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Music Management

Why you want your manager, your business manager, and your booking agent to work for different agencies.

March 24, 2011 Joe Taylor Jr.

Young Buck’s not having a great year. In the wake of his recent arrest, we’re learning more of the details about his money troubles, and the feud with 50 Cent over an unpaid $300,000 loan. He owes the IRS even more than that, and his record label’s already filed a $10 million claim with his […]

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Creating a positive culture for your music management agency.

March 23, 2011 Joe Taylor Jr. Leave a Comment

  It’s easy for music management agencies to fall into a stereotype when it comes to corporate culture. Managers often get called cutthroat, rude, angry, or worse. That doesn’t have to be the case. Angela Haines from the Huffington Post chronicles the launch of Market Monkeys, an indie music management agency whose founder had the […]

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Paramore Breakup: How Managers Influence Artists

January 6, 2011 Joe Taylor Jr. 3 Comments

A post by Thursday Bram got me thinking about something I wrote years ago about the relationship between artist and manager. “Musicians get to be the CEOs of their own small companies. And CEOs get to hire staffs.” I want you to think about your music career as a business that needs to please both […]

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Music Management Skills: Get Others Involved

December 23, 2010 Joe Taylor Jr. Leave a Comment

While revising the site’s “About” page, I realized that it’s been a while since I wrote about one of the most important skills for a music manager to develop: the ability to rally and display support. Bands often get stuck on bookings because talent buyers hate to coordinate shows directly with artists. It doesn’t help […]

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Giving yourself the space to shine.

December 22, 2010 Joe Taylor Jr. Leave a Comment

Pamela Slim writes that it’s easy for creative people to fool themselves into thinking that their strengths can overcompensate for environmental variables. Have you ever watched yourself spiral downward with something that’s usually a cinch? It happens to musicians and to artist managers all the time. It’s tempting to want to get into the music […]

Grow Your Audience, Inspiration, Music Management marketing, performance, planning, self-care

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