Ep. 158: When Jamie Oborne’s career as a musician ended, he decided that the second best thing was to be an artist manager. He also decided that he’d stay independent, write contracts different to the one’s he’d signed, and work closely with his artists.
Twenty years on, Oborne’s approach seems to have worked well enough: he runs management company All On Red and indie label Dirty Hit; both of which have a host of globally successful acts, most notably The 1975.
Jamie joined Music Ally’s editor Joe Sparrow to discuss his career and his thoughts of the future of management: how the role will change and the shifting responsibilities of a manager in an era where you can do it all in-house.
They also talked about how artists – from DIY to arena-level – are aiming to create a direct-to-fan business model; how managers should trust their artists’ decisions and work with them to nurture their instincts; how the power of cringe helps to choose what not to do; and what advice he’d have given himself when he was starting out in management.
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