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Monday, July 29, 2013

How To Become A Successful Artist Manager


I sometimes wonder how many people are truly interested in becoming a successful Artist Manager. There are plenty of artist managers such as Sean P. Daddy Combs and others that have successfully completed the ultimate goal of being a manager for an artist who has the gift and talent to become a great artist. Most people would say that by going to school and attending certain classes are the key to b becoming a successful manager. But say you don't have the funding to attend school, what do you do then? Well you can always have the pleasure to look into books or have the ability to self-study. If you don’t have the access to funding for college or university, another option is to purchase some of the various books available on the topic of how to become a music manager and/or studying much of the material available online in the form of blogs, articles, forum postings, newsletters, etc. You can also attend music business conferences and/or seminars in order to get valuable information from the various panelists and establish connections with attendees and sponsors. One important key that I feel maybe very important to becoming a successful artists manager would be to find an internship at Management Company, so that they could show you the guidelines. They could tell you that most managers earn 10 to 15% in commission. By reading the article that is listed above, you will get a better view on how becoming an artist manager is very tedious work, but also can be a very well paid and fun job! One more important fact about this job, you will also need to evaluate how much time you have available to devote to the task of music management since your (and your artists’) chances of success are directly related to how much quality time you put into the job. 

Getting Your "Work" Noticed In The Entertainment Industry and taking basic 101 steps


Rather its music, film work, or acting, people are determined to get their faces out there. The drive to pursue an acting gig in a movie, or to get signed to a major label company would be the absolute dream to have. Most people are hungry for success, and would do anything to become successful and to have that extra edge. If you were trying to become an actress, one of the major steps would be to attend a drama school. For example, the Actors Studio which is located in New York, New York can offer opportunities to as well it will look great on your resume. Most acting schools, put on performances in the public neighborhood just to get recognition and exposure. This would be just one of the ways to pursue a career in acting. When it comes to becoming a film director, it is a little different. Most people in the industry are looking for how you may assess your skills, how do you determine what valuable skills you did not know you had, and are you the right person for the job. Another thing that would be very crucial would be how well put your resume is and if you lied on it or not. When it comes to the music industry, it is very important to up hold a certain image. I came across and article that explained 3 important steps that would help guide you to signing with a record label company. The first step would be, to develop your image, the second step would be to develop your music, and the last would be to develop your following. In other words being able to distribute your talent by booking shows, marketing your shows using social networks, and most of all start looking for experienced managers.