What is the function of the music distributors “The Big Five”?
A music distributor is a wholesaler, stocking products from record labels and getting them into retail stores. Some distributors handle more than recorded material, such as videos, t-shirts, etc. A good distributor gets the products of a record company into stores efficiently so they are available to buyers when promotion from the record company begins. Just like there are independent record labels, there are also many successful independent music distributors.