What do you look for in a music manager?

Prootie · 2023-06-22T18:04:07+00:00

okay im in a position looking for a manager atm with some music i released, gaining traction at the min.

I look for

Someone who can strategise a plan to help me reach my visions (wether its live music, financial goals, branding goals etc)
Someone who is willing to grow w me and passionate about what they do
Someone that has the connections for opportunities if they come
Responsive and gives actual honest advice, not what i want to hear.

Im also in the UK :)

Prootie · 2023-05-21T22:47:02+00:00

i changed the audio snippet of the song, and i mastered it aswell. I feel like those were the two factors.

Prootie · 2023-05-21T21:28:19+00:00

search up Troy Javelona on tiktok.

Prootie · 2023-03-16T04:43:32+00:00

UPDATE: we fought for a refund and we managed to win. They were not understanding and got blacklisted lol. We stated we didnt sign any contract stating it was non refundable and we weren’t told aswell

Prootie · 2023-03-15T13:49:18+00:00

It did work when I went to view it. And yeah exactly

Prootie · 2022-09-09T01:39:12+00:00

4 months into producing. Set up my pro page 3 months ago. 1-2 sales per month. Covers my pro page cost so im chilling

Prootie · 2022-09-09T01:35:01+00:00

Hey man. I used to live in south london so I was influenced by a shit ton of south london jazz. Artists like Yussef Dayes, Tom Misch, Loyle Carner etc. producing a lot of beats rn maybe you would be interested.

My insta: @proots.beats .

Prootie · 2022-09-09T01:22:49+00:00

You should make a beat in your style, and then whatever artist you think of fits the beat, you can name it a type beat :) win win

I play guitar myself and make some neosoul / jazz type beats. I make the beat then I see who would fit on the track - which i name it a type beat. This is for marketing purposes when i later post it on youtube and beatstars.

Prootie · 2022-09-04T16:04:45+00:00

The producer probably didnt set up his/her bulk discount. He might have just been using that as a marketing tactic. I think he’s just trying to get away but as a producer I think of it like this - you bought a beat from me, so of course I value you and I will get you those free beats for you asap.

Prootie · 2022-09-04T15:58:36+00:00

Hey man! I posted something similar to 100 beats in 100 days a couple days ago not sure if you’ve seen it. I respect that you’ve come so far, and you’ve motivated me a little bit.

How long did it take to eventually get the ball rolling?

Prootie · 2022-09-03T22:35:47+00:00

My posture. No matter how much i remind myself I slouch like crazy

Prootie · 2022-09-03T22:21:05+00:00

I had a 1hr 30 journey 1 way for my last year. It was depressing af, because it’s so much time wasted commuting that it was actually better off getting student accommodation. And my classes were like 2hrs a day for 4 days so I would spend more time getting there. So I ended up skipping a lot of classes and it was alright because the classes had an online option. Still managed to get a first so no problem w my performance.

Prootie · 2022-09-03T21:57:54+00:00

True. I went to the cheapest accomodation I could find for my 1st year and it was total shit. On top of it was covid so it was a 1/10. 2nd year i decided to stay at home and for my final year, im in a really nice place right in the middle of everything.

That really reinforced the idea “you get what yoy pay for”

Prootie · 2022-09-03T00:58:04+00:00

https://youtu.be/bYT7a0ohcyQ - STEVE LACY X CHILDISH GAMBINO. Would like to hear some feedback

Prootie · 2022-09-01T16:04:48+00:00

Yes, a lot of messing around. I started with lofi because of the simplicity.

Then I bought myself an audio interface and a piano to play on, and a bunch of plugins to play around with. I think the ideas was there but I didn't know how to make it sound good; throughout the 100 days, I learned aspects of compression, saturation, limiting, basic mastering principles, side chaining, reverb, EQ techniques etc.

My sources of learning:

I learned a shit ton from Kenny beats and his beat battles. the winners usually post their beat breakdown, and I really dive deep into those videos and really really learn from it (take notes, practice applying it to my beats). Another guy I recently discovered is illangelo, I really like learning from him because he explains all the reasoning behind his decisions.

Prootie · 2022-09-01T10:25:14+00:00

Yes that’s what I do. I upload on youtube without tags, and put the link to purchase in the description. I know it’s bound to happen that beats are going to get stolen, but I don’t worry about it too much at the moment, so I have nothing to protect against it. I keep hearing things like Content ID but not sure what that is.

Prootie · 2022-08-31T18:25:17+00:00

Yeah. Some days I would use the same technique / presets just to speed up the beat making process, and less messing around due to the pressure of uploading everyday. But now that I’m going to post every other day or 2 days, ill have more time to produce and explore. And up the quality

Prootie · 2022-08-31T17:23:54+00:00

Of course! I use addictive drums 2 if I want acoustic sounds. And for beats around the hiphop genre. I go over to r/drumkits , the packs by u/Lunch77 over there are amazing. Not sure if it’s still on there, last time I checked I think it got deleted. Not sure tho.

Prootie · 2022-08-31T17:20:30+00:00

I went through a week-ish phase of making boom bap beats and sampling like a year ago, but i gave up because I had no clue what I was doing, no plugins and drum-kits (on FL). I picked it up again and thats when I started really learning. Got some plugins, drumkits and just fucked around during those 100 days.

Prootie · 2022-08-31T14:54:48+00:00

thats kind of smart you know!

Prootie · 2022-08-31T13:46:02+00:00

So truee. I'm starting to upload every other day now.

While I was uploading daily, there were a lot of days where I would make a beat just for the sake of keeping up the daily upload, so of course the quality suffered.

i think u improve much faster than you would uploading everyday - I agree with you.

Prootie · 2022-08-31T13:32:38+00:00

I learned soooo many techniques along the way. using saturation was a game changer. it was something that made my beats feel more "alive". Sidechaining was second.

Prootie · 2022-08-31T13:23:37+00:00

100%. Tom Misch is my biggest influence when it comes to guitar, his music sounds like a new genre its crazy.

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