Jack White is banning all phones, cameras and other devices from dates on his upcoming spring tour. "We think you’ll enjoy looking up from your gadgets for a little while and experience music and our shared love of it IN PERSON," reads the PHONE-FREE policy explanation. Here is the full…
Category archives: Live & Touring
RED Light’s Jonathan Shank Talks Artist Management, Touring [INTERVIEW]
A senior management executive and tour producer from Red Light Management, Jonathan Shank here chat about the trajectory of his career, the essential elements of artist management, and process of putting together major tours. __________________________ Guest post by Rick Goetz of MusicConsultant Jonathan Shank is a senior management executive and…
Touring’s Hidden Costs
Here Patrick McGuire explore’s some of the hidden costs that lurk in the world of touring once your band decides to hit the road, and not all of them are just financial. _______________________________ Guest post by Patrick McGuire of the ReverbNation Blog Try being a serious musician long enough and…
Darrin Pfeiffer Of Goldfinger On The Role of a Manager
Darrin Pfeiffer, manager of country artist Ryan Sims, is Michael and Jay’s guest on the Music Biz Weekly podcast. Darrin is a musician, producer, manager and radio personality. He has played drums in the pop punk bands Goldfinger, Punk Rock Karaoke and Sum 41. Darrin talks about the current state…
New Suit Aims To Force SFX’s Sillerman Into Bankruptcy
A second lawsuit has been filed to force SFX Entertainment founder and former CEO Robert Sillerman into bankruptcy to force and asset sale and collect multi-million judgements against him. _____________________________________ By Dave Brooks of live music trade Amplify The promoters behind Chicago EDM powerhouse React Presents are trying to push…
Fleetwood Mac, Def Leppard, Lenny Kravitz Managers Join To Launch CSM
Three protégés of legendary music manager Howard Kaufman have joined together to form CSM Management with offices in Nashville and Los Angeles. The team includes Craig Fruin, Sheryl Louis and Mike Kobayashi, who each come to CSM with decades of wide ranging experience at HK Management. “At CSM, we approach…
Top 6 Event Promotion Sites You Should Be Using
For entrepreneurial artists, the internet contains a wealth of unexplored promotional opportunities. Here we look at six such places, often called ‘discovery sites’ that you an use in promoting your next show or tour. ___________________________ Guest post by Katie Sawyer of Eventbrite If you’re an event creator, you might see…
Eventbrite Adds Two To Executive Team
Eventbrite has the hiring of Omer Cohen as Chief People Officer and Brian Irving as the company’s Chief Brand Officer. Iriving joins from Levi Strauss & Co. and Cohen from Lytro and DigitalThink. “Building a global brand that people love and a global community that amplifies our values is paramount…
Just One Music Co. Ranks Among World’s Most Admired Entertainment Businesses [Hint: It’s Not UMG]
Fortune Magazine has released its annual list of the World’s Most Admired Entertainment Companies. While there are many awards ranking companies, climbing this list is particularly meaningful since it’s determined by 4,000 entertainment executives, analysts, company directors and experts. Only one music company made the list. The Walt Disney Company…
How To Make Your Stage Presence Memorable
As anyone familiar with the music industry knows, ‘the look’ can often be huge part of not only and artist’s stage presence, but also their personal brand. While musicianship and ability are certainly important, an artist’s stage presence can also make or break their success. _________________________________ In this latest post…