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13/11/2017

13/11/2017

ARTIST MANAGEMENT - 8 Reasons Why a Band or Artist Needs a Manager
8. Sounding board - A manager, even though basically an "honorary member of the band", is frequently on the outside looking in. Managers usually see things differently than the artist, and can often provide different perspectives, insights and solutions to problems the artist is encountering. Running ideas by a knowledgeable manager prior to making decisions often allows for good ideas to become better and bad ideas to be removed altogether from the to-do list.

13/11/2017

ARTIST MANAGEMENT - 8 Reasons Why a Band or Artist Needs a Manager
7. Good Cop / Bad Cop -
Need to fire the bass player but don't want to create an enemy? Let the manager play bad cop and do the firing. Need to re-negotiate your contract and request more of a promotion budget? Let the manager play good cop and keep a positive spin on the proceedings. There are plenty of occasions when the artist and manager can trade off playing good cop / bad cop.

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ARTIST MANAGEMENT - 8 Reasons Why a Band or Artist Needs a Manager

6. Accountability -
Part of a manager's job is to hold people accountable. What happens when the financial tour support that was promised by the label fails to materialize? Or the check from the booking agent bounces? Or the FOH engineer at the show is MIA? Or the licensee fails to sign and return the contract but is using the artist's songs anyway? Or the beer in the tour van vanishes? Somebody has to keep people honest, and that is most appropriately the manager's job.

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ARTIST MANAGEMENT - 8 Reasons Why a Band or Artist Needs a Manager

5. Time management - There simply is not enough time in the day to do everything that needs to be done in order to further the career of an artist. In between writing songs, conducting interviews, designing artwork for CD's and merchandise, managing a mailing list, filling out copyright paperwork, rehearsing with the band, hiring and firing musicians, updating band websites and Social Media profiles, getting pictures taken, shooting and editing YouTube videos, sending out packages and/or updating EPK's, researching, repairing and purchasing equipment, etc., there isn't time to also craft a master game plan, solicit potential sponsorship partners, handle licensing requests, reach out to industry gatekeepers, attend industry networking events, harass labels for tour support, and so on. Some tasks can be delegated to the band while others can be handled by the manager.

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ARTIST MANAGEMENT - 8 Reasons Why Artist Needs a Manager
4. Buffer
A manager can act as an effective screening buffer between the artist and people that want to do business with the artist. This buffer tends to attract legitimate industry players while at the same time scaring away scam artists. There are no scarier words to a scam artist than "please talk to my manager".

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ARTIST MANAGEMENT - 8 Reasons Why Artist Needs a Manager?
3. Prestige
According to most record industry professionals, there is something to be said about an artist that has a manager. The logic is that if an artist is good enough to attract management, there must be something of value present. In fact, most major labels refuse to sign an artist unless they have solid team (manager, booking agent, attorney and publicist) in place. An artist without management is just too much drama! Labels would rather deal with someone who knows how the music business works and can make decisions on a non-emotional basis.

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ARTIST MANAGEMENT - 8 Reasons Why Artist Needs a Manager?

2. Cheer leading:
Even though fans are the main cheerleaders for an artist, someone has to communicate the same enthusiasm to the music business community. An artist manager will trumpet the artists' message to booking agents, promoters, media personnel, club bookers, sponsors, licensees, etc., in order to make them interested and/or keep them engaged and enthusiastic.

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ARTIST MANAGEMENT - 8 Reasons Why Artist Needs a Manager.

1. Career Guidance :

It's often extremely difficult for artists to step back from the day-to-day activities and see the big picture (you know - the old "forest-for-the-trees" thing). A knowledgeable manager can see how everything in the big picture fits together, and can help the artist navigate through the often-confusing maze of activities that seem unrelated yet are all part of a massive jigsaw puzzle. The manager provides career guidance and helps to set the overall game plan for the artist and the artists' team to follow.

13/11/2017

The court meeting held by Champion Investment CC and some artists and producers of Walvis Bay.

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