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Re: Music Presenters
Posted:
Aug 30, 2005 7:16 PM
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OK, I should answer that myself, WHAT DO I MEAN NOTHING HAS CHANGED and EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED?
Well, in many senses the entire talent buyer system is the same. Institutions, venues, corporations, and individual promoters all opt to gain the "history" with artists that will make them money in the future by risking as little as possible in the process. As anyone in the business realizes, this history is developed through the working relationships one has in the business. That is why the talent buyer with the deep pockets behind him has the advantage over other bidders on artists (this is particularly evident when dealing with the agencies like William Morris and CAA). I always like to say that the larger agencies were my first experience where the seller/supplier of a commodity/product could treat the majority of their customers with arrogance and not caring if there is a return customer until either history with the artist is presented or monetary might is evident.
Anyway, the business is very similar with the exception of staffs and talent have all evolved or changed totally. Some of the larger agencies have gone down, while many of the larger talent buyers were absorbed by a larger pocket, that of Clear Channel.
Now, the internet certainly has opened up the playing field tremendously, as anyone who's offered for talent without speaking to a single live person in the process.
Ok, I better go back to see if anyone is listening.
Steve
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