1. Music Industry Presentation:
By Max Handsaker

2. Sectors of the Industry:
Sectors can be described as different specialists or Area’s (Within the music industry) which work together to help complete and produce a final product, in this case it would be Music.
1. Performance: Performance is when an artist performs their work, for example at a concert or Live TV show etc.
2. Song writing and recording: This involves the artist writing and creating a song, and then with the help of producers (The artists could be the producers themselves) record, edit and create a finished product of the song.
3. Advertising: This involves promoting a Tour, new album or song. It is designed to help create hype and produce more sales. It can be used in TV, Bill boards and Social networking etc.

3. Products and services within the music industry:
Streaming services: This is where you can subscribe (Mostly by a monthly payment) to a certain music streaming service, and in turn you get you get to access the music that is included in the service as much as you want.
Music distribution: It may be by selling albums online or in stores, through streaming services, but in its core music distribution is the distribution of music throughout a country/countries.
Music recording: The main product is the ‘end’ product, or in other terms songs/music. This is what the music Industry is centred around and is designed to create and distribute. Every job/sector etc. goes back to the end product. Music recording is when The base product is recorded, edited so it can be distributed

4. Major industry bodies:
Industry bodies are designed to help structure, promote, protect the interests and welfare of the people within it, and to help keep everything running.
1.Musicians Union of Australia: This is designed to help regulate, create and structure music awards within Australia.
2. Australian Music Association: This is the industry body which represents the music products sector. For example, Manufactures, retailers etc.

5. Inter-relationships between the music industry and other industry’s
The relationship between the music industry and the film industry is incredibly important. One of the key reasons films are as proactive, entertaining and emotional as they are is because of the music within it. Music plays one of the most important roles in creating a film. A whole genre of music/industry has been created to go hand in hand with film, while millions of artists have been included in film, which helps boost and promote their work. Film helps promote the music industry while at the same time Music helps to create the end product of a film

6. Economic value of the Music industry:
In 2014 the music industry was reported to be creating up to $16.6 billion per year. On average the record label makes 63% of this, while the distributors make 24% and finally the musicians make 13%. For every 1,000 sold, the average musician makes $23.40 Its important to take into account that these statistic differ between countries, years etc. and are only a rough overview.

7. How has music changed the social norms of Australia?
Music has become one of the largest multimedia platforms in Australia, and with the rise of local music the attitude towards music has changed. Not just ‘music’ but now the art of creating music etc. has not only become more well known and admired, but has also become a legitimate job and career path. And with the rise of social networking and easy access to professional music tools, more and more people have taken up creating music as a hobby etc. and through this the Australian music industry has grown, creating more jobs etc.

8. Careers in the Music Industry
Lyricist: A lyricist creates lyric for a song/tune. Sometimes they will also make the accompanying music, sells the lyrics or creates lyrics for a premade tune.
Music Technologist: Music technologist are experts at in producing music using technology. They predominantly use computer programs to create music. They help create programs needed to make music and do research within the genre/technology etc.
Producer: The producer organizes and supervises all aspects of the music industry. They might work with a performer in the studio for example.

9. Workers rights:
Right to privacy: Workers can expect the privacy of confidential information to be maintained
Worker duty of care: Workers have a duty of care to work in manner which doesn't put themselves or other workers at risk.
Making a claim: If a worker is injured/sick , they have a right to request time off work to rehabilitation/heal etc.

10. Unions, Employers and Professional associations in the music industry:
Musicians Union of Australia: Designed to promote and protect the welfare/rights of the employees and members of the music industry/members of the union.
Australian Music Association: This represents the music products sector. For example, Manufactures, retailers etc.
Australian Copy Write Council: the ACWC represent the peak bodies for professional artists and content creators working in Australia’s creative industries and Australia’s major copyright collecting societies.

11. Music Technologist:

12. Discuss how technology has contributed to the work opportunities for that specific pathway: 
As music production/technologies have evolved, so has the genre of Electronic etc. It has become on of the largest and most popular genres of music, and has worked its way into other genres as well (for instance rap). Because of the popularity of the genre’s, a rise in demand for musicians/Music Technologists has gone up significantly. It has created a whole different genre, and path way which is always evolving and changing, and constantly creating new jobs. In its essence, as technology has evolved, so has this musical pathway, and as technology changes and evolves, so does the pathway.

13. Explain the upgrading of skills required by someone in this career to keep up with relevant technology:
Someone in the career of a Musical Technologist, has to always keep update to date with changing technology's. As technology evolves, so does the genre. They need to have the willingness to change, the skill to be able to catch on to trends, or the skill to create one. And above all a Musical Technologist has to keep up to date with technology and how people use it, because their whole pathway/genre centres around it.

14. Bibliography: http://www.musicians.asn.au/union/about.html
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