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.
Notable music managers
- Don Arden (Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, The Small Faces)
- Brian Epstein (The Beatles)
- Jimmy Iovine (Interscope Records)
- Peter Jenner (many, including Marc Bolan, Billy Bragg, The Clash, Ian Dury, Pink Floyd)
- Paul McGuinness (U2)
- Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols)
- Andrew Loog Oldham (The Rolling Stones)
- Steve O'Rourke (Pink Floyd)
- Tom Parker (Elvis Presley)
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