SOUVIK CHAKRABORT Y
A HANDY GLOSSARY FOR
THE MUSIC PROS
Working in the industry or a plaintiff curious cat, it's your right to knowledge to these swanky terminologies of the music
industry. Be a nerd dig in.
AAC Bumper FOH
Advanced Audio Coding or AAC is
basically an encoding scheme for the
next generation of the MP3 format. The
AAC encoding helps in producing better
sound qualities despite similar bit rates
of an MP3 track. Bumper is probably one of the most
popular term in the audio visual
industry. These are extremely short
stings which are used to the effect of
a show identification, a short scene
or something far more snappy yet
impactful. The Front of House, is a term used to
refer to the area where the sound and
lighting boards are usually located. It
can be situated within 100 feet of the
centre stage.
A&R
Artists & Repertoire is often used to
call a division of a music company
who are responsible for for seeing the
scouting and overseeing the artist's
image management and other business
developments until the release of the
records.
ABR
Average Bit Rate can be interchangeably
used for coining the bit rate of a song. It
refers to the amount of dta transferred
per unit of time. this is measured per
second for a digital piece of audio.
Click Track
A very common studio term for a signal
used to facilitate the artists perform to
the exact tempo or beat of a song.
Cue Sheet
A very important piece of information
for any TV show or film; a cue sheet
contains all markings like the title,
durations, publisher, timings and kind
of use.
Derivative Work
Also called as royalty-free music, back-
end deal usually categorizes only those
songs which can be used without a fee or
license for synchronization. The model
for income from these kind of music
varies with the deal. This is one of the most important terms
that musicians need to familiarize
themselves with. It is important to know
that it is only the owner of the copyright
who can authorize someone else to
create a new version of an existing work.
So, coming back to basics; a derivative
work is just another new version of an
already extant piece of art.
Breakdown Notes Digital Sampler
Timing Notes or Breakdown Notes are
the notes an editor makes. This is a
very detailed timing for the scenes for a
composer to use as reference for the cues
spotted at a session. This Notes contain
details like dialogue, camera moves and
sync codes. Synthesized sounds are often used
directly from a machine to produce
impact and give variety and texture
to the overall arrangement. These are
usually set template samples and are
always to be kept handy.
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ISRC
The International Standard Recording
Code is for the music recordings. It
consists of a 12 character alpha numeric
code. It is kind of a mark for unique
identification of each track. Despite
any ownership changes, the track
identification remains intact. The code
helps largely in curbing piracies or
other malpractices across the music
industry. It also facilitates the collection
of royalties of the tracks.
One-Off Agreement
The OOA or the One-Off Agreement
works between the publisher and the
songwriter. It usually takes place when
a writer assigns to the producer or
publisher, the copyright of one song
against a percentage of the royalty. It is
also termed as a 'Single Song Agreement'
or just a 'Song Agreement' as well.
Rider
A rider is an important term to know for
anybody dealing with legal documents of
music. It comes as an addition to the pre-
existing clauses. It may alter or amend
the pointers of the document attached.