What is an Artist Manager?

YMCMB's Drake and Manager Cortez Bryant.

Every artist knows that they need a manager, but most don’t know to the extent that a manager is needed or the services a manager offers. A manager becomes the artist’s best friend, which is why a lot of the times it ends up being a parent or the smartest friend. But a manager has to have experience, connections to gatekeepers, and a proactive attitude. There are also certain responsibilities that self-proclaimed managers don’t know about and their young artists don’t know to have them handle.

The number one thing artists should know about their relationship with their manager is that the artist is the employer and the manager is the employee. Putting your future in the hands of your employee is both a gift and a curse. With this knowledge you know that the final decision is yours. The problem is you have to trust the decisions of your manager because they’re supposed to be the expert in getting your career from point A to point B. This is why it’s important to have a manager with experience.

SHOFLO: The Future Of TV

I’ve discovered a great and innovative creation for live broadcast events. The self-proclaimed new standard in industry cue sheets is called SHOFLO. It truly is an amazing way to keep business flowing even when the key personnel are spread across the world. It has so many features to ensure full connectivity between everyone you need that it will make your head spin. It is full compatible across almost any of today’s standard platforms, it is web based, and it lets you keep everything you need for your event in the cloud.