Week 3 (Sept. 29 to Oct. 2)

This week I am filing together information for the shows iCarly, Drake and Josh, and Zoey 101. I am organizing and navigating all sorts of synch and master agreements. A synch deals with the publishing side of a song. A master primarily deals with the label. There is always two sides to a song. Song songs include 5 or 6 different publishers and some songs only have one. I have learned that songs including sampled tracks are more challenging to clear that songs that have only one composed melody. This is due to the amount of publishers. I have also learned the importance of "THE BIG 4". The big 4 are record labels that control all of the "non-indie" labels. "THE BIG 4" are Sony, EMI, Warner, and Universal. It is essential to have great contact with these companies as they do essentially own all the music from another label falling under them. It is interesting to see how record labels work. You can construct deals within those labels if you have a good relationship with them. It is all about the relations one has with one another. That is essentially what creates a business.