2. CEO
The CEO or President of a recording company is at the top and in charge
of everything.
The CEO often determines the general direction of the marketing and the
actual distribution
3. Vice President.
The vice president usually does the same as the CEO but is their right hand
man and will dabble in other affairs to help out the CEO.
They are generally involved with the artistic development this means how a
certain artist is branded and sold
They also sort out promotions
4. Business affairs/ accounting
This department deals with all the business side of things like payroll and
bookkeeping along with general finances.
5. Legal Department.
All the contracts that are made between the company and the artist are
done though the Legal Department.
They also are in charge with the deals made between the record label and
other big companies or possibly other record labels that want to
collaborate and share artists.
If any legal issues arise it will go through this department
6. A and R
This department is often considered to be to be the most “fun” or
glamourous department.
This is most likely because they are in charge of finding new talent. The
department also get to work very closely with new and upcoming artists
that get signed.
They do everything from assisting with song selection and choosing the
people that will get to produce the album.
7. Artistic Development
In this department thy are responsible for planning the careers of the
artists who are signed to the record label. I
They usually promote and publicizes the artist over their career.
8. Marketing department.
This whole department is responsible for all the contracts that are made
between the company and the artist.
They are also responsible for the contracts between the record label and
other possible companies.
9. New Media
This department is in charge of promoting the newer aspects of the music
industry like promoting music videos for the artist.
They are also for helping an artist have presence on the internet like
streaming their music.
10. Art department
This department is in charge of all the artwork that goes along in
producing an artists album.
E.G…CD cover art advertisements or poster displays and a music shop
