How old is too old to start a music career?

princesshoneybee wrote: Jr1127 wrote: princesshoneybee wrote: ms_wonderland wrote: princess, are you a singer or a rapper? do you have a youtube channeL?   Not yet but I will make one! I am a singer Do you have a manager?   I don't think I need one, i thought managers were for people who are already signed to a label

Not necessarily. Sometimes having someone focused on the business side can free you up to focus on the quality of the product. A manager is good sometimes bc as an indie, it can be hard for other businesses to take you seriously. Case in point, the agency I created only works on a b2b basis. I find that often enough, the actual artist isn't thinking about the business aspects in terms of the marketing, PR & promotional work that needs to go into "making it". And often enough, many mainstream firms won't even entertain a dialogue with you when you're an indie artist with no form of representation.

On the flip side, not everyone who says they're a manager is actually any good at it. However, I know S. Florida has a lot of reputable artist management firms if what you're looking for is someone local. I would suggest aligning with an artist management company with a reputation for at least getting their artists booked or having radio airplay in their regional market. Find artists that you like in your region, and see who's managing them.

Depends on what that mouth do for real for real.

modelbusiness82 wrote: princesshoneybee wrote: Jr1127 wrote: princesshoneybee wrote: ms_wonderland wrote: princess, are you a singer or a rapper? do you have a youtube channeL?   Not yet but I will make one! I am a singer Do you have a manager?   I don't think I need one, i thought managers were for people who are already signed to a label Not necessarily. Sometimes having someone focused on the business side can free you up to focus on the quality of the product. A manager is good sometimes bc as an indie, it can be hard for other businesses to take you seriously. Case in point, the agency I created only works on a b2b basis. I find that often enough, the actual artist isn't thinking about the business aspects in terms of the marketing, PR & promotional work that needs to go into "making it". And often enough, many mainstream firms won't even entertain a dialogue with you when you're an indie artist with no form of representation. On the flip side, not everyone who says they're a manager is actually any good at it. However, I know S. Florida has a lot of reputable artist management firms if what you're looking for is someone local. I would suggest aligning with an artist management company with a reputation for at least getting their artists booked or having radio airplay in their regional market. Find artists that you like in your region, and see who's managing them.

 

he does pretty well. He gave up an awesome career salary job to do this tho. He's a grown man if that makes any difference. He's about my age, which is BHM-old.  But he makes enough to pay his alimony and CS payments. 

PurpleHaze wrote: he does pretty well. He gave up an awesome career salary job to do this tho. He's a grown man if that makes any difference. He's about my age, which is BHM-old.  But he makes enough to pay his alimony and CS payments.