Institutional research- Bartek Wielblad

1. Institutional
Research
Bartek Wielblad

2. EMI
EMI -
Associated labels:
Blue Note Label Group
Capitol Music Group
Caroline Distribution
EMI Christian Group
Virgin Music Group
History of the institution:
In 1887 Emile Berliner invented a way of recording through a gramophone and this was done by using disc’s and reproducing sound through them. Berliner
formed a company called ‘The Gramophone Company In London’ and the company was established in 1897.
In 1906 just under 10 years from the start of the company many other countries in Europe and outside Europe have established the subsidiaries. In just
under 10 years 60% of the company’s revenue came from outside the UK.
In 1926 the company released its first ever million seller called ‘ O For The Wings of a Dove from Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer and it was sung by a boy
(14 years old) called Ernest Lough and it was under the HMV label.
In 1930 both of the companies ‘The Gramophone Company’ and ‘The Columbia Gramophone Company’ decided to merge and became one company
under the name Electric and Musical Industries also known as EMI.
In 1963 - The British POP music exploded.
In the 1980’s the sales have declined majorly therefore EMI signed a new type of genre which was heavy metal and the band was called ‘iron maiden’.
In 1983 EMI released their first recordings on the CD format.

3. Sony BMG
Associated labels:
Columbia Records
Epic Records
RCA Records
Kemosabe Records
Sony Music Nashville
Provident Music Group
RCA Inspiration
SONY Masterworks
Legacy Recordings
RED Distribution
Century Media Records
History of the institution:
In 1929 the American Record Corporation was founded and this company was to be Sony BMG.
In 1938 the company was renamed to Columbia Recording Corporation.
In 1987 Sony Corporation bought the company Columbia Recording Corporation and it then later renamed the company and it was
called Sony Music Entertainment in 1991.
In 2004 Sony Music Entertainment has decided to merge with another company called Bertelsmann Music Group and they formed a
merged company called Sony BMG.
In 2008 Sony bought the share’s from the BMG company and they then went back to being just Sony Music Entertainment.

4. Universal Music Group
Associated labels:
Interscope-Geffen-A&M
Capitol Music Group
Republic Records
Def Jam recordings
Caroline Records
Universal Music Group Nashville
Universal Music Latin Entertainment
The Verve Label Group
Universal Music Enterprises
Eagle Rock Entertainment
Universal Music UK
History of the institution:
In 1930’s Universal Music was part of Universal Pictures which is the film studio.
In 1996 the MCA Music Entertainment Group was renamed to Universal Music Group.
In 1998 the Universal Music Group was founded by its parent company which is Seagram and this happened because Seagram
purchased another company called PolyGram.
In 1999 PolyGram and the Universal Music Group became one company after merging.
In 2004 Universal studios became possessed by General Electric

5. Warner Music Group
Associated labels:
Atlantic Records Group
Warner Bros. Records
Parlophone Label Group
Rhino Entertainment
Warner Music Nashville
Warner Classics
History of the institution:
In 1958 - Warner Music Group was founded and it had a different name and it was called Warner Bros. Records.
In 1967 a company under the name Seven Arts Productions took possession of Warner Bros.
In 1969 Seven Arts Productions was sold to a company called Kinney National Company and it was sold for roughly $400 million.
In 1972 the Warner Group had gained possession of the David Geffen’s Asylum Records for a price of $7 million.
1990’s Time Warner became the largest media company worldwide.They had possession assets that reached over $20 billion.
In 2007 Warner has announced that it will sell digital music through AmazonMP3 without any Digital Rights Management.
In 2012 Google has announced that Warner Music is being added to Google Play Music.
In 2013 Warner Music Group no longer had possession of the Parlophone label and it then later announced that it will start to provide
distribution from the Disney Music Group in Russia.

6. Copyright Law
“the exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print,
publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material.” - Google’s Definition.
Due to this law i will have to get permission from the artist of the music i used and i will also have to
credit them.This therefore means that if I want to use the song Mac Miller - Senior Skip Day it
means that i will have to contact Mac Miller’s record label and ask for permission to use the song
for my music video and also i will have to state that it is only for educational purposes and that no
profit is intended and will not be made.

7. Conclusion
In my music institution research i have found out that the most popular and also the main music institutions
focus on mainly all of the types of music genres however POP and Hip-Hop are the most popular genres
nowadays. Although there are many other genres which are also popular these two have been the two most
common like genres and therefore i have chosen to base my music video on a genre which is mainly known
in the UK and it is called Grime. I have chosen to create a music video based on the Grime genre as this
genre is fairly popular in the UK and it is also liked by many teenagers and young adults which is my target
audience that i am focusing on, therefore this is a perfect match as the genre will fit in well with the target
audience. During my research i have found that making a music video is not so easy as i have to keep in
mind the copyright law and this is because i cannot use another artist's music without their permission and
without crediting them. Therefore if i want to use another artist's music i will have to contact them and ask for
permission to use their music and i will also have to credit them and this is because we don't owe any rights of
the artist’s music.Therefore we need permission from the people that we record so that we can put them in
the music video and also be careful with the music we use.Also most of the Grime music videos are
performance or sometimes performance/narrative and therefore i have decided to make my music video a
performance type and also throw in some narrative but not a lot. I have chosen to focus on the performance
as it fits the genre (Grime) as the camera most of the time is focused on the grime artist performing. However
there will be bits of narrative to show the story behind the lyrics so that the music videos is more effective
towards the audience and so that they understand more of what is going on with the artist.