Music management
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Music management refers to the business of managing music acts. Chiefly, this involves acting as the artist's representative, negotiating with record labels and tour promoters, usually in return for a percentage of the artist's earnings.
[edit] Notable music managers
- Peter Grant (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bad Company)
- Andrew Loog Oldham (The Rolling Stones)
- Brian Epstein (The Beatles)
- Tom Parker (Elvis Presley)
- Don Arden (Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, The Small Faces)
- Jimmy Iovine (Interscope Records)
- John Elias (Vickie Guillory & the Sugar Cats, Three Twins Entertainment)
- Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols)
- Peter Jenner (many, including Marc Bolan, Billy Bragg, The Clash, Ian Dury, Pink Floyd)
- Jon Landau (Bruce Springsteen)
- Paul McGuinness (U2)
- Steve O'Rourke (Pink Floyd)
- Steve Rennie (Incubus)
- John Knowles (Chris Rea)
- Jill Carrington (Pet Shop Boys)
- Mike Harvey (MC Harvey, Jayme Ephraim, Donovan Blackwood, Christian David),
