The major record labelsHi and welcome to " Major record labels" page. These major labels are in fact biggest players in the music industry. For many years and during all those years these labels have been building a reputation and an impressive artist rooster.In fact,there are only four record labels that can say that they're the head players in the music industry. The fat four are: Universal or UMG ,EMI,Sony and the Warner music group. Until 1998 there were 6 major labels. The four record labels of today, and also Polygram and BMG music. In 1998 polygram has been fusion to Universal, and in 2004 BMG was bought by Sony.So, there where left only four big players in the recording industry A word about these companies...Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest of the major record labels. It is of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations. s a wholly owned subsidiary of international French media conglomerate Vivendi.Vivendi's headquarters are in Paris, France. The UMG global headquarters are located New York City, but they have also offices in Nashville, Tennesee,and Santa Monica,Ca Universal Music Group owns a music publisher, Universal Music Publishing Group, which became the world's largest following the acquisition of BMG Music Publishing in May 2007.
Sony Music Entertainment (or Sony Music) is the second-largest global recorded music company Sony was a Japanese business company producing electrial devices, and also one of the first developers of the compact disc. In 1968, CBS and Sony formed CBS/Sony Records. A compact disc production plant was constructed in Japan under the joint venture, allowing CBS to begin supplying some of the first compact disc releases starting in 1983. Warner Music Group (WMG) is the third-largest business group in the Mayor recording industry. The company was formed in 2004 after a split-up with Time Warner ( well knonw from as film production company). Warner Music Group also has a music publishing arm- Warner/Chappell Music. Warner/Chappell Music dates from 1811 and started as a sheet music and instrument merchant in London. In 1929 the president of Warner Bros (The film company everybody knows), Jack Warner founded a Music publishers holdong company (MPHC) to aquire music copyrights and so providing music for his film company. So, the music arm of the Warner group was getting bigger and bigger, until today, it's still the Mayor player in the music industry.
The question is...Is it worth to spend time and money on sending your submissons to Major record labels, is it?..If you are conviced that your music is strong enough to meet the standards of the major record labels, and this is for you priority number one, then at least try to find a name ( from A&R Exc staf )inside the company. Of course, this is easier said than done, because like I said before. They rather wanna to find you than other way round. If you belong to the lucky few who can achieve that they offered you a contract, then before signing, you better let it examine by a pro. Before signing any thing ( a bad contract,or bad for you anyway..) that you will regret, ask a entertainment lawyer to look over the contract before it is signed. Certainly when it's going about contracts with six numbers. That's what
the "Music Industry "
is all about...You want to make money, and they want to make money!
The webmaster Paul F
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A rule in music business:
Getting a music deal onthe end of the year, November,December, is difficult.The action re-starts the next year, january. So,waiting means that there's time to write more new material..
We have also a second page with record labels that accepting demos. So, if you wish you could go here to record labels with
demo submission Page available ..
So, good luck.....and be patient..