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 Nadine Sez The Godmother of Rock comments on management issues.
Dear Nadine, I have a frustrating situation. I am the Personal Manager for a talented singer I met awhile back. Realizing her potential, I made a simple recording of her original composition (voice and keys), and passed in on at a producer’s open-forum session. A producer started working with her, they got involved and now they don’t return my calls. I realize that I am not the artist’s parent, but I wanted to know to what extent am I responsible for the artist’s well being? The artist is currently working with a producer who is very secretive and protective of her; I guess that’s love. I just don’t get why she has chosen the producer to represent her with me… I was under the impression that was my job; artist and I got along famously until things with the producer got more ‘intense’. The signed contract between the artist and myself has about a year (or just over) left on it; coincidence that that’s when the talent will be ‘ready’? To my knowledge, there is no signed or legal document with the producer’s name on it. If there is no legal basis for my concerns, then I will let it go, although I will still feel quite left out of the loop personally. -A Frustrated Personal Manager
I am not a lawyer, so my advice is just that — advice. It seems you are simply concerned for your artist’s welfare. As a manager, you are not responsible for any aspect of her personal life, only her business advancement. Most managers are concerned, but you cannot help someone who does not want your help. It sounds as if she and the producer really hit it off, and have a lot in common — her talent and his production skills. Perhaps the producer wants her in a production contract, where the producer signs the artist to a contract and the producer actually “owns” the artist’s musical output, and then the producer sells the product and gives the artist a portion of the proceeds. She may feel more comfortable in this relationship, both professionally and personally, and feel he is better able to represent her. Since this record is being made on your legal watch, however, and you facilitated the producer meeting the artist, I think you are entitled to some small portion of any proceeds that would come from it. You cannot force this woman to work with you, but you can ask your contract to be honored. Please consult an attorney.
Nadine Condon
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