Institutional researchEmily Cherry

Capitol records is an american record label which are also a major record label founded in los angeles in 1942 and the founders are Johnny Mercer, Buddy Desylva and Glenn Wallichs. Capitol Records is part of Capitol Music Group and a some of Universal Music Group, the label’s parent company is EMI as it is owned by Universal Music Group.

Mercer was an experienced songwriter and singer with numerous successful releases, he first came up with the idea of starting a record label when golfing. In 1941 he suggested the idea of the label to his friend Glenn Wallichs whilst visiting their record store, interest was shown and the pair negotiated an agreement where Mercer would run the company and also identifying the artists whilst Wallichs would manage the business side.

Various artists are signed to this label ranging from Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, Paul McCartney to Sam Smith, 5 Seconds of Summer, Katy Perry and Coldplay etc. The beach boys genre varies from rock to pop whilst coldplay can be alternative rock to pop rock. This record label mainly produces some kind of rock and pop but can also vary to R&B and soul as Sam Smith fits into this genre and so does Tori Kelly.

Maybach Music Group MMG usually known as Maybach Music Group is a record label founded which is independent by American rapper Rick Ross in 2009 and is located in United States of America, the parent is Warner Music Group, MMG distributors started from Def Jam Recordings in 2009 then Warner Bros Music took over from 2011-2013 following the expiration of a deal with Def Jam Recordings and currently Atlantic Records.

Rick Ross’ third studio album Deeper Than Rap was the first album to be released by Maybach Music Group in 2009, after this release he focused more on signing artists to his label. In 2012 Ross announced that his label was leaving Warner Bros Records and stated the label is moving to Atlantic Records however Rick Ross is still signed as a solo artist to Def Jam and in 2013 November 6th MMG announced that they had signed Washington DC rapper Fat Trel and Atlanta Rapper Tracy T.

Unlike Capitol Records who have various genres Maybach Music is focused mainly on Hip Hop with artists like Meek Mill, French Montana, Omarion and Teedra Moses etc. The label has had 6 albums debuted at number 1 on the billboard 200 including 3 certified Gold albums which means it sold over $1 million in sales.

Hi Or Hey RecordsHi or Hey Records is a record label in partnership with Capitol Records and Warner Music created by 5 Seconds of Summer commonly known at 5SOS who are an Australian pop-punk band. 5SOS explained that they will start releasing their music through this label and that they will start signing a roster of their own band and releasing them on the label. 5SOS have released their songs She Looks So Perfect, Don’t Stop, Amnesia, Good Girls and She Kinda Hot as well as their debut album. In 2015 March 25th they signed a rock band named Hey Violet who have released their debut EP I Can Feel It through Hi Or Hey Records. This label was founded on 27th January 2014 so there isn’t a lot of History behind it.

This record label is mainly focused on punk rock or rock as there are only two bands on this new label Hey Violet and 5 Seconds Of Summer themselves.

What is copyright?Copyright is a law that gives someone ownership over something they create, this can be various things such as poem/novel, photograph, a song, and even a painting etc. The creation is protected an example is when someone uses a song from an artist for a video that they upload to YouTube can be restricted as that is copyright, especially if the song has been illegally downloaded and not purchased.How are you going to use what you have learned about record labels and copyright in your production?I will give credit to the artist/writer of the song that I will use as if I do not this will lead into me copyrighting the song. This will also tell me what kind of record label my music video will most likely fall into, if I chose Beyonce I will most likely fall into Universal etc as they genre is based on R&B whereas Nicki Minaj would most likely fall into YME.