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A music executive or record executive is a person who works in a record label as the developer of sound. Their role varies greatly but in essence, they can oversee one, or many, aspects of a record label, including A&R, contracts, management, publishing, production, manufacture, marketing/promotion, distribution, copyright, and touring. Music executives security in career is based on whether or not they can make the artists they oversee chart toppers. Although music executives work in senior management, a number of music executives have gone on to establish their own record labels as owners themselves, sometimes being involved in the music industry initially as artists, A&Rs, or producers for a number of years and building a strong reputation.

The music industry is a competitive career. In order to keep up a music executive have to know how to adjust to the constantly changing business. Many choose to work with with a company, but some start their own record label.

Skills
Music executives are the people in charge of running a record label. They have to be involved in major decisions making that affect their company and their artist. Being a record executive a person is expected to know how to market and build reputation among their peers. Therefore, there are a host of skills to be obtained such as communication It is vital that music executives have the abilities to be a leader, the decisions they make will be what determines the future of an artist as well as their label.

It is important for a music executive to understand what's important and who's important. Their skills of communication leads to needing a host of other skills like, marketing One of the most important parts of a record executives job is knowing what sound is marketable and how to sell it. The status of their career relies more on if they can sell a person, video, or song because that is how the record label make their money. = References=