Artist Management for the Music Business

Now in its sixth edition, Artist Management for the Music Business offers a comprehensive view of how to generate income through music and how to strategically plan for future growth for the Artist Manager. Anyone managing an artist’s career needs to be well versed and have a savvy understanding of the moving parts of the music business. Packed with practical insights, this book will teach you how and why those moving parts "move," as well as how to manage and navigate a music-based career. Revised throughout, the sixth edition includes expanded information on well-established topics, as well as insights into contemporary issues such as artificial intelligence, the immense impact of data, classical artist management, whether an artist works for hire and what this means, and the intersection of the artist management role with other industry professionals such as stage managers, engineers and producers. Supported by interviews and case studies that offer examples of real-world management issues and outcomes, Artist Management for the Music Business is an essential reference for established and emerging artist managers, musicians who want to manage their own careers, as well as students on Music Business and Music Industry courses.