Exam 8: The Label Businessrecording Budgets

One fiber-optic line the size of a human hair can handle a hundred thousand phone calls, and a cable of fiber-optic lines can carry over several million calls at the same time.

The star system, rooted in notions of fame and celebrity, was a great business decision to enrich company profits.

The word "computer" was first used to describe a machine that performed calculations.

Magnetic recordings and playback (on a wire) was invented by

Spotify and other interactive streaming providers pay _______ of all the money they collect to labels in order to pay for their recordings

The most expensive type of union recording sessions is

YouTube videos tied to master recordings of major stars or wannabes' recordings (a cover) of major hit songs are illegal.

When deciding how much money it will cost to record a ten-song album, you need to consider

In the music and entertainment industry, marketing is defined as

Several of the most successful labels in the early stages of the business were started by entrepreneurs who were either creative artists themselves or executives who visualized the profits of marketing live performances of artists into "recording artists."

The advantages to digital recordings and transmissions include

Producers are paid by the

The ""rat pack"" included

The major label that was created by songwriter Johnny Mercer, movie producer Buddy Desylva, and retail store owner Glenn Wlllicks was

Record labels owned and distributed by Warner Music have included

Budgets for record promotion are expensive, usually in a range of

The first person to create a sound recording was Thomas Edison when he recorded ""Mary had a little Lamb.""

The lead union musician is paid

Traditional labels tend to have a step-by-step process as their business model including

The bit code (zeros or ones) that represents the word entertainment is