Institution research (overview and EMI)

For my institutional research I must consider factors such as record labels, who will sign it? I also must consider websites, what websites can I put the product on? What websites contain music videos? I can look at websites such as Channel 4 music. I also need to consider new technology such as Ipods, this can affect my product as the image has to be much smaller to fit on an ipod screen and must still be recognisable, these are things that I must consider. I also need to look into the background of music television, it hasn't always been around. We need to consider also thye television channel to put our product on, we have looked at MTV dance however there are other channels like Clubland or Flaunt that we could also look further into in order to have more background knowledge to develop our product.

This is helpful to us as we need to know where we will send our CD, who will be our record label. EMI have a wide variety of artists, they specialise in new and upcoming artists and have been the record label for artists like Lily Allen and The Sex Pistols, they have two categories, also having EMI publishing. They get their money from sales and date back to 1897, being one of the oldest record companies to date.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry

The music industry sells compositions, recordings and performances of music.
Among the many individuals that operate in the music industry are the musicians who compose and perform the music, the companies and professionals who create and sell the recorded music (eg: music publishers, producers, studios, engineers, record labels, retail and online music stores, also performance rights organizations). Those that present live music performances (eg:booking agents, promoters, music venues, road crew), professionals who assist musicians with their careers (talent managers, business managers, entertainment lawyers), those who broadcast music (Satellite and broadcast radio), journalists, educators, musical instrument manufacturers.


The four 'major labels' that dominate the industry:

• Sony Music Entertainment


• EMI


• Universal Music Group
  
• Warner Music Group

These consist of several smaller companies and labels serving different regions and markets.


The live music industry is dominated by Live Nation, the largest promoter and music venue owner.


Other important music industry companies include Creative Artists Agency (A management and booking company) and Apple Inc which runs the worlds largest music store, Itunes store selling the IPod and IPhone.