Music managers bring together and coordinate the necessary people and projects to meet the goals of their clients, often artists or bands. Music managers ensure deadlines are met and that projects run smoothly. Working in constant communication with publicity agents, event promoters, and talent agencies, music managers possess fluency with the music industry, people skills, and organizational skills.
Music managers often start as artists, audio engineers, assistants, or promoters. Some work as personal managers, who are most involved in the actual day-to-day, career strategizing, plan formulation, and execution with the artist. Others work as road music managers and handle all the logistics of a tour while an artist is on the road. Some managers mainly handle the artist’s books, including income and expenses making payments on the artist’s behalf and taking care of taxes, investments, and other finances; Music managers handle their clients’ financial and legal business in addition to getting them recording contracts and tracking live performances. Music managers need a four-year degree with a concentration on the music industry, business administration, contract law, and marketing