It’s tough building a career in music – there’s a lot of work to do.
You have to engage with fans, talk to event promoters, radio stations and music journalists, get your official website up and fill it with relevant content and so on. All of these tasks may not leave you with enough time or energy to do what you do best... create music!
In addition to managing your bookings on an exclusive basis, we will also help expose you to the masses. We will help you to get gigs, reviews, attention from record labels, and further helpful platforms to push and promote you as an artist.
Additional areas of support provided by HHRDJs will include Brand/Logo Design, Website Design, Biography writing, Promo photography and much more.
What are the benefits of having an artist manager?
The main advantage of working with a manager is that they can bring credibility.
While this isn’t always the case, some of the people that you’ll need to deal with are more likely to take your music seriously when you’ve got a manager present. It brings a certain level of professionalism.
Of course, the professionalism of your manager can also have an impact on this benefit. If you hire someone that doesn’t take their role as manager seriously, then they could hold you back from moving forward.
The manager that you work with should be able to present a professional image. They should be able to meet with people at record labels, radio stations, venues, and other locations in order to help advance your career.
The main advantage of working with a manager is that they can bring credibility.
While this isn’t always the case, some of the people that you’ll need to deal with are more likely to take your music seriously when you’ve got a manager present. It brings a certain level of professionalism.
Of course, the professionalism of your manager can also have an impact on this benefit. If you hire someone that doesn’t take their role as a manager seriously, then they could hold you back from moving forward.
The manager that you work with should be able to present a professional image. They should be able to meet with people at record labels, radio stations, venues, and other locations in order to help advance your career.
If you work with other musicians, there’s a good chance that you’ll occasionally butt heads. This is true in any workspace. With long hours working together, tensions will rise.
A manager can get in the middle of any disputes or help keep everyone on the same page. Part of their job is ensuring that everything goes smoothly. If you’re in the studio, your manager should help make sure that you don’t waste your time with disagreements.
Though, you can’t always rely on a manager to calm the waters. If an internal dispute between bandmates is keeping everyone from moving forward, then a change to the lineup may be needed.
In sports, when a player isn’t pulling their weight or if they’re limiting the performance of other athletes, the coach might call a time out. But, if the bad behaviour continues, the coach will likely pull the player from the field.
The same is true in music. Everyone should be on the same page and play the same tune.
If you’re working with an experienced manager, they can also bring direction and insight to the table. Their experience can help you navigate the music industry.
You don’t need to listen to your manager’s advice, but they can offer valuable knowledge that you won’t find in blog articles or in books. Sometimes, you need real world experience.
With that being said, you won’t always find an experienced manager. You may end up working with a friend or find a manager that is relatively new to the business.
This doesn’t mean that they can’t provide direction or insight. They can still help you solve issues or come up with effective solutions – two heads are always better than one.
The final advantage of working with a manager is that they can help free up your time. You don’t have to spend as much time calling venues or radio stations in attempts to line up gigs or get your music played on air. These are tasks that your manager will start to handle.
By allowing your manager to take over some of your tasks and handle the logistics of playing gigs or making public appearances, you can focus more on your music.
This is the ultimate goal for most artists. You want to spend more of your time playing and making music, instead of dealing with the business side of things.
Though, you won’t reach this point overnight. You do need to put in a lot of work in order to grow a large enough fan base and busy enough schedule to warrant the need for a manager.