This masterclass provides an overview of the recorded music business and the record industry. We will look at how recording rights work and how the industry generates revenue around these rights in 2024. For each key revenue stream, we look at recent trends and how the money flows. Plus we review the evolving role of the record label and record deals, and the choices artists now have when picking a business partner around their recorded music.
This masterclass is in eight sections:
Copyright basics
Recording revenues
How revenues are managed
Business partners
Role of the record label
Record deals
Options for artists
Royalties + Remuneration