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What Is A Record label / What Is Their Job:
Record Label obtains the exclusive right to reproduce the artist’s material in exchange for a cash advance and mechanical royalties. It is the Record Labels job to create and distribute records in exchange for money, Record Labels obtain the right to copy and distribute an artist’s record, the record company provides a recording agreement for the artist to sign that states the terms of their agreement. There are many types of Record Labels and they all have their benefits and disadvantages. Their are Major Record Labels, Mini Major Record Labels and Independent Record Labels. The biggest Major Record Labels are Sony, Universal, WEA, and BMG. Some of the other Major Record labels are Warner Bros. Records, Dream Works, RCA Records, MCA Records, Capital Records, Atlantic Records, and Columbia Records. A Mini Major Record Label is a company that affiliates with a major record label. How this works is the Mini Major Record Label usually signs its own acts, promotes its own artists, produces its own records and has the Major Record Label distribute the records.
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