Josh Ritter's Blog
Oct 28, 2010: Making a Life in Music, Vol. 4: "What the Hell a Manager Does"
I’ve been incredibly lucky and blessed to have had, from early on, some very important relationships that have shaped my life and music career. Certainly one of the most profound of these is Darius Zelkha, my best friend and manager for the last thirteen years. There is nothing in my musical life, from my records to my ideas about goals to the very tour I’m on right now (Ottawa!), that Darius hasn’t been instrumental in the envisioning and formation of. And yet, none of these things happened by magic. There is no great well of secrets that good managers claim to draw from, just like there is no magic well from which songwriters net their songs. When someone comes up to ask me about getting a manager, I have two choices to make: I can watch their eyes glaze over as I tell them the truth - that they probably already know a manager in their lives and that hard work is the key to a career, or I can wish them luck. Most often...
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