L.L ARTIST MANAGEMENT
IF YOU ARE A ESTABLISHED RECORDING ARTIST OR IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO PURSUE THE PATH TO BECOMING A RECORDING ARTIST PLEASE CONTACT lIANNE LOCKYER DIRECT
ARTIST MANAGEMENT
About Artist Management
Artist management is essential if you want to get the most out of your music or act. The vast majority of Acts don't have management and it's seriously important if you want to see progress! By getting yourself Management you give yourselves an advantage many don't have,There are many types of Management available here at L.L ARTIST MANAGEMENT, these include
Music Management.
Tour Management
Talent Management
Personal Management
Road Management
Production Management
Technical Manager
Music Management
The Music Managers duties can include booking your gigs, handling releases, looking after your social networking sites, website, presenting your work to the wider music industry (record labels, publishing companies, pluggers, agents and promoters) whilst managing the financial affairs and creatively managing the overall project, It is fair to say that the Music Manager is generally the most important person in the artists professional life. They will be involved in planning, coordinating and organizing your career. They are involved in advising the artist on all matters related to their musical careers. The personal manager should have extensive knowledge on the music industry. The more contacts the manager has, the more effective they will be at their job.
Tour Manager
The Tour manager will manage every aspect of your tour, from working alongside your management team, (if this is different from your Tour team) they will co-ordinate with the road managers, on smaller tours the tour manager and road manager can be the same person, The tour manager is responsible for all aspects of your tour, from booking venues, communications, tour routing, hospitality, catering, sales ect
Road Manager
The road manager takes care of logistics while you are on tour, the road managers duties include making sure that everything is going smoothly as far as financial aspects are concerned, they will also ensure that all aspects of the contract are in place, which will include, accommodation, equipment ect
Production Manager
production managers are usually only found on large scale tours, especially those that are involving major record label artists, they work very closely with your tour manager, and assist your tour manager in details concerning the production of your show, production managers will also have a major part to play in the publicity and marketing for the tour
Technical Manager
The Technical Manager (or Technical Director) is usually the person in charge of set design, construction, and control during the performance. They work closely with the production manager.
SO WHY DO YOU NEED A MANAGER?
If the details above still has not convinced you that it is always advisable to have a manager then let me explain and give you some more reasonsArtist Managers work hard to ensure that your dreams come true, It is hard for the artist to really focus on what they do best as well as try and manage their careers, at times it is difficult for the artist to know what to do for the best, your manager will deal with all this for you, they can see the 'bigger picture' and know exactly how to get you there, and help you to avoid the pit falls, they can navigate you through the confusing maze that is the performing arts industry,Your manager will focus on you, know exactly how to promote you to the world of the music business, to booking agents, media, record labels and so on, they will know exactly how to keep all these people interested in you, Your Manager gives you credibility, many music industry professionals work on the thought that if an artist is good enough to have a manager then they must have something worth looking at, many industry professionals do not look twice at an act that has no representation, as they feel that working directly with the artist them selves can be too much, they want to work with a professional who knows the industry and can make decisions on a non emotional basis and a cool head.A manager will free up your time, leaving you to concentrate on you and your act, they will deal with all the aspects of your career that you either do not have time to do, or do not have a clue how to do, They will deal with all the problems that may come your way, such as making sure that payment arrives on time, making sure that the contracts are correct and signed, making sure your diary does not clash with events booked , maybe you need the manager to play the bad guy and deal with all those difficult things, lets say you want a band member gone but you cant deal with it? Maybe you want an event to pay you more money but you don’t want to ask? Well this is what a manager is for and so much more. A manager can give you fresh ideas, they may see things with a different outlook and be able to give you a completely different point of view, always run your ideas past your manager, they could really help shed some different perspectives on the issue
