Production

The major music products of the industry are the musical recordings made by the bands and artists which account for 70% of the revenue and the publication of the lyrics and the musical scores account for 20%. The other services which account for the revenue include the production of master recordings, the manufacturing and the packaging of CD's and production of a database to distribute recordings.

Major Music Studios
The major music studios have musical artists. bands and rappers under a contract to produce so many albums and also produce recordings which are marketed as stand alones or mixed with other recordings to make one compilation album and albums by the artist.

Smaller Music Studios
Smaller Music Studios may only produce sound recordings or promote and distribute these recordings.Small integrated studios focus on finding the undiscovered talents which are around today.

Brief history
The electro-magnetic tape was introduced and also the more economical and flexible tape recorder superseded recording onto wax master discs which opened up the way to poplar music was being produced and recorded postwar, 2,4,16,24,32 and eventually 48 multi track recordings between the years 1950 and 1970 which allowed the musicians to layer their music with different types of instruments, vocals and sampled sounds.

6 key technological developments which have transformed the production of popular music.

1) Digital Synthesizer
Allows sounds to be recorded and then stored in a random access memory, the sounds can then be modified and manipulated and retrieved for mixing.

2) Digital Sampler
Replicates the exact sounds made by the musician whether this is in the form of an instrument like a guitar, trumpet or saxophone, which means the musician is not needed for the process of recording since the sampler can produce the sounds on demand.

3) Drum Machine
Lets the programming of the beats and the removal of mistakes which has been made.

4) Digital Process of Comping
Lets the best parts from several takes of a performance to be seamlessly edited together for the final perfect version.

5) Digital Computer Sequencers
Let short musical events to be programmed and then extended into longer sequencers increasing the complexity or intensity of the available or achievable tempos and rhythms of tracks.

6) MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
Lets a range of instrument be digitally connected together which allows a composition to take place within a computer memory without the need for these instruments and musicians to be playing together or seperately in a live studio space. This means studio quality recording no longer actually needs to be produced int he studio.

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