Comments on: Do You Need A Manager For Your Music Career? http://www.independentmusicadvice.com/2012/05/do-you-need-a-manager-for-your-music/ Who Needs A Record Label? Tue, 08 May 2012 16:41:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christine Infanger http://www.independentmusicadvice.com/2012/05/do-you-need-a-manager-for-your-music/comment-page-1/#comment-38865 Christine Infanger Thu, 03 May 2012 12:54:39 +0000 http://www.independentmusicadvice.com/?p=2600#comment-38865 Hi Mike, thanks for the kind words on my article. Finding a manager, especially a good one, can be difficult regardless the stage your career is in. If you've had a difficult time finding someone in your market, have you tried branching out away from the music industry? Perhaps you have someone in your fan base with experience in management, accounting, or business who would like to help out? Look at local colleges and universities (especially those with a music business program or several music business based classes)- Much of the time, managers new to the industry have a tough time finding artists to represent as they aren't yet established in their careers. Maybe you can find someone who knows about the industry and what the managers role is but just hasn't had a "break" yet. If there aren't schools who offer music business type classes or courses, perhaps try looking at colleges with business programs (most of them offer business), accounting, management, etc. If someone has good business sense but perhaps isn't up on industry news, those are things that can be learned as you go-especially if you are still establishing your career. There is definitely a learning curve and, even if someone has studied music business/artist management, the realities of the industry will still prove different than what they learned in a classroom. Hopefully I've offered you some advice that will prove helpful. Thanks for reading! Christine Infanger @norabarnacle Hi Mike, thanks for the kind words on my article. Finding a manager, especially a good one, can be difficult regardless the stage your career is in.
If you’ve had a difficult time finding someone in your market, have you tried branching out away from the music industry? Perhaps you have someone in your fan base with experience in management, accounting, or business who would like to help out?
Look at local colleges and universities (especially those with a music business program or several music business based classes)- Much of the time, managers new to the industry have a tough time finding artists to represent as they aren’t yet established in their careers. Maybe you can find someone who knows about the industry and what the managers role is but just hasn’t had a “break” yet.
If there aren’t schools who offer music business type classes or courses, perhaps try looking at colleges with business programs (most of them offer business), accounting, management, etc.
If someone has good business sense but perhaps isn’t up on industry news, those are things that can be learned as you go-especially if you are still establishing your career.
There is definitely a learning curve and, even if someone has studied music business/artist management, the realities of the industry will still prove different than what they learned in a classroom.
Hopefully I’ve offered you some advice that will prove helpful.

Thanks for reading!

Christine Infanger
@norabarnacle

]]> By: Mike http://www.independentmusicadvice.com/2012/05/do-you-need-a-manager-for-your-music/comment-page-1/#comment-38861 Mike Wed, 02 May 2012 20:32:35 +0000 http://www.independentmusicadvice.com/?p=2600#comment-38861 Hello Christine, Great Article. You made some very valid points and you confirmed some of my own thoughts about management. I have a question though...Where can independent artist find a good manager? Getting in touch with an established manager or management firm is as hard as getting in touch with a major record label. So where do you start? How do you break through the clutter? Thank you Hello Christine,
Great Article. You made some very valid points and you confirmed some of my own thoughts about management. I have a question though…Where can independent artist find a good manager? Getting in touch with an established manager or management firm is as hard as getting in touch with a major record label. So where do you start? How do you break through the clutter?
Thank you

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