Do managers of unsigned acts get paid for what they do, or do they wait for commissions from deals they make?
It’s all different. It just depends. Unfortunately with unsigned acts, there is no income unless the band members have jobs. I don’t know of many band members who have been able to actually afford to pay a manager’s salary from their day jobs. So a manager has to come into the picture understanding that there is not really any money. It will be probably a year until you get a record deal, or until you get a publishing deal if you choose. If the band goes on tour, an agent has to come into the picture knowing initially that their commission is not going to be very high because a band on the road is not going to make very much money. That’s where having faith in the band comes in. If you’re selling something that you don’t like or believe in, and you’re not going to get paid for it for a while, that could be a problem. If a manager comes in after a record deal is done, they still make no money because they have to go through an entire record cycle until the second record and hope that th
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