MUS 3308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Performing Rights, Gangsta Rap, Teen Pop
23 Apr 2016
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In 2011, emi was sold to universal giving it 40% of its market share (emi used to be another big record label) A lot of these companies hold a lot of economic power. Vertical integration: the record label might own the disc, the magazine promoting the music, the store that sells the music, etc, maximizes their profits. Concentration of the music industry leads to complaints that these companies can use their power against consumer interests: big complaint surrounding standardization. Shuker: original music styles are taken up by the music industry and then popularized and standardized, leading to bursts of creativity from the public: cycle of innovation and consolidation . Music production outside the mainstream reacts to major labels" standardization. Formed in 1991 by sug night and dr. dre. Had a distribution deal with interscope records. Many people criticized this because of rap"s aggressiveness, their personal problems with drugs and the law, etc.
