The Bundesverband Musikindustrie (English: Federal Music Industry Association), or simply BVMI, represents the music industry in Germany.
 The association represents the interests of nearly 280 labels and music industry related enterprises, which comprise 90% of the music industry.
Music Row is an area just to the southwest of Downtown Nashville, Tennessee that is home to hundreds of businesses related to the country music, gospel music, and Contemporary Christian music industries.
 Centered on 16th and 17th Avenues South (called Music Square East and Music Square West, respectively, within the Music Row area), along with several side streets, Music Row is widely considered the heart of Nashville's entertainment industry.
 In this area, one will find the offices of numerous record labels, publishing houses, music licensing firms, recording studios, video production houses, along with other business who serve the music industry, as well as radio networks, and radio stations. "
MusicRow Magazine" has been a music industry resource reporting on the location for over 30 years.
 Lacy J. Dalton had a hit song in the 1980s about one of the streets, 16th Avenue, while the area served as namesake to Dolly Parton's 1973 composition "Down on Music Row".
 Sometimes the words "Music Row" are used as a metonymous nickname for the country music industry as a whole, just as "Madison Avenue" often refers to the advertising industry.
Valvin "V" Roane birth name given as Valvin Roane II, was born May 28, in Paulsboro, New Jersey is an American R&B/Soul singer and Songwriter who has set a solid foundation in the music industry.
 Known in the music industry by his nickname "V", this talented vocalist has worked on projects with a host of renowned artists and producers in the music industry, including Anthony Hamilton, Jill Scott, Justin Timberlake, Musiq Soulchild and Will Smith to name a few.
 His talents in singing, songwriting and producing has been compared to such talents as Stevie Wonder, Donnie Hathaway and Marvin Gaye.
 His performances around the world with DJ Jazzy Jeff and as a background vocalist for Jill Scott (on her "Buzz Tour", "Big Beautiful Tour","The Real Thing Tour" and "The Light of The Sun Tour" has received rousing ovations from audiences around the globe.
 Known in many underground circles as thee pioneer of the philly "neo-soul" movement, "V" had many mind blowing records buzzing around the music industry for years before his 1st official debut album, "The Revelation is Now Televised" was released under BBE records in 2006, and features a spoken word piece from R&B/soul singer Jill Scott, "Born Again".
 "V" aka V. Roane has continued to release great music which can be found on iTunes, Amazon and many more online digital music distributors.
Justin Goldberg (born April 12, 1966) is an American music and film industry executive and artist manager.
 Mr. Goldberg has held senior executive positions at such companies as Sony Music, Red Light Management, and Razor & Tie Entertainment.
 He has worked extensively in music, television and film as a producer, writer and music supervisor, collaborating on projects including Disney's animated features Tangled, "", the Forest Whitaker narrated film "Before the Music Dies", Touchstone/ABC's "Veritas: The Quest", "In Memory of My Father", and various music video productions at events such as Bonnaroo and Coachella.
 He is the author of "The Ultimate Survival Guide to the New Music Industry: Handbook for Hell" (Crown Publishing Group / Random House).
 An outspoken critic of the music industry's traditional business model, he is an early advocate for online marketing and distribution.
 He is the founder of Measurement Arts, which has managed a broad range of projects and artists focused on the music industry.
 Goldberg has been a featured speaker at the prestigious Milken Institute Global Conference, SXSW, Midem and other major industry conventions.
Misterlee are an alternative rock band from Leicester, England.
 Centred on the talents of Lee Allatson, Misterlee have released three albums, "Chiselgibbon" (2002) and "Night of the Killer Longface" (2005) (largely Allatson solo recordings), followed by a collection of live recordings - "Bootlegger/Misterlee Is Not A Lifestyle Sandwich" in late 2006.
 Performing live, Misterlee comprised Allatson on vocals, drums and effects, augmented by guitarist Jamie Smith and Michael "Curtis" Oxtoby on electric violin and bass guitar, although Oxtoby left in late 2007.
 The band has played live around the UK, as well as in the United States, sharing bills with the likes of Hamell on Trial, Sebadoh, Jeffrey Lewis, Johnny Dowd, Simple Kid, and The Mountain Goats, and has also appeared at festivals such as In The City, Secret Garden Party and Summer Sundae.
The Music Industry Arts Program at Fanshawe College was the first school of its kind in Canada, (and one of the first 3 in the world), to train young people for careers in the contemporary music industry.
 It was started in 1970 as Creative Electronics by former Radio Caroline DJ Tom Lodge, but when the college demanded that Creative Electronics become a career program, he had the students build a recording studio, gathered music industry executives for an advisory group and changed the name of the program to Music Industry Arts.
 The program has been the starting point for hundreds of the world's top recording engineers, record producers, live performers, sound editors and entertainment industry executives.
 The program is highly competitive with only about 115 students being accepted out of 800 applications every year.
 Students in the MIA program are also eligible for membership in a Student Section of the Audio Engineering Society.
The Latvian Music Producers Association (LaMPA) is a National ISRC Agency of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry with the task of representing the Latvian music industry for both national and international recording artists of all genres.
 Goals of the organisation are supporting Latvian artists and producers and promote development of Latvian music industry and export of music produced in Latvia, to promote and support creation of competitive music records and increase utilization of Latvian music by educating Latvian performers and producers, to officially represent Latvian music industry in Europe and international showcases, fairs and exhibitions, and to educate members of Latvian music industry about the issues of music export and global trends.
 The company also certifies albums and music videos based on unit sales and compiles the country's music chart.
The Indian Music Industry (IMI) is a trust that represents the recording industry distributors in India.
 It was founded on February 28, 1936 as Indian Phonographic Industry (IPI).
 It is the 2nd oldest music industry organization in the world that was involved in protecting copyrights of music producers and supporting growth of music entertainment industry.
 In 1994, it was renamed as Indian Music Industry (IMI) and represented India at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
 It is also registered with the West Bengal Societies Registration Act.
 All major music labels in India are part of this association.
 Record companies like Saregama India Ltd. (HMV), Universal Music (India), Tips_Industries_Limited, Venus, Sony Music Entertainment (India), Crescendo, Virgin Records, Magnasound, Milestone, Times Music and several other prominent national and regional labels are part of the IMI.
 The IMI represents over 75% of all legal music sales in India.
SWMRS (formerly Emily's Army) is an American punk rock band formed in Oakland, California in 2004 by Cole Becker and Joey Armstrong, with Cole's brother Max joining only a few weeks afterwards.
 They drew on a mix of influences ranging from the Beach Boys to the Ramones to create their own brand of rock.
 The band added Travis Neumann in 2009, who later left in 2014 due to creative differences.
 The band released a demo and a string of EPs from 2008 to 2010.
 The band released their first album, "Don't Be a Dick", on June 14, 2011.
 The band's second album, "Lost at Seventeen", was released on June 11, 2013.
 They added Sebastian Mueller as the bassist 2014.
 The band's third studio album, and their first under the name SWMRS after dropping their former name, "Drive North", was released February 12, 2016, via Uncool Records. "
Drive North" was later re-released and remastered after the band was signed to record label Fueled By Ramen on October 13, 2016.
Simple Kid, real-name Ciarán McFeely, is an Irish-born solo musical artist.

Question: Simple Kid and SWMRS, are in the music industry?
Answer: yes