Record Label Workshop
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30 March 2010
DJs AND PRODUCERS, get exclusive advice from industry professionals before you sign on that dotted line! This workshop
aims to guide artists when their music skills have reached the level of being signed to a record label. Retro Music has partnered up with Gallo Records to ensure that our students know everything about working with labels.
How can this workshop benefit me?
- Get insight on what is involved in releasing an official album:
- Do’s and don’ts of releasing an album
- Potential pitfalls when releasing an album
- Get in touch with valuable contacts in the music industry
- Learn about working with contracts
- Get advice from people who work for record labels
- Get answers to questions about releasing albums from the people who do it for a living
What does this workshop cover?
- Knowing your rights as a DJ or producer
- Laws about sampling music
- When is it legal and when is it illegal?
- Recording contracts
- Understanding the terminology
- What should be included
- What to look out for in contracts
- Recognizing a fair deal and one that isn’t
- How to work out royalty rates
- Publishing
- What it means
- Different types of publishing
- Other collecting associations and services they perform
- Approaching a record company
- Knowing the company’s profile before approaching them
- Dealing with the right people
- What record companies look for when selecting new talent
- Record company vs. Doing it yourself
- Basics of putting an album together
- Understanding various aspects which make up an album
- Basics of digital distribution- how to make your tracks available for download
When do workshops take place?
Record Label workshops take place at Retro Music on the last Saturday of every month.
Morning session-Part One: 9:30-11:30
Break with refreshments: 11:30-12:00
Afternoon session-Part Two: 12:00-2pm
Book ahead of time and secure your place in the workshop, as space is limited to 5 people.
This workshop aims at guiding artists through an industry that can be quite complicated and intimidating if you don’t know the ins and outs of dealing with record labels. Artists will get the valuable knowledge they need in order to reach their career goals.
Cost: R1200
