Music

I’m 14 and very interested in the music business. I want to know how old I have to be to apply, what I should include in a resume, where I should start, and what areas I could possibly work in. If it usually varies per label…what typically are the answers? Other useful information would be very appreciated! Thank you.

Hey there, I admire you enthusiasm but from my experience record labels, publishers, booking agents etc… usually hire interns that are in college so they can compensate them with college credit rather than cash. Interns work in all areas and all functions of the music business but they usually start out by supporting an assistant and / or an executive by doing things like organizing files, making copies, data entry or basic and repetitive web tasks. If they begin to trust you with such tasks they will begin to give you more and more assistant type work and when an internship goes very well (pending luck and timing) they can get hired OR get a great referral to another company that needs an assistant or coordinator.

My advice honestly is to go to lots of all ages shows and try to meet the performers that you like and ask how you can become a member of their street team or if they need an intern. Working with bands in this way is a great way to meet people and build up your resume for when your are a few years older and can approach more formal companies… But you never know, try small record labels or small publishing companies with a cold call – you are offering them free or at least very cheap labor.

As for what’s on the resume… that’s a hard one considering your age. Maybe your grades if they are good or a list of your music related interests or anything you have done in or out of school that demonstrates that you are reliable, intelligent and a big fan of music.

Very best of luck,

Rick

I was reading under just about EVERY major label under the FAQ section, and one of the popular questions was/is "How can I submit my original music to your label?" and of course, they dont take music like that, they have their "people" get that music to them.

every label gets a shit load of demos from so many bands that sound very similar. They just cant keep processing every band that way. Major labels are VERY hard to get on to. Work your way up, start on a smaller label that actually cares about you and your music and will do substantial promoting.

but if youre going the submission route do this.
1. Send in your best music on a good recording(A good recording studio, preferably one that uses pro tools)
2. Send in photos of the band, in concert and out of concert.(get huge crowd photos, you want to look popular)
3. Send in a bio, the label is going to have to sell u and some people actually care about the biography of the band

1. you need a company name that you can trade mark, meaning copy right a company name for your music label, try to find a name no one has ownership to so you don’t get screwed in the future.

2. now you need an accountant or attorney to set up your federal tax id number aka ein #, and get your co. incorporated.

3. now you have to do some research to see if you prefer digital or analog equipment for your studio/ label. try finding a composer/ producer who might be able to help you in this category.

I was hoping that someone would be willing to edit my french for me. I would really appreciate it if you can.

Please don’t be scared way because it seems long. Its just long because included the french version and the english version.

Thanks =)

French version:
Yelles est une chanteuse très populaire en France. Yelle’s vrai nom est Julie Budet. Le mot Yelle est un acronym pour la phrase “You Enjoy Life” et aprés le mot été féminiser. Le genre elle chante est la musique pop. Ses chansons ont été diffu sees sur les télés du monde entire et dans certains magasins de vetements tells que Gap et H&M. Yelle est née en le jancier 1983 à Saint-Brienc, Britney. Yelle a gradi avec la musique dans sa vie parce quell elle a été la fille de la musicien. Dans sa jeunesse elle a joué la piano, etudier les arts dramatiques, et a chanté dans les groups. Elle n’a pas reussi chanter dans une groupe. Yelle doute qu’ellle devienne une chanteuse. Elle est devenu populaire sur MySpace. Elle à affiché une vidéo de la chansons “Short Dick Cuizi” à criticize Cuizinier, un member de la groupe TTC. Yelle à écrit et chanter la chanson. Les gens aimaient la chanson, 2000 gens ont regardé la vidéo dans deux jeux. Cela cause les gens rire. La chansons a été trés entrainant. Après affichait sa vidéo, Yelle a signé a la maison de disques EMI. EMI ont pensait qu’elle ait une bonne chanteuse. Elle à commence em 2005 preformage. Elle est sorti sa premier CD, “Pop-Up”, en le 3 septembre 2005. Les critiques l’ont trouvé trés énergique. Les chansons vous faites danser. Sa plus populair chant est “Je Veux Te Voir.” Le chant est une version de “Short Dick Cuizi.” Je sis content que Yellle ait beaucoup de fans. Sa musique est trés originalle et creative.

English Version:
Yelle is a very popular singer in France. Yelle is Julie Budet’s stage name. The word Yelle is an acronym for the phrase “You Enjoy Life” and then feminized. The style of music she sings is French pop. Her songs have been featured worldwide on TV shows and in clothing stores such as Gap and H&M. Yelle was born on January 17th 1983 in Saint-Brieuc, Britney. Yelle grew up with music in her life because she was the daughter of a famous musician. In her youth she played piano, began acting, and sang in bands. She was not successful singing in bands. She became famous on MySpace when she posted a video of a song called “Short Dick Cuizi” criticizing Cuizinier, a member of the hip hop group TTC. Yelle wrote and sang the song. The people loved the song, 2000 people watched it in two days. It made people laugh. It was very catchy. It received 2000 views in two days. After posting her video Yelle signed to the record label EMI. They thought that she was a good singer. She began performing in 2005. She released her first CD called Pop-Up on September 3 2007. The critics found it is very energetic. The songs make you dance. Her most popular song is “Je Veux Te Voir.” It is the finalized version of “Short Dick Cuizi.” I am happy that that she has a lot of fans. Her music is very original and creative.

Hi,
This is my translation of your english text:

Yelle est une chanteuse très populaire en France. Yelle est le nom de scène de Julie Budet. Le mot Yelle est un acronyme de la phrase “You Enjoy Life” et après le mot été féminisé. Le genre de musique qu’elle chante est de la pop française. Ses chansons ont été diffusées dans le monde entier dans les shows TV et dans certains magasins de vêtements tel que Gap et H&M. Yelle est née le 17 janvier 1983 à Saint-Brieuc, Britney. Yelle a grandi avec la musique dans sa vie parce qu’elle était la fille d’un musicien connu. Dans sa jeunesse elle a joué du piano, a commencé à jouer la comédie et a chanté dans des groupes. Elle n’a pas réussi à chanter dans les groupes. Elle est devenue connue sur MySpace quand elle a posté une vidéo de chanson appelée "Short Dick Cuizi" qui critiquait Cuizinier, un membre du groupe hip hop TTC. Yelle a écrit et chanté la chanson. Les gens aimaient la chanson, 2000 personnes l’ont regardé en deux jours. C’était très entrainant. Elle a reçu 2000 vues en 2 jours. Après avoir posté sa vidéo, Yelle a signé avec la maison de disques EMI. Ils pensaient qu’elle était une bonne chanteuse. Elle a commencé à se produire (sur scène) en 2005. Elle a sorti son premier CD appelé "Pop-Up" le 3 septembre 2007. Les critiques l’ont trouvé très énergique. Les chansons vous font danser. Sa chanson la plus populaire est "Je veux te voir". C’est sa version finalisée de "Short Dick Cuizi" Je suis content (you must add an "e" at the end of the word if the "I" designate a girl) qu’elle ait beaucoup de fans. Sa musique est très originale et créative.

I think that you forgot to write some sentences in english because there are sentences in french that I don’t find in your english text. So I could’nt translate them.
Hope it help you

Linkin Park is an American rock band that formed in 1996. This band formed in Agoura Hills, California, U.S.A. They have won two Grammy Awards and have sold more than 50,000,000 (50 million) albums. They have succeeded all of these awards with their hit album “Hybird Theory.” “Hybird Theory” was loved by a trade group called the RIAA (or the Recording Industry Association of America). They have also continued their success with their following studio album, “Meteora”, and topping the Billboard 200’s album charts in the year 2003.

Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, and Rob Bourdon. Later on these three friends graduated from high school, the California natives started to take their music more seriously, and adding three new members to their band, Joe Hahn, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, and Mark Wakefield (Mark was later on know as “Xero”). Soon tensions and frustration grew within the band after they failed to land their last record deal and due to the lack of success caused two members to leave the band, Wakefield the vocalist and Farrell.

After spending some times looking for a replacement vocalist, Xero enlisted a vocalist from Arizona, Chester Bennington. Later on Jeff Blue, the vice president of Zomba Music had directed Bennington to the band for help in March 1999. Bennington became a great standout because of his unique singing style. Therefore the band had changed their name from Xero to Hybird Theory. Later on the bands rebirth culminated with the change in the name; from Hybird Theory, the band had changed their name to the present day name – LINKIN PARK. However, despite these changes the band still struggled to sign a record deal. After facing lots of rejection from many of the biggest record labels, Linkin Park asked Jeff Blue for a little bit more help. Jeff was now the V.P. of Warner Bros. Records. He helped the band sign a deal with the company on the year 1999. The band released their new album Hybird Theory, in year 2000. Hybird Theory consists of these 14 songs, “Papercut”, “One Step Closer”, “With You”, “Points of Authority”, “Crawling”, “Runaway”, “By Myself”, “In the End”, “A Place for My Head”, “Forgotten”, “Cure for the Itch”, “Pushing my Away”, “My December”, and “High Voltage.”

Hybird Theory was released on 10/24/00 (October 24th, 2000). Hybrid Theory represented the 5 years of the band’s work was edited by music producer Don Gilmore. The Band sold more than 4,800,000(4.8 million) records during the current year the album was released. The band earned the status of the best-selling album of 2001. Hybird Theory was nominated for its third Grammy Award, including best new artist, best rock album, and best hard rock performance (for "Crawling"). MTV awarded the band their Best Rock Video and Best Direction awards for "In the End” (In the End is based on one person’s failure).

The band also formed their own tour, Projekt Revolution which featured artists like Cypress Hill, Adema, and Snoop Dogg. The average concerts performed by Linkin Park are 320 a year! The experiences and performances the band was documented in their first DVD, Frat Party at the Pankake Festival, which debuted in November 2001.

Now reunited with former bassist Dave Farrell, the band began work on a remix album, nicknamed Reanimation, which included the songs from Hybird Theory and Hybrid Theory EP (extra play).Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of Black Thought, Jonathan Davis, Aaron Lewis, and many others. Reanimation claimed the second spot on the Billboard 200, and sold nearly 270 thousand (270,000) copies during its debut week.

A little time after the success and fame of the two hit albums, Hybird Theory and Reanimation, the band spend lots of time touring the United States of America. The band began working on new types of music. The band spent more than half of their free time in their tour bus’ radio. Sooner after that the band themselves announced the production of their new studio album in December 2002. Their new work was inspired by the region of Meteora in Greece, where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks. Meteora was a mixture of the band’s previous “nu metal” and “rapcore” song styles. Meteora included newer effects like the shakuhachi, which is a Japanese flute made of bamboo, and other instruments. The band’s second album came out on March 25, 2003 and in a snap the whole world new about it. It was the #1 album recognized in the United States and United Kingdom and was the second most recognized album in Australia.

More than 800,000 copies of the new hit album Meteora were sold the first week it cam into stores! It was also ranked best-selling album on the Billboard charts at the time when it came out. By October 2003 Meteora was really noticed around the world, over 2,500,000 (2.5M) copies of the hit album Meteora was sold! The success of the hit album Meteora gave Linkin Park the opportunity to

man linkin park good subject and topic and yes way 2 good of a report so this will definately give u an a + i certainly know that if i waz the teacer i woukld given u extra credit but if ur teacher duzent like it go tell em 2 fuk themselves

The musician or the record label?

More than likely, everything that was recorded while the artist was under contract with record label A is owned by record label A even if was never released, unless record label B buys the songs from label A. Every new song the artist records after the switch belongs to label B. In rare cass when the artist is powerfull enough to keep ownership of his music he can take it with him where ever he is signed because he alone owns it….this is extremely rare!

Parlophone’s fortunes began to rise in 1962, when Martin signed a rising new Liverpool pop band, The Beatles, who soon turned Parlophone into one of the world’s most famous and sought-after record labels

In my opinion, there’s always been two parallells of music: indie and mainstream. My question is how come the bands that are called "indie" aren’t even signed to independent labels. Why is indie becoming a genre, and even the bands that are called indie don’t paticularly follow these DIY guidelines when it comes to recording music–paradoxial, isn’t it?

Do you look up every band you enjoy to see if they’re signed or not?

It makes things easier to just judge them by sound.

Censorship is so cool, I can see why the libs love this guy.

What does being signed to a label entail? are recording hours payed for by the label? do they pay for production and distribution? does it change with every band and their contract?

I guess my basic question is: what advantages does being signed have over being an independent musician/band who distributes and produces the music completely on their own?

If you sign to a label they don’t really pay for anything. Some labels will give you a lump sum (called an advance) that you use to fund the recording of the album (including the recording hours), its production and distribution. They then get the money back off you by keeping your royalties until its paid off. They make profit on every CD sold while you make back a smaller percentage. The advance is basically a loan.

No record labels are prepared to pay out now either. They prefer to look for people who produce their own music, then they agree to distribute it so long as they can keep the money. Each deal is different but the label always looks after itself, not the artist. People on larger labels like Leona Lewis get the album paid for automatically but they make no money, no royalties, nothing at all from it. Totally slave labour.

If you do everything independently you own everything and you keep everything. Distribution is easy with companies like CD Baby around and having your own website to deal from. Although you’ll need some money to make your CD, at least you’re not selling your children to pay back a label. Until someone’s prepared to give you a deal where you won’t lose the rights to all your music then stay away from it. Lots of bands are doing fine without label involvement now