Forget everything you thought you knew about how to make it in the music industry.

Things are changing, and have been for some time. Ask anyone in the label services sector about their importance to the business and you’ll hear some fighting talk.

Ian Dutt, managing director of Sony-owned artist and label services company The Orchard, tells Music Week, “People’s mindsets have changed, maybe two or three years ago a manager or artist would have only considered a services model ...