Deck 7: Recording Lightning in a Bottle

Question 1

Inventer Nikola Tesla started the General Electic Company also known as G.E.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

In a master session, what union are the musicians a member of?

A) Equity
B) SAG-AFTRA
C) The AF of M
D) None
E) IASTE

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In a master session, what union are the vocalists or singers a member of?

A) Equity
B) SAG-AFTRA
C) The AF of M
D) None
E) IASTE

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In a stage play, what union are the actors a member of?

A) Equity
B) SAG-AFTRA
C) The AF of M
D) None
E) IASTE

Question 5

In a union house or venue, what union are the lighting, stagehands, and sound engineers members of?

A) Equity
B) SAG-AFTRA
C) The AF of M
D) None
E) IASTE

Question 6

In a movie or film, what union are the actors members of?

A) Equity
B) SAG-AFTRA
C) The AF of M
D) None
E) IASTE

Question 7

Recording artists are signed to record labels as a

A) Work-for-hire
B) Corporation
C) Partnership
D) LLC

Question 8

Many inventions have created the opportunity for the business of entertainment to exist. Which of the following did Thomas Edison invent?

A) Nickel-iron batteries
B) The phonograph
C) The telephone
D) The carbon microphone
E) The incandescent light bulb

Question 9

As a part of a team of experts working together to create the entertainment products you'll need to

A) Be quick-witted
B) Be in control of the team members
C) Be able to support the other team members
D) Possess a great personality
E) Supervise and micromanage the people hired

Question 10

The perception recording artists and stars often have is they simply have to sing, play their instrument, act, and provide shameless self-promotion. But the smart ones also

A) Become entrepreneurs
B) Become employers
C) Decide to be business owners
D) Hire others to do what they could accomplish themselves
E) Supervise and micromanage the people they hire

Question 11

Professional musicians, artists, producers, cameramen/women, and other industry insiders assertively earned their own success by

A) Having a positive attitude
B) Meeting the right people
C) Perfecting their artistic and business intellectual talents
D) Obtaining a quality education
E) Being in the right place at the right time

Question 12

Successful industry-related entrepreneurs provide

A) Start-up businesses that solve industry-related problems
B) Regulations and laws to control and restrict entertainment industry profits
C) Win-win situations
D) Better entertainment products to the world's population
E) Safe harbors

Question 13

In a master session, what union is the audio engineer a member of?

A) Equity
B) SAG-AFTRA
C) The AF of M
D) None
E) IASTE

Question 14

In a master session, what union is the record producer a member of?

A) Equity
B) SAG-AFTRA
C) The AF of M
D) None
E) IASTE

Question 15

Most artists want to control their own sound and performances, but at the same time, the labels want to control the costs.

Question 16

It's usually the people behind the stars and public personalities who provide the essence for success in the creative and business systems.

Question 17

A ""meet cute"" is the term used in the film industry that describes how two people (usually the starring couple) meet for the first time in an amusing or entertaining way.

Question 18

Most wow recordings are created by a single person working on ProTools to create the entire track.

Question 19

In the recording sessions, the musicians, background singers, audio engineer, and producer must work together to create magic; or, as Quincy Jones used to call it, the "lightning in a bottle" that emotionally supports the royalty artists.

Question 20

The members of the touring band are usually the musicians and singers who cut the album tracks in a recording studio.

Question 21

There is a very strict "respect for authority" in the recording studio and film studios.

Question 22

With the advent of digital technology, the Internet, and YouTube.com, anyone can make it by themselves in the entertainment industry.

Question 23

The AF of M represents union singers.

Question 24

In a master session, the singers (including the BGVs) are usually hired by the

A) Hours, session, day, or project
B) Side
C) Three-hour session call scale
D) Number of songs recorded in the session the number of songs completed in one hour
E) Percentage of the labels' profits on the project

Question 25

In a master session, the studio is usually rented by the

A) Hours, session, day, or project
B) Side
C) Three-hour session call scale
D) Number of songs recorded in the session the number of songs completed in one hour
E) Percentage of the labels' profits on the project

Question 26

Realistically, industry success involves having

A) Passion
B) A unique world vision of humanity and society
C) Street and learned knowledge
D) An understanding of business principles