Tuesday 19 January 2010

Tips when looking to manage a music artist

Down here I have provided a short list of helpful tips to someone who is thinking about managing a musical artist. When you do so, firstly you need to think about the contract, there are many places that will give you great information about this. The musicians union is a great place to start finding out about contracts and stuff like that. Although you are not a musician, they will give you loads and loads of great information about what to do in the music industry. You will also begin to understand how it works and how you can benefit from an artist. Music Marketing services has been known to provide a good service.

So when you have the contract or are writing it, think about some of the following important things. How long do you want to hold onto the artist for? Are you planning on having this artist for a long time? The things is, if you are binded to having one artists for a long time, if things do fall through then you will be left with just waiting for the contract to expire before you move on to managing another artist. Of course there is also the possibility of having a non-exclusive deal with the artist. This will mean that the artist will be able to find another manager at the same time, or you as the manager, will be able to have another artist at the same time. Depending on your relationship with the artist this may be the case of not, this is definitely something to consider though.

If you are thinking about going into management you should also know the direction of your artist. This means you should know about the field of music they may want to be involved in. For example if you have a pop artist, but only knew about rock and RnB music, you may have some problems, these problems may span far. Far as trying to get a deal when you only have connections in the fields that are no interest to your artist. Just always try to think about the artist you get before you have them. There are many places of resources on the internet that will give you valid true information. Be careful where you get it from through, and if you are unsure, always consult a professional, the musicians union is a great place for advice like this. Check out their website, they’ve been around for many years and worked with many people, I’m sure that they can also come in handy for you too.

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