Band management: Blog 26: Back to Work

I am managing “Band A” for the year – and therefore I can ask all the questions I want about the current music industry. For the next two weeks I will be in Connecticut on the shore. There’s no genius on the Connecticut shore – so I’m actually going to put in some serious exploration of the music industry. And I’m going to see a bunch of shows in Connecticut and in NYC. So far these are my thoughts: in this post armageddon – living in the rubble of a scorched industry – this is the best time for music. For music + art. Anything goes. There is no industry so you better live and love your scene, support your friends, and create whatever comes into your imagination. This is what I want to do: 1) manage a tour of a dozen of the best Australian garage rock/shit rock/pub rock/punk rock bands (The Chats, The Pretty Littles, Amyl and The Sniffers..) playing across the US, and 2) put out an album of our favorite bands playing Duran Duran covers, 3) put out an album of our favorite bands with songs about their experiences with the overdose/opioid crisis … Just putting it all out there…What I’m doing to be actually useful is I sent out requests to interview executives from Spotify and Bandcamp. That is something. And I’m looking at my Linkedin to see if I know anyone who is an A&R person for a major label, in NYC. I actually know a bunch of people, but they’re all friends of friends. My sister is a writer for comedy shows on CBS and I have another friend who is VP of data at 20th Century Fox, and they’re connected, but I’m nervous about calling in favors for introductions…