BTEC Music: Revision Questions with correct Answers

Pub - Answer- Small Venue Club - Answer- Small Venue Theatre - Answer- Small Venue School Hall - Answer- Medium Venue Church - Answer- Medium Venue Club (Large) - Answer- Medium Venue Theatre (Large) - ...

Pub - Answer- Small Venue Club - Answer- Small Venue Theatre - Answer- Small Venue School Hall - Answer- Medium Venue Church - Answer- Medium Venue Club (Large) - Answer- Medium Venue Theatre (Large) - Answer- Medium Venue Arena - Answer- Large Venue Stadium - Answer- Large Venue What is an intimate atmosphere? - Answer- Where the audience is close to the performer so they can interact. What type of venue is more likely to host mainstream events and why? - Answer- Medium and Large venues, as they cost more to run. What is the most mainstream type of venue? - Answer- Large Venue Why are events in large venues very commercial? - Answer- So the cost of putting on the show can be justified. What should be considered when planning to open a venue? - Answer- Local Competition Transport links Residential areas Target audience What should be included in a Fire Safety plan? - Answer- A list of exits A list of extinguishers Evacuation point What does a risk assessment do? - Answer- It minimizes risks. What are the most common types of risks in a music venue? - Answer- Le FACTWEB -Lifting, Fire, Agressive people, Crushing, Tripping over, Working at heights, Electrics, Bodily fluids What does copyright protect? - Answer- Recordings, compositions and scores What is exempt from copyright? - Answer- Education, Critique, Parodies What does PRS stand for? - Answer- Performing rights society What does PPL stand for? - Answer- Phonographic performance limited What does MCPS stand for? - Answer- Mechanical copyright protection society What does MPA stand for? - Answer- Music Publishes association What is the function of PRS? - Answer- Licences music to be played live in a concert What is the function of PPL? - Answer- Licences music to be played in public - e.g radio in the hairdressers. What is the function of MCPS? - Answer- Covers duplication of recorded medium (CD's) What is the function of MPA? - Answer- Protects written scores and their duplication Where do you get a license to play in public? - Answer- The local council Why wouldn't you need a license to perform in a concert. - Answer- The performance takes place between 8am and 11pm Takes place in a licensed place The audience is no more than 200 people Name three major record companies. - Answer- Universal Music Group Sony Music entertainment Warner Music Group What do major record companies do? - Answer- They pay the band to record and promote their track/album. They might want a lot of creative control. What do major record companies do if the track is successful? - Answer- They take a large percentage of the profits. What is an independent record label? - Answer- A record label that signs small bands that are unsigned. They are self run. What do independent record labels want/give? - Answer- They want less control over the artist and they give the artist more freedom. What do music publishing companies do? - Answer- They collect royalties for the artist from their music being used in ads e.t.c. Artists pay 30% of royalties to the publishing companies. What do promoters do? - Answer- They promote artists They organise events and concerts What do broadcaster do? - Answer- Television, radio and the internet (Spotify) help promote artists music. What does a marketer do? - Answer- Use the internet, social media, TV and radio to promote the artist. The more people that see it, the more expensive it is. What does distribution do? - Answer- It is how the music is sold - CD's, DVD's, MP3's, e.t.c. It's cheaper to sell online as there is no shipping. Who can join the Musicians Union? - Answer- Musicians, composers, instrumental teachers Who can join Equity? - Answer- Actors, dancers and other performers Who can join the Broadcast Entertainment Cinematograph Theatre Union? - Answer- technicians (makeup, sound, lighting, special