell product

31. List 3 things Production do…
• Assemble what is needed for a recording
• Quality control - makes things sound right
• Producers of the physical CDs

32. List 1 thing Distribution does…
• Getting products into the market place (stores)

33. List examples of New Media…
• Digital distribution (i.e. Spotify, iTunes)
• Social media
• Internet branding (i.e.band websites)

34. Sales are in the area of…
Retail (shops)

35. Describe Major Recording Companies
• Owned by corporations
• Various departments (A&R), big staff
• Developing artist commercially
• Own the means of distribution
Universal, Sony, Warner

36. Describe Independent Recording Companies
• Stand alone (independent)
• Small, minimal staff
• Musical niche (specific type of music)
• Develop artist more individually

37. More Connect

38. Link Description to Person
Oversee the recording of an artist
Instrumental support
Choose the music & organise rehearsals
Sound Engineer
Choose suitable microphones
Producer
Carry/ transport equipment to event
Musical Director
Fix broken string
Roadie

39. More… Marketing Check Health & Safety Studio Management
Organise tour dates & shows
Marketing
Check Health & Safety
Studio Management
Schedule times in studio
Artistic Management
Publicise a concert
Venue Management
Gather prices for advertisements
Promoter

40. And more… Scouting for new talent Freelance Software Engineer A&R
Complete the audio mastering
Software Engineer
Create sequencer & apps
A&R
Sells CDs
Mastering Engineer
Self-employed musician
Retail

41. Links in the Music Industry