Music Industry Terminology

• Convergence of Technology-the conversion of going from analouge to digital.
• Convergence of Industrial Activity
• Synergy-2 or more industries combine to produce a results that they can't achieve by themselves. eg. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 played to AC/DC EMI(Electric Music Industry) Neversoft-cross platform.
• Conglomerate-a company of companies(made of a whole range of
• Globalisation-a record company/label that sells its products world wide/across the globe.
• Analogue Music
• Digitisation-from analouge to digital, from vinyl tape--CD/MP3(1984) the process of changing
• Vertical Integration-the merger or takeover of companies operating at different stages of the production/distribution process
• Horizontal Integration-the merger of competing companies frpm the same line of business and involved at the same level of activity
• Major Record Label-the uncontroversial, generally accepted attitudes, beliefs and values of the majority population
• Subsidiary Label-different record labels that belong to one huge one,there are only 3 different record label in the world, SONY,Universal,Warner
• Independent Label
• Niche Audience-the targetiing of a small but significant group of consumers with a media product directed specifically at their interests
• Mainstream Audience-for everyone who likes it
• Fans
• Active Audiences-activly promote their favourite band/artist etc without getting paid, self promote
• Audiophiles-the first people who go out and buy the first new thing around
• Early Adopters(earlier adopters of technology) people who are early responsers of technology
• Consumption-
• Web 2.0-
• Meta-tags/Personalisation-
• Download-
• Streaming-
• Peer to Peer-computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers.
• Piracy-
• Portability/Miniaturisation-
• Multi-track-
• Sampling-
• Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)-a computer
• A&R - Artists and Repertoire
• Record Deal - Contract - Royalties
• Distribution
• Plugging/Marketing