Maureen

Great Managers and How To Find Them - A blog in 6 parts "A lot of work goes into the public hearing the music," states Danny Goldberg. "It's time-sensitive, and it requires finesse and intelligence to avoid disasters. Whether it's something going wrong in a club, the relationship with the media, the record company, the attorney, or the booking agents, I don't know if artists are always aware of how much work it is. It's the kind of profession where anything...

Part 2 in a series Is experience necessary in a good manager? Let's say you're thinking about asking someone who has a track record with other artists to manage you. The fact that this person has been in the music business gives you grounds for doing some research. Danny Goldberg, currently of Gold Mountain Entertainment, founded Gold Mountain Management and counted Nirvana, the Beastie Boys, Bonnie Raitt, and Rickie Lee Jones among his clients. "If someone's dishonest...

Great Managers and How to Find Them: Part One (originally appeared in Harmony Central in 2000) In 1991 I was living in a drafty warehouse on Chicago's South Side, practicing with my band in the basement and playing local clubs -- until I got a call that would change my life. An old friend phoned with news that her bassist had quit the band and asked if I'd like to join. That band, Babes in Toyland, had just signed to Reprise and was about to record their major label debut. I...

I double dog dare you.

I did not coin this term--I read it in a magazine about a year ago. I am considering declaring email bankruptcy--deleting everything in my email inboxes and starting fresh. I currently have 5,703 messages in my work inbox, 1,484 unread. I have 621 messages in my Fuzz private messages, 201 unread. 1,942 in my hotmail account (which I've had since 2003) with 1,392 unread. I think I should probably get back to the Little Dog Records email from 2003, if they're still in...

I got a message from Fuzz user PunkPorpoise (http://www.fuzz.com/fan/PunkPorpoise) who informed me that she had committed "MySpace Suicide" because it was causing her more stress than anything else. I told her I hoped she wouldn't have to ever commit Fuzz suicide. What makes a site fun to be at? What makes it stressful? Of course I think about this stuff a lot. Maybe too much. For myself it's interacting with people I know and am getting to know who have common...