A Good Manager Is Hard To Find

You’ll hear many women say that a “good man is hard to find”. The same goes for a good man-ager!”

As an indie artist, you want to spend your time creating music. After all, a lot of energy goes into composing, arranging and producing a song. Many artists don’t want to deal with the business aspect of the arts but you must know certain things about management and administration and this will help you choose a manager.

A manager is an administrator for your band or group. He or she handles the day-to-day operations of the group and usually, a managerial agreement between the group and the manager is signed for a certain length of time. A good starting point for negotiations could be one year.

The manager works along with promoters, venue managers and lawyers to communicate the group’s vision and music to these entities. Usually, a manager gets 20% of the profits from what the group does and the manager should have great resources and the ability to have someone keep adequate records. The manager is also the person who is present at group activities, making sure that everything runs smoothly.

When it comes to handling to group’s finances, the manager should be given a Power of Attorney stating certain things that he can do without the group being present, such as, spending money, making business decisions and other business related items. It’s good to have an accountability system in which someone else is auditing your managers’ activities.

A good manager can take you to the stars. A bad manager can take you to the pits! Get a good manager and you’ll go places!