This document summarizes and compares three record labels - Domino Records, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group - in terms of their artists, styles of music, and suitability for signing an indie solo artist. Domino Records is identified as the best fit as it features similar indie and solo artists like Arctic Monkeys and Alex Turner. In contrast, the artists on Sony Music and Warner Music Group are deemed too mainstream or focused on genres like pop/R&B that do not match the artist's style. Domino Records is also described as being based in the UK like the artist.

1. Record labels

2. Domino Records
• British independent record label based in London.
• There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, New York that handles releases in the
United States, as well as a German division called Domino Deutschland and a French division
called Domino France.
The artists included in this list are very similar to my
artist in the respect of what music they play and
there attitude. A standout name is Alex Turner who
alongside releasing with the arctic monkeys has
released solo albums. One reason I could say my
artist has chosen this label is to follow in the
footsteps of one of his favourite artists being Alex
Turner.

3. Sony Music
• American label and company owned by Sony through Sony Entertainment.
• Second biggest record label in the world
• Headquarters in the United States
The artists signed to this label include a lot of pop/rnb mainstream
music which is not the sort my artist would associate with. A lot of
these artists are already successful meaning that maybe they would
only sign an artist after they became successful. Something my artist
is not yet.

4. Warner Music Group
• Third largest record company in global music industry
• WMG employs in excess of 3,500 people and has operations in more
than 50 countries throughout the world
• In December 2008, negotiations between WMG and YouTube broke
down. As a result, Warner Music Group has continuously blocked or
muted videos on YouTube that feature music recordings belonging to
its labels or to its publishing arm.
This is a broad variety of artists containing music from all different genres.
The only artist closely similar to mine on this list is Ed Sheeran, a solo
artist who plays the acoustic guitar in majority of his songs. I believe this
record company is too mainstream for an indie artist to be signed too.
This wouldn’t be good for a solo artist
trying to get his music hear by everyone.

5. Summary
• Overall I think that domino records is the best suited for my artist,
many artists signed to the label are not overly successful yet but the
big names on the record sound very similar to my artist which could
be a reason they would help promote my artist more.
• My artist is British and domino records are based in Britain, although
there are abroad buildings it would be best for my artist to work in his
first album at home and have it released in his home country first.
• The other two (warner, Sony) are full of mainstream artists, this is not
what the indie culture is about. They also contain very electrical/ rnb
music which is not suited to my artist.