Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller have single handedly changed the way Americans
watch television. The show that every network turned down is now the only show that makes a difference. If you’re a pop act and you have a record out and you get asked to appear, then you do it. That is of course if [...]
Archive for the ‘Managment’ Category
On February - 4 - 2010
On February - 4 - 2010
‘Tony, I need you to get them on the radio,’ Simon said. ‘I need to get who on the radio?’ I politely inquired. ‘Westlife, Westlife my new boy band. I couldn’t pretend to be excited, I’d heard he’d signed a band but another boy band? I needed to be convinced they had what it took [...]
On March - 1 - 2009
Part of me thinks U2 can’t fail, they took chances with Pop and Achtung Baby but not with the same impact as The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree, well not for me anyway. It’s good that they are prepared to do that and probably the only band alive that can but in this day [...]
categories: Artist Development, Leadership, Managing Creativity, Managment, Opportunity, People, Risk vs. Opportunity
On December - 13 - 2008
So Robbie Williams wants to return to Take That, now there’s a suprise, I wonder why? Well Robbie, nothing lasts forever and I think you’ve had the best of your days so slipping back now in to a band you walked out on is a little too convenient, especially when their success and comeback has [...]
categories: About The Engine Room, Artist Development, Creativity, Inspiration, Journey Thru The Past, Managment, People
On December - 2 - 2008
Even though no one knew it at the time, the Stiff/Chiswick challenge became a historical moment in music. It was the night most people either ignored or missed Joy Division, though speaking for myself I couldn’t be accused of ignoring someone I was too knackered to wait around for! As one might expect with Stiff [...]
categories: Archives, Artist Development, Creativity, Inspiration, Managment, People, Places, Risk vs. Opportunity, Tony Michaelides
On November - 20 - 2008
Going on the road with artists to do regional promotion tours used to be so much fun.Occasionally you might get the less than inspiring rock n roller, but at least it made you aware that that was the last time you were taking them anywhere ! In their desperation for ‘promotion, any promotion’ some product [...]
On November - 7 - 2008
I don’t think you ever find a good band without good management, certainly never in my experience. I never worked with Peter Grant, who was Led Zeppelin’s manager but he was the one who set the perimeters. He was totally devoted to his band and a brilliant manager. Since then Paul McGuinness with U2, Tony [...]
On October - 28 - 2008
Today the artists are doing what the record companies can longer do , or have no desire to do, build careers. It involves work, hard work by dedicated people and there used to be a word for it, artist development.(OK two words) But you still never hear it mentioned anymore by record companies. It gave [...]
On October - 25 - 2008
So we identified the problem, the record business had the experience because of the people who worked there, and slowly they started to dwindle. The record business was losing ‘record people’ and they were being replaced by the accountants and lawyers. The old guard were the innovators and the risk takers, they were the people [...]
