recording industry
Album-producing commercial sector
The recording industry is the business of producing, distributing, and selling recorded music.
It encompasses record labels, studios, streaming platforms, and the corporate infrastructure around turning musical performances into products.
The term often appears in discussions of copyright, piracy, and how artists get paid: The recording industry sued file-sharing services in the early 2000s.
- microphoneAudio input device
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- producerOne who makes things
licensing · vinyl · mastering · intellectual property · publishing rights · CD · contract · copyright · songwriter · protest songs · A&R · talent scout · music awards · sound engineer · playlist · radio play · music video · audio interface
- Music Certificationsplatinum, double platinum, triple platinum, diamond, certified
- music rightsmusic copyright, copyright, music rights, music royalties, performance rights
recording industrylive performance
Unrecorded staged entertainment
live music · live entertainment · touring · live show · busking
recording industryfolk tradition
Community customs across generations
grassroots music · independent music · bedroom producers · home recording · oral tradition
record, records, recorded, recorder, recorders, recording, recordings, rerecord, rerecording