One of your most important choices as a musical artist will be selecting your professional manager. This individual will represent you to other people, provide music business counseling and guide your career. He or she probably will be your closest friend in the music business, your most trusted professional partner. Therefore, it is critical that you consider your choice of manager very carefully. The manager’s exact duties usually will depend on the artist’s level of success. I will focus below on the things a manager would do for a developing artist, like you.
Music Business Made Simple: Understanding The Artist Management Agreement
One of the most important contracts an artist will sign is an artist management contract. Entering into a written management agreement will make it clear the services a professional artist manager will or will not provide to an artist and make it clear how the manager will get paid. Some of the most important terms of an artist manager's agreement is set forth and explained below: