Music Business Midterm: Artist Management – Flashcards
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Personal Manager
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develops and guides the artist's career (oversees everything)
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Entertainment Attorney
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Represents legal interests of artists and negotiates their contracts and licenses other legal affairs
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Agent( booking/talent)
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Obtain employment for the artist's in areas of live performance, song, TV, commercials, film, ect.
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Business Manager
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Administrators of financial affairs related to the artist career
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Record Producer
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Guides artist: oversees all aspects including song selections, artist sound and direction arrangements and all production and post production including matters including mixes
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Arranger
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Writes instrumental and vocal charts for all material - artist records and preforms
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Engineer
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Operates and tech. establishes recording in the studio through their engineering skills -arrangers/engineers typically do not receive record royalties unlike producers who typically receive advances and royalties
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Publicity Department
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Obtains publicity that can result in physical/digital sales -public relations firm: publicizes and promotes artists with an orientation toward developing and enhancing the artists image, personality, and brand -stretches the artists career for as long as poss.
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A & R department
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signs artist to label: may match an artist with a record producer, find hit songs for the artist to record -stretches the artist's music career
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Artist Development Department (label)
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Oversees the artist's career growth through touring, TV, and image building. -Many labels no longer have this department
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Music Publisher
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Exploits songs, artist writes; may give creative input for songs the artist writes; managers/administers the music copyright (songs) that the publisher owns
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Choreographer
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Creates dances and routines for video and stage preformances
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Tour Manager
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Handles all matters related to the artist when touring: travel, lodging, setting up/unpacking equipment, press passes, often the liaison between artists, concert promoter, agent, label, publicity, ect
