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Music Business Organizations and Tools
Musician Solutions
Name That License
100
In the U.S., organizations that license songs and collect royalties generated from music being played on television,AM/FM radio,internet radio services like Pandora, at a club, inside a restaurant, at a concert, or publicly broadcast in some other fashion for distribution to songwriter and publisher members There are 25 collection societies for 27 countries in the European Union, and each acts as the sole society for that country or region. for both performing royalties and mechanical royalties.
What is a performing rights society?
100
Division of record label or music publishing company that is responsible for discovering , signing and overseeing the development of an artist's or songwriter's development
What is A&R?
100
U.S. trade organization that represents major record companies, certifies Gold®, Platinum®, Multi-Platinum™ and Diamond sales awards, and allocates ISRC Registrant Codes (unique and permanent identifier of individual sound recordings and music video recordings. independent of the format issued to rights owners to facilitate royalty payments
What is the RIAA?
100
Digital services/platforms such as Loudr, Tunecore, CD Baby that encode and deliver songs, EP's, albums, videos and films to online stores and streaming services in exchange for a percentage of revenue or fee
What is a digital music aggregator ; or digital aggregator
100
when music is played at a club; restaurant; concert; on the radio; streamed on Spotify; streamed on Pandora
What is a public performance license ?
200
To get back; recover an amount equal to the amount outlayed
What is recoup
200
Individual or company responsible for the day to day business dealings of artists , songwriters producers and other creators ; also responsible for developing and executing artist's vision for his/her/their artistic/ career development
What is an artist manager ?
200
digital fingerprinting system that allows content creators to identify and manage their copyrighted content on YouTube
What is Content ID ?
200
A separate department within the Library of Congress that is responsible for administering registrations for original works of authorship , the recordation of title and licenses, statutory licensing provisions, critical law and policy services, domestic and international policy analysis, among other things
What is the U.S. Copyright Office ?
200
when music is used in a visual piece, such as a movie, video game, commercial. or on YouTube
What is a synchronization license?
300
partnership created by two or more record companies for recording , distribution marketing and promotion of records
What is a joint venture label deal?
300
Individual or company that deals with venues , promoters, ticket agents, travel and hotel arrangements money coming in and going out getting everyone to where they need to be on time
What is a tour manager ?
300
Name 3 PRO's in the USA
What is ASCAP, BMI & SESAC?
300
compiles music and music video sales data from more than 39,000 retail outlets on a global basis , including mass merchants, retail chains, independent record stores and digital download providers
What is Nielsen Soundscan? http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/solutions/measurement/music-sales-measurement.html
300
allows businesses such as hotels, bars, restaurants and hospitals to use song repertoire in exchange for an annual fee.
What is a blanket license?
400
prepayment of royalties that are recoupable from royalties earned in the future
What is an advance?
400
gets gigs and puts together tours for artists on roster; negotiates terms of gig/ tour; works with promoters and venues to make sure artist is billed appropriately and has what it needs for show
What is a booking agent?
400
US PRO and music rights management agency founded in 2013 by industry veteran Irving Azoff as an alternative to the traditional performance rights business model
What is Global Rights Management http://globalmusicrights.com/about
400
online audio recognition service detects where and how often music is being played on the web and TV and helps music copyright owners recover lost revenue
What is TuneSat? https://tunesat.com/tunesatportal/home
400
allows musical compositions to be reproduced and distributed on )records, CD's ringtones, permanent digital downloads, interactive streams and other digital configurations supporting various business models, including locker-based music services and bundled music offerings
What is a mechanical license?
500
record label that operates without funding, infrastructure or support of a major record label.
What is an independent label?
500
Individual or company that puts together a show or tour: e.g., booking the venue, contacting the local press, marketing (running ads, printing posters, etc, as appropriate), making sure everything is in place for the night of the show (tickets, sound/tech requirements, the opening bands, rider requirements and so on)
What is a concert promoter?
500
nine-digit international identification number assigned by Performing Rights Organizations to songwriters and publishers approximately one week after joining( which is not the PRO account number) to uniquely identify them as rights holders.
What is an IPI ( Interested Party Information) number?
500
Unique and permanent identifier for individual sound and music video recordings specific independent of the format on which it appears (CD, audio file, etc) or the rights holders involved
What is an ISRC Code?
500
allows US digital services such as Internet radio webcasters (like Pandora, Slacker and iHeartRadio), satellite radio services( like SiriusXM), and cable and satellite television music-onlyservices (such as Music Choice) to stream music while paying a fixed amount per play
What is Sound Exchange License; or Digital Performance License; Or Section 114 License