The Music Industry

The music industry is there to sell compositions, recordings and performances. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the music industry was dominated by the publishers of sheet music. By the middle of the century sheet music was seen as the largest player in the industry: in the commercial world people began speaking of "the recording industry" and it slowly grew larger. There are so many people and organisations involved in the industry, not just the artist/band and producer. There are music publishers, directors, engineers, record labels, retail and online music stores, performance rights organizations, booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew, talent managers, business managers and entertainment lawyers. There are four "major corporate labels" that dominate recorded music - Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI. Each of the corporations consist of many smaller companies and labels serving different regions and markets. This is similiar to the film industry. To make a music video it's essential to have a producer, a distributer and an exhibitor. For example, a producer would be someone like L.A Reid, the distributor would be EMI and an exhibitor would be MTV who would broadcast the music video on their channel.

So to conclude, to make my music video I need to make sure that I research on sound, lighting, editing, camera and in general the composition of the music video.