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Post by theand on Sept 24, 2007 10:07:58 GMT
Does anyone know of any budding managers in the region or any local (ish) bands who have sought management? We're possibly looking for someone to help us get our arses in gear and was just wondering if anyone had any decent contacts who we could approach for REPRAZENTIN
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Post by David on Sept 25, 2007 14:55:59 GMT
I'd suggest that unless you're negotiating a contract with Sony BMG or trying to arrange an arena tour, it's probably not worth the money. Gigs can be fuckers to book but if you look hard enough theres always a slot somewhere, and a management team wont get you studio time any cheaper. But if youve got money to spend, go for it, although I don't know anyone whose gone down that road.
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Post by drgonzo on Sept 29, 2007 19:47:27 GMT
it all depends on the amount of interest you're generating. If you've got a "buzz" or "scene" happening you may find someone willing to take you on cheaply in order to rip you off. Otherwise you pay up front and get ripped off.
However, you may end up playing quite a few gigs, so it all depends if its worth it. If I find someone that gets you gigs regularly, I'll let you know. Don't hold your breath though...
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Post by Manalexees (yeahnewname). on Oct 1, 2007 16:34:15 GMT
I'm Agreeing with david here. I'd Say it easier at an early stage to manage yourself.
A good manager would only want to work with you if you can do it yoursef too. If you cant get your "arses in gear" than I doubt a manager will be any good either. They'll only put in as much as you will. It's cheaper doing it yourself too.
Booking shows is a different story. a manager wont deal with that. For that you need a booking agent.
With manatees we "manage" ourselves. We have booked all the tours ourselves. with the exception of The first one where we did have a little help from mark howellete.
but to be fair we've found it VERY difficult booking tours. We managed to get a booking agent now, so I'll let you know if thats better and more worth while than doing it yourself. They get you shows, but take a % of what you earn from them. The next tour will be booked by him.
Seriously though, as difficult as it may seem, managing yourself is the best way, until you start having to deal with contracts and money and stuff, THEN you might start contimplating about having a manager.
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Post by theand on Oct 2, 2007 8:14:01 GMT
Cheers for the wise opinions guys, some good advice there. Really the main issues were getting gigs and getting a tour together, it's hard enough getting the gigs in the first place let alone trying to get everyone in the band time off at the same time. It was more to about trying to get someone who could work alongside the band and help us maybe coordinate a tour with some promotion as opposed to getting scraps of promotion here and there followed up by a random gig every 3 months which does feck all for exposure in reality. It all comes down to managing what little time we have off when not in our shitty day jobs innit.
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Post by drgonzo on Oct 4, 2007 21:30:21 GMT
I think the best thing to do is to play as much and as often as you can on one-off trips. Get a van and drive all night. Its the best way!
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Post by richskiddle on Oct 6, 2007 14:14:47 GMT
ok, so you need someone to co-ordinate your time for you? id suggest you get google calender. have a calender each you put your work schedules into. then have a band calender. sync all the calenders so you can see each others events, then contact some venues. they will tell you what availability they might have, and you pencil it into your bands calender. if nothing clashes, then there's your gig. re-apply the same theory over again, and if it fits, there's your tour. get plenty of notice of the gig then there's your promotion schedule. what you have planned as such you will know more, but in theory a local paper only needs a weeks notice, and its easy enough to find out local papers. good resources for promotion would be www.djflyers.co.uk and www.skiddle.com
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