Freya Dalgarno Music

  Record labels and music distribution:   Major labels:   - Warner Music Group  - Sony Music  - Universal Music Group Record label names we know:  Motown Stax Chess  Song Music Universal Music Group  Warner Music Group Hands On Blackened Another major UK label: EMI Not needing Record Labels anymore: - Releasing your own music - CD Baby (above) releases music onto many popular platforms (some are below)  - The unnecessary nature of Record Labels - can use the internet now - examples of music distributors: - Fake stories (occasionally based partly on fact) about artists to make them known in the media to make audiences more likely to think to listen/check out their music - commonly done right before an artist is about to release an album  Hypothetical Tour:  Put into bands. In the bands, we have to plan a tour. Think about what the tour is, what the band is (may decide one is the solo artist and the others are a team supporting the so...

 Key areas:  Labels (Universal), producers (Rick Reuben), writers, co-writers, performers, sound engineer/tech, merchandising, advertising (social media).  Stage management, safety crew, recording music, promoters, publishers.  RECORD LABELS, ARTISTS, MANAGERS, PROMOTERS, VENUES.  Record labels and music distribution Live music and concert promotion Music production and studios Artist management and promotion Music publishing and licensing  Roles and Functions of live music:  - Entertainment - Live music companies - Connecting artist to audience  - Promotion  - Sell Merchandise  - Tourism  - Opening act --> promotes other bands/artists   - Festivals --> promotion  - Inspires creativity  - Job opportunities  - Ticket Sales  Key Companies and individuals:  - Glastonbury Festival  - London Theatre  - Strode Theatre  - Octagon theatre - Bristol Old Vic  - Bristol Hippodrome...

REVERB Spring Plate Chamber - 'Golden' chamber, Capitol Studios Convolution Algorithm Ribbon mic - Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, Mark Ronson The way sound bounces around a space = reverb Different spaces affect the way we write music as they affect the way the music sounds/feels.  People used to move away and towards the mic to create reverb before we had devices for it.  Using samples from other spaces around the world to add lots of reverb on music.  Went to out of use oil tanks to get almost the longest reverb ever recorded.  Capitol Studios - 'Golden' chamber built beneath for reverb. Purpose built. First four chambers built in 1956.  Reverb adds emotion.  Spring reverb.  Use a huge, no longer used diesel chamber (in Scotland) for reverb - longest reverb in the world.  Lots of reverb creates emotion and ambience. Dreamy and floaty.  Too much reverb (length) drowns out the beauty of a note and makes a mess. Cathedrals built for reverb....

 This is my list of songs and artists I'd pick for a fantasy concert:

 This is my analysis of Taylor Swift's "Better Than Revenge (Taylor's Version)":