The Music Industry

What is it?

The 'Music Industry' refers to any of the music organizations which play a part of the marketing of music and music videos such as their promotion, production, and distribution.

This applies for types of music that are both mainstream and non-mainstream. As this industry is run by organizations, the main purpose of this industry is to gain profits from the music that they create and provide to their consumers.

The key indivuidals which contribute the most to the industry would be the music artists that performer the music( an artist or a band), the music's song writer(s) and the organizations which promote and distribute the music.

Other people that are involved in the music industry would be the Sound operators, which are the people who use specialised audio equipment to record,mix and edit the sound of the music once it has been performed by the band.

In terms of the Music videos, the people who play a large role in their production would be the music video directors and the cameramenwho record the footage that will be featured in the video.

 During the process of the video's creation, the music video's producer will be present at all times to oversee the video's production and make sure that everything is going according to plan.

Additionally the music's target audience are also very important to the Music Industry as they are seen as the consumers , which provide the industry with its income.