Three Main Groups correct answers Concert Promoters, Artist Presenters, Ancillary Users
Concert Promoters correct answers They put together shows and are a huge part of the industr.
Ex: Coachella
Arts Presenters correct answers Put together classical, orchestra concerts, usually non-profit
Ancillary Users correct answers Using music to sell other products. For ex: Restaurants/night
clubs that play music, but music is not their main purpose
Collective bargaining correct answers Negotiation between an employer or a trade union
Locals correct answers A local office that every city has for a certain union. Have to be a
member of the local union to play jurisdiction
Signatory Companies correct answers Signed agreement with guild of union to hire only their
people
Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF) correct answers a pool of money that is collected from a
recorded product. Money is used pay for live music and requires that the music be free and open
to the public and the musicians involved be union members
American Federation of Musicians (AF of M) correct answers USA and Canada,
Instrumentalists, a labor union of professional musicians, and do not support composition (not
singers)
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) correct answers represents movie and tv actors
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists correct answers Vocalists, the trade union
affiliated with AFL-CIO that represents talk-show hosts, announcers, singers, disc jockeys,
newscasters, sportcasters, and even stuntpeople
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) correct answers guild for operan and concert
vocalists (concert vocalists)
American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) correct answers For performers in live variety
entertainment. Ex: broadway, at hotels, night clubs, theme parks, circuses
Importance of Draw correct answers How many people will show up at a particular show, at a
particular day
Flat fee correct answers a set amount of fee services
Percentage of Ticket Sales correct answers percentage of profit from tickets
, flat fee plus percentage correct answers a set amount of fee for services plus percentage of profit
flat fee versus percentage correct answers a set amount of percentage of profit, of profit from
tickets, whichever is greatest
Fee expenses correct answers fees to acts, costs of contract riders, ticket printing and
distribution, box office accounting, facility rental, security, production construction and rentals,
etc
Kill fees correct answers when show gets cancelled
Riders correct answers an agreement above and beyond additional agreement
principal job responsibilities of concert promoters correct answers 1. repeat business is essential
2. build relationships with talent agents who book acts that consistently ensure profits and satisfy
audiences
3. produce events that are enjoyable
4. promote those events successfully
Concert Promoter relationships with talent agents correct answers they have to be people of their
word. when they say they will do something then they will do it
Promotion includes building relationships with ____,____,_____,_____ correct answers
advertising salespeople, newspaper writers, magazine writers, business supporters
arts administration and the cultural arts correct answers difficult to make money on ticket sales
because of lack of music in public schools, decrease government money, and decreased
foundation money from businesses
Association of performing art presenters (APAP) correct answers develop and support
performing arts as well as a nation service and advocacy org, they put together a festival in NYC,
similar to SXSW for, but for classical music
League of America Orchestras correct answers 850 orchestras and their concerns and issues
Peter Gelb correct answers general manager of the metropolitan opera-- brought the soundtrack
of titanic
Sony correct answers 30% of records-- Columbia, Epic, Ariola, Arista, RCA, Windham Hill,
Zomba
Universal Music Group (UMG) correct answers 30% of records-- A&M, Deustche Gramophone,
Geffen, Interscope, Island, Def Jam Music Group