9giantsteps - Latest Comments in Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

procerinboy — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:04:02 -0000

if you end up taking the whole business thing too seriously, you end up losing what the band and the music is about.

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

Fathers Day Presents — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:44:01 -0000

Everything is improving even the system of handling artists. Gone are the days that managing is only the work of one person: it's now the combination of two heads to reach success.

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

Musicvideos1 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:08:46 -0000

the role of the artist manager is changing.its important they should adjust them self with the changing business need.this post definitely help them to understand their responsibility.

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

drhill — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:17:17 -0000

Great article - thanks! Personally I find this a fantastic time to be alive, and be an artist trying to figure out the 'new media' and other conundrums. I would be surprised there would still be a lot of muso's looking for the deal as the arrival into a professional carrer in music. My band was signed to Warner bros - had +/- $250,000.00 budget thrown at a record, it stiffed, and they quit returning our calls. I find myself wondering nowadays what I might do with 1/10th of that money... :-) your business development foundation is good advice.

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

buy cigarettes online — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:36:24 -0000

There are lots of factors to consider in starting a business, well if youare planning to start your own business you must be aware to all of these factors

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

bingo uk — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:37:29 -0000

this made sense
great post!

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

David_Chaitt — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:46:04 -0000

bands are businesses. just like any other business, surrounding them needs to be a team of professionals who will be able to fulfill all the services originally fulfilled by labels. the manager of today (whether they want to realize it or not) is most certainly a business developer creating/developing the image behind their brand.

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

no deposit bingo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:06:31 -0000

this is a great post! it has a lot of sense! artist managers should know these things.

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

NewRockstarPhilosophy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:29:32 -0000

Great post that makes a lot of sense.

Another great manager: Paul McGuiness

Even though he's somewhat still stuck in the old paradigm, he knew that touring could be profitable and not just something you do to promote a record. He helped set-up the fan club (paid) and he's continuously looking for other ways to milk the U2 brand (3-D movie, u2 ipod deal, blackberry commercial to promote the U2 360 tour, etc..)

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

jamespew — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:46:51 -0000

I like this thinking. It is all about DIY in the beginning. Bands need to find people who can do all the things Matt mentioned and more. But the underlying reason for doing anything with your website, or at a live show etc., should be some form of business development. There are tools and business models for artists out there that work...learn about them and experiment to find what works for your band.

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

Matt@Kurb — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:01:51 -0000

Not only do they obviously have to understand business, y'know as opposed to being hustlers, but they need to understand the internet / new media. If your manager doesn't know how to build a site + blog , do seo, analytics, run myspace, shoot and edit a video . . . then those are just other things your little "business" is going to end having to cost out one way or another . . .

Re: Artist Managers must understand their role is now business development

michaelfikel — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:41:24 -0000

I wanna be your personal manager baby
I wanna do everything I can for you
Yes I wanna be your milkman every morning
Your ice-cream man when the days is through
-Albert King