How do you become a manager for an artist?

[frush11]

Hope you have money you can afford to lose.

 

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

@Suspicions You got one life to live. If this is what you wanna do go for it my guy. You'll find your footing eventually. Start reading about masters and publishing first and go from there. I love the business side of music and I wanna be a manager as well. One of my boys raps and my cousin raps but I'm wary of mixing business and friendship. He's been my nikka for over 20 years so I don't wanna jeopardize it.

 

[CrimsonTider]

I wanna manage a rapper and have no experience

you need money first and foremost.

And there’s a great chance that you will never get a return on all the money you invest

you playing the odds as well

you don’t put 50k into 1 artist you put 10k into 5 different artist

 

[The_Third_Man]

it's a stressful job

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Find a friend that makes music or an aspiring local artist and ask to be their manager.

This is probably the most sustainable way, and the best way, based on my experiences working in the game in the 2000’s.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

it's a stressful job

It’s stressful as fukk. Definitely ended up not being for me.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Why would you wanna mange a rapper lol? Managers hella under appreciated and do all the leg work. Especially for an up and coming rapper. My homie but was a manager and from what I noticed, dude cared more about the artist success than the artist. He never got a major deal, but he did have a few offers from major labels that they ended up turning down cause the contracts were so bad. But ironically, he says if he could do it over he would take one of the deals cause it would have got him in the door of the industry and could have parlayed that into more success. He quit after his last group fukked up an opportunity where they wanted to move the whole group to Atlanta. I forgot the label. They was gonna have them in singing and dancing training and had a townhouse for them to live in and shyt. My homeboy worked hard as hell to put that shyt together with some contacts he had with a major r&b artist manager, but the lead singer of the group didn’t want to move to Atalanta. I think that was the last straw and my homie left the music game.

Crazy story. Reminds me of a lot less intense and long haul story.

in 2005 I hooked a girl I knew up with an opportunity to sing on a hook for a joint with Mos Def and 9th Wonder. She partied the night before, and was too hungover to make the studio session.

The song never got finished. But regardless. She talked a big game and was super talented, but ultimately didn’t give a fukk.

It’s very true that a lot of artists don’t care as much about their own careers as managers do.

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

Crazy story. Reminds me of a lot less intense and long haul story.

in 2005 I hooked a girl I knew up with an opportunity to sing on a hook for a joint with Mos Def and 9th Wonder. She partied the night before, and was too hungover to make the studio session.

The song never got finished. But regardless. She talked a big game and was super talented, but ultimately didn’t give a fukk.

It’s very true that a lot of artists don’t care as much about their own careers as managers do.

Yep. I seen my homie pour his blood, sweat, and tears in that shyt, and most the artist he managed, he was definitely going harder and had more passion than them. That’s definitely a factor. Then one thing I think people looking to get into this shyt need to be prepared for, is how straight up grimey and cutthroat the music industry is. Full of people misrepresenting themselves, scamming, trying to get you to sign shyt before they do whatever it is they said they can do...if they can really do it. Times when you meeting contacts in the industry, and they secretly trying to steal your artist. The industry unforgiving as hell...especially for those trying to break in. Peoples lack of knowledge are really taken advantage of. Then you got the issue of if you doing all this shyt for artist, it’s best you have them under contract. But it’s a lot of artist that are entitled or have unrealistic expectations from lack of knowledge or arrogance, and don’t wanna sign shyt

 

[mr. smoke weed]

I wanna manage a rapper and have no experience

Go to clubs around your city, create friendships with the people running the club. Keep your ear to the street with local talent. When you find local talent that you think is special, get them to perform at the clubs you've be friended. When you show said local talent you can help make them money, you give them papers and basically ask for a 5-10% cut.

You need to know your business, be people savvy, well connected and very good at networking.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Why would you wanna mange a rapper lol? Managers hella under appreciated and do all the leg work. Especially for an up and coming rapper. My homie but was a manager and from what I noticed, dude cared more about the artist success than the artist. He never got a major deal, but he did have a few offers from major labels that they ended up turning down cause the contracts were so bad. But ironically, he says if he could do it over he would take one of the deals cause it would have got him in the door of the industry and could have parlayed that into more success. He quit after his last group fukked up an opportunity where they wanted to move the whole group to Atlanta. I forgot the label. They was gonna have them in singing and dancing training and had a townhouse for them to live in and shyt. My homeboy worked hard as hell to put that shyt together with some contacts he had with a major r&b artist manager, but the lead singer of the group didn’t want to move to Atalanta. I think that was the last straw and my homie left the music game.

lol manager gets paid before the artist.............all that needs to be said

 

[mr. smoke weed]

you need money first and foremost.

And there’s a great chance that you will never get a return on all the money you invest

you playing the odds as well

you don’t put 50k into 1 artist you put 10k into 5 different artist

No.

You find someone to invest in you and don't use any of your own money, like any other company. Don't be stupid.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Also the term should be General Manager, because you manage a bit of every part of that persons career.

Promotion, artwork, marketing, shows, agents, labels, transportation etc. etc. etc.

Being a manager is not easy and 1000000000000000% many people can't do it.

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

No.

You find someone to invest in you and don't use any of your own money, like any other company. Don't be stupid.

Breh what lol. Good luck on that being a practical solution. Of course in theory that makes sense, but in reality...come on man. Artist and managers typically have to put in hella work before they find the willing investors, unless it’s a family member with money to blow or something.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Breh what lol. Good luck on that being a practical solution. Of course in theory that makes sense, but in reality...come on man. Artist and managers typically have to put in hella work before they find the willing investors, unless it’s a family member with money to blow or something.

My fiancee and I started an edm entertainment company in March 2020--made it a LLC in July 2020, we're making profit and have people who are willing to bankroll the next show we do, small to large. It's hard but not impossible.

 

[SleezyBigSlim]

I wanna manage a rapper and have no experience

Dont do that it's hard damn work and the game is rigged for you to only eat if you rip ya artist off