EngFD 1 Career skills

The term ‘music industry', or the ‘music business', in general conjures up images of rock ‘n' roll stars, agents and producers. While this is true, if you look further you will see that there are many more areas that go to make up the music industry. In addition to the well-known and desirable jobs of pop-star, producer, agent, songwriter, recording technician, and even ‘roadie', the music industry also includes record and CD manufacturers, publishers, A&R people, pluggers and marketers, DJs, radio stations, record shops, royalty collection agencies, and many others.

The tug-of-war involving plummeting recording budgets and less expensive equipment is now a major concern to the record labels. In the mid-90's, the price of creating recorded music dropped because of new, cheaper recording equipment. A few years later, the average manufacturing price of a release also drooped due to cheaper CD manufacturing and internet downloads. Here is when the......

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Title: Music Business
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