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Record Labels
Record labels are companies that produce and market music. Famous record labels include: Warner Music Group, Sony and Universal.
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When did death row records start?
One Day, Dr. Dre & Suge Knight Came Up To This Guy's Officer In
Hollywood, California, Saying That
"They Had Left Ruthless Records And Was Going To Start Their Own Company
Called Death Row Records", It Did Not Go Down The Way It Was Supposed To
So, Eazy Had To Be Persuaded To Make Some Moves To Make Things Happen.
According To The Court Papers, Suge & Some Friends Basically Came In And
Told Eric & Jerry Heller That "Dre Was Leaving And That They Couldn't Stop Him.
This Was Legal, Physical, & Personal. The Story That Eazy Told Was That They
Came In With Bats, & A Gun. That They Would Kill Eazy's Mother And They Was
Holding Jerry Heller At Hostage, Eazy Told In The Court Papers, That This Guy
And Tommy Matolla Was There With Bats & Pipes, Eazy Was Obviously Lying.
Eazy's Lawsuit Contended That There Was Money Laundering, Extortion Threats, Violent Intimidation, Not Only Was Charged Against Suge, And Deathrow, For Stealing What Was There Top Producer "Dr. Dre", It Was
Charged Against Sony Music Entertainment. The Initial Understanding Was That
These 4 Guys.
1. The D.O.C.
2. Dr. Dre
3. Dick
4. Suge Knight, Would Be Partners In This Company.
Back Then Suge Was Like Barry Behind The Scenes, Helpful, Quiest, Humble,
And Non Invisible. He Did Not Like Camera's, He Was Invisible.
Suge's Job Was To Handle The Day To Day Business With The Artists,
Dealing With Contributors, And The Record Company's. Dr. Dre's Job
Was To Go In The Studio, Push The Buttons, And Make The Record's Happen.
Everybody Was Following Dre, Because People Knew That Dre Was The Man.
Like Everything He Touched Was Either Gold, Or Platinum. Dre Was Actually
The Most Bankable Person At That Time, Pretty Much In The Industry From
The R&B Rap Point. Everybody Was Taking Direction From Dre As Far As He
Know's What He's Doing. He's Just Finishing N.W.A. Albums That's Going Double Triple Platinum, Warren G & Nate Dogg Was Snoop's Bestfriend's, They Formed
The Group "213". Warren G Was The DJ, Snoop Was The Rapper, &
Nate Would Sing The Hooks. They Did Not Have Drum Machine's At That Time,
All They Had Was Records, Turntables, & Microphones. Warren G Called Snoop
On His 3-Way And Said "I Got Dre On The Phone Cuz, He Like The Tape, He
Wanna Work Us". Snoop Dogg Was Like "Stop Lying".
Snoop Said "Hello, Who Is This"
Dre Said "This Dre, Man That Was Dope And I Wanna Work Witchu In The Studio, Come Meet Me In The Studio On Moday". At That Time It Was A Dream To Be In The Studio As Dr. Dre. Dre Wanted Them To Come In The Studio Where
He Was. Nate Would've Jogged Up There If He Did Not Have A Car At That Time.
Dr. Dre Had Invited This Guys To The Studio, Suge Came. Suge Went Down To His Ride, And Grabbed His Strap, He Beat The Guys Up, And Shot Several Rounds In The Wall To Scare Them. The Police Came And Dug The Bullet Out.
George & Lynwood Stanley Sued Suge Knight, He Agreed On A $1,000,000.00
Million Dollar Settlement, But Only Paid $350,000.00 Of It. Deep Cover Was The
Introduction Of Dr. Dre As A Solo Artist, It Was The Introduction Of Dre As A Mentor To Other Artists In This Case Of His New Artist "Snoop Doggy Dogg".
By Snoop Blowing Up On Deep Cover, Nate Looked At That As If They Were All
Blowing Up, Cause He Always Knew Him & Snoop Did Music Together, And They Always Had Confidence In Their Music, It Would Sale, And That It Would Sale
Worldwide. After The Way It Blew Up With Snoop, Nate Could Not Wait Until It Was His Turn, Cause They Really Loved What They Were Doing. That
"Deep Cover" Single Was So Significate Cause It Shows These 2 Different
World's That Dr. Dre Was Leaving, And Where He Was Going To. Dr. Dre Wanted To Make A Statement That He Was A Solo Artist On His Own, And A
Good Producer, That's All Dre Used To Talk About Was Comin Up, We Going To Come Up, And "The Chronic" Was What It's Supposed To Set It Off. You Had
"Snoop Dogg" Who Bought A Whole Another Different Style To Rap Music. He Has A Voice To Where He Could Rap Over Beats, And Just Rip A Beat To Pieces.
Nate Said That "The Chronic" Was Like A Collaboration As Far As Names Like
Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, The D.O.C., RBX, And Nate{Himself}, Lady Of Rage, Jewell. The Chronic Was Finished, Originally They Thought They Was Going To Be Able To Distribute The Record With Sony. This Would Have Been The First Time In History That Young Guys Would Have Had An Opportunity To Have A Distribution Deal, What They Call A "PND" Deal, Get Major, & Get All The $Money$. Sony Entertainment Refused To Distribute
The Chronic Album. Sony, Because Of There Fears Of The Crazy Things That Was Going On Around Death Row, And The Status Of Dr. Dre, They Did Not Want To Get That Deal Done, Cause Of Eazy's Persistence, That He Been
Wronged, And That He Been Robbed For His Artists, Sony Chose Not To Be A Part Of The Lawsuits. Part Of There Fear Is Dealing With Rap Bands Is That
Some Of These Gangsta Rapper's Turned Out To Be "Real Gangsta's", In Need
Many Of Them Were. One Day, This Guy By The Name Of John McClain, Jr Came Along. He Heard The Record, He Went Crazy. He Said To This Guy Name "Griff"
Saying ----> You Gotta Give Me This, Griff, You Gotta Give Me This Griff.
John Said "I Loved The Record", Why Don't You Let Me To Take It To
Interscope Records, Two Establishing People To Deal With Were
Jimmy Iovine, Who Was The Superstar Producer Of Rock Records, And
Ted Fields, Who Had Been A Movie Producer, Producer Of Good Music. They
Signed Tupac Shakur, Who Was The Hottest Rap Artist At That Time.
Interscope Was Out Of Business, They Were Getting Ready To Close The Doors.
Warners Atlantic Were Dropping A Deal, And Ted Fields Was Tired Of Pouring His Personal Money In There, So Here Comes Dick Griffey, With The Chronic. That's How Death Row Records Started.
Record label for bill Haley and his comets?
Discounting labels for Haley's earlier groups such as the Saddlemen, and reissue labels, Bill Haley and His Comets Recorded for Essex, Decca, Warner Bros., Gone, Roulette, Guest Star, APT, Newtown, Orfeon/Dimsa, Sonet, United Artists, Buddah/Kama Sutra, Bell and Antic. The Comets also did session recordings for Clymax, Coral, and Arcade and recorded "spinoff" projects without Haley for ABC-Paramount and EastWest.
Okay - so take my opinion as exactly what it is. MY opinion. What I'm going to say may not work for you, but if you can make it happen, your chances of success should be much higher. The music industry is so ridiculously cutthroat that talent isn't even close to the first thing label reps look for. If you want to actually get somewhere, then you have to make a label become interested in you. If you can write your own songs, write them. If you can find somebody who writes songs, then pair up with them. There are a ton of great musicians who are not great singers who are writing music that they can't sing themselves. Then, start playing. Everywhere, and anywhere. Start doing every open mic that you can get your hands on, and learn from them. You'll get feedback from people, and get some highly valuable experience working in front of crowds. Some good crowds, some horrible.... but the experience is priceless. Then, keep putting songs together and working with open mics in larger and more competitive venues in the hopes that you can get someone who matters to notice you. If you can put together an album, even better - sell it out of the back of your car. But with all that said, please don't think that you NEED a recording contract to be a success in this industry - quite to the contrary... record labels are in the business of making money, and the truth is that they most likely do NOT care about you as an artist. Two of my favorite artists, Martin Sexton and Ani DiFranco record under their own labels - and the money that they make off their albums is lightyears better than the deal a label would give you. Sexton sold 20,000 of his first album (that he recorded in a friend's ATTIC on a 4-track, for cryin' out loud...) out of the trunk of his car - and even if he only charged $10 for each one... do the math. That's all profit (After you pay taxes, of course). And hey if none of that sounds tempting and you'd rather just sit in a studio, record other people's songs and do what someone at a label tells you, then I don't know - go on American Idol.
What is a record label advance?
Depends on the Label, if they are major $500,000+
but also depends on your contract
Is the stylistics or rick James signed to Motown record label?
Rick James's "Street Songs" (including the single "Super Freak") did appear on Motown. The Stylistics were signed to Avco Records.
What was the Jackson 5 first record label?
the first hit of the jackson 5 was "Big Boy". it came out in 1995 it was awsome i love micheal jackson so much omg i was so devistated when my icon died. he was truely the king of pop
What was the Record label of Haley and the comets?
decca took over the Brunswick label that Haley and the comets recorded "Rock around the clock" on
What was Michael Jackson's first record label?
As a solo artist, Motown was michaels first listed label. Source official price guide to records 15th edition.
Who is GOOD music record label manager?
G.O.O.D.(Getting Out Our Dreams) music was founded by Kanye West, so i guess he must be the manager. John Legend and Common were the first artists to sign onto the record label. The artists signed on to the label are:
C.R.S Kanye West Big Sean Common Consequence Fonzworth Bentley GLC John Legend Kid Cudi Malik Yusef Mr Hudson & The Library Really Doe Sa-Ra Tony Williams
Who is Def Leppard's record label?
Def Leppard most recently until 2008 was a part of the Island DefJam company. But they dropped them from the label and presently the band is Indie status.
Jessica Betts is an American singer/songwriter from Chicago Illinois. She was on Missy Elliott's reality show (The Road To Stardom With Missy Elliott) and won the competition. She now has her own independent record label, Grand Qrue Entertainment. Some of her music can be heard on her Myspace Music page @ www.myspace.com/jessicabetts57.
How much money will it cost to start a record label?
Almost nothing. You might need to file a fictitious business name statement ("Reginald Q. Rockefeller, #1 Old Money Lane, doing business as Ghetto Gangsta Records") and/or get a business license, but the fees for those things are pretty nominal... a couple hundred bucks should be more than enough.
Actually producing "records" (probably really CDs) will cost more, and promoting/advertising those records will cost even more. But starting the label is cheap.
What record label does Soulja Boy recored under?
Interscope Records and Collipark Music, which means he is making 15% the money he makes goes to Interscope records.
What record label or record company is Michael Jackson currently with?
Well for his Invincible album he was with Sony, but then he got into a dispute with them so I guess he is on his own record label MJJ Productions
Which major record label did Rogue Gallart work for?
Rogue Gallart (born June 12, 1969 in Manhattan, NYC) worked for Sony Music Entertainment's A & R department from
1989-1993. Rogue Gallart was 2nd assistant responsible for scouting and artist development through the early 1990's. He was also responsible for the scouting of new and current talent to flourish through the new "Sony" family since the changeover in 1991. He is credited with working with such new and current artists as Bruce Springstein, Pearl Jam, Living Colour, Alice in Chains, Cypress Hill, Alice Cooper, Barbara Streisand, Mariah Carey, Tony Bennet, Harry Connick Jr and Celine Dion.
In the Music Industry, A&R (Artists and Repertoire) is the division of a record label company that is responsible for scouting and artist development. It is the link between the recording artist/act and the record label, generally to help with the artistic and commercial development of the label's artists. An A&R person is often required to handle contractual negotiations, find songwriters and record producers for the act, and schedule recording sessions. In the UK, before the rise of the Record Producer, the A&R Manager would oversee recording sessions and assume responsibility for making creative decisions relating to the recording.
In 1994-1995 he moved to Universal Music Group working for the Video promotions department. (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Big Four record labels. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi. He worked with such artists as Live, Meat Loaf and Elton John.
Rogue studied Criminal psychology at Hunter College /John Jay College of Criminal Justice but changed industry fields from Criminal Law to the Music Industry. In the years that followed through the 1990's his focus remained in the A&R and video promotions field of the Music Industry. He currently moved on in 1996 to work for Turner Broadcasting System/ CNN to continue into the licensing division of media. He then followed in 1997-1999 to continue in the music/fashion Industry at Ralph Lauren as a fashion advisor/coordinator.
A record company signs an act and put them in the studio to record songs. They then make copies of the master recording and ship it to a distributor. The distributor is a wholesaler who then sells the CDs to retail outlets like Best Buy, Walmart, & Target. The record company then pumps money into marketing by advertising and promoting the music with hopes of selling records and digital downloads through online distributores such as iTunes, eMusic, & Amazon.
Cash Money Records will have a public telephone number. Call directory enquiries.
