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I have said it, maybe you have said it…”if someone could just help me with all this work, I would be so much farther along in my music career.” There is no doubt that this is true, but getting a music manager seems like this mystical thing that just happens to some people. However, there is definitely a way to get your ideal music manager and in this article that is what we are going to learn how to do!

1) Find An Artist With A Similar Fan Base To You

This may take a little work, but the first step is to find an artist who you admire and is farther along in their music career. You want to pick someone who’s fans would also like your music. Your music will most likely be similar, but it is more important that the fanbase will overlap. Imagine the artist you dream of opening up for and start there.

The key to this is not to go so huge that it throws you to managers who are way too big. For example, I wouldn’t choose Taylor Swift because she is just way to popular to help us move up a step in our music career.

For this example, I am going to choose Sarah Jarosz. She is a musician I admire, and I feel our fans would overlap. I also think Sarah is certainly popular, but she is not a pop superstar, so I should be able to find her team and potentially contact them.

2) Go To The Artist’s Website

Next, you want to do a little research. In this case I would go to Sarah Jarosz website and try and find out who her manager is. Luckily, Sarah has her management right on her website under the contact page. I could click on the link and send her manager an email right away.

However, before we spam a random person on the internet, let’s do a little preparation.

3) Craft Your Email

I would do this in a word doc like google docs, text edit or Microsoft word. It is good to right emails in a place that you can go back and edit them later. The point of this email is to simply ask for advice. You want to create a relationship, not ask to get signed or have them manage you.

Being humble and having humility is key. You want to share some successes you have had, but mainly ask for three pieces of advice that will help you get to a point where they might work with you someday.

The goal of this outreach email is to help you hone your strategy to getting an ideal artist manager. It is not to land one right away, although I suppose it could happen!

So here is an example email I might right:

Hi Jim,

I am a big fan and admirer of Sarah Jarosz. I am an artist similar in style to her based out of Nashville, TN. I wanted to learn more about what you look for in an artist so I can set some clear goals for my own music career. What are three things an artist must have in place for you to even consider working with them? I know you are very busy so I really appreciate you even taking the time to read this. Thank you so much for the advice and I hope one day we may have the chance of working together.

best,

Wilson Harwood

www.wilsonharwood.com

4) Find More Artists

Once you hit send it is a good idea to mark that you sent the email in a google sheet or excel file. You will most likely want to follow up two more times. I would suggest trying once more in two weeks and again two weeks after that. I don’t think I would spam their email too much, but a couple follow up are always a good reminder for very busy people.

Now the chances of getting a reply are pretty slim. So the best thing you can do is find more managers to reach out to. I would recommend using our friend Spotify to help you.

For my example I would type in Sarah Jarosz into Spotify and then scroll down to the

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