What is Music Management?
When a musician is ready to further his career in a more professional manner, he must consider music management. Usually bound by contract, a band manager helps to coordinate the day-to-day agenda of a musician or group by establishing relations with publicity and press agents, booking concert or tour dates with music venue owners, and handling recording contracts with producers and other industry professionals. Duties for a manager often go beyond these expectations, and may include arranging transportation and lodging for the band or musician, and maintaining a budget. A music manager is someone a musician can rely on to play various roles. Early in a band’s career, a manager may serve as the promoting tool that helps the group be successful. Once the manager has booked a show, he or she may be responsible for creating posters or advertisements to publicly announce the event. In addition, music management may write articles or album reviews about the band for publication in entertain
Music Management is the child of many years of research necessitated by the catastrophic loss of my 21,000+ record collection in 1987. So far I’ve managed to replace just over 12,000 of the lost titles on CD or MiniDisc. Unfortunately, a vast amount of the selections that were destroyed will never be released on Compact Disc. I would like to trade any of my CD cuts for good quality vinyl tracks from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. My cuts would be provided to you in the MiniDisc or CD-r format – see “FAQ’s” at the bottom of this page. The most promising potential traders would probably be in their 50’s & 60’s and have an extensive vinyl LP library of popular music and contemporary big band/jazz orchestras of the 1960’s. However, traders of all ages are welcome! If you are interested in any type of swap/trade, e-mail any proposals, and/or questions to musicmann@worldnet.att.net.
