Steps To Starting An Artist Management Company Build Your Artist Roster. Sign A Contract. Don't Quit Your Day Job Just Yet. Draft an Artist Management Company Business Plan. Make a Name for Yourself. Get Organized. Work With an Entertainment Accountant. Hire an Entertainment Lawyer.
Typically, the sunset clause will mention a gradual reduction in the management percentage often the percentage during the contracting period will be 20% and will be reduced to 10–15% the year after the contract has been terminated and 5–10% the second year.
An Artist Management Agreement is used by a personal manager to contract with a recording and performing musical artist to set the terms for managing the artist's career. The manager receives a percentage of all the income generated by the artist for the management services provided.
A Sunset Clause is clause stating that a Contract will end after a certain date.
A legal provision stating that the marketing authorisation of a medicine will cease to be valid if the medicine is not placed on the market within three years of the authorisation being granted or if the medicine is removed from the market for three consecutive years.
In public policy, a sunset provision or sunset clause is a measure within a statute, regulation or other law that provides for the law to cease to be effective after a specified date, unless further legislative action is taken to extend it.
Sunset Clause (place after Term) A sunset clause specifies that the manager's commission rights extend for a period of time even after the termination of the agreement. For example, a 2-year sunset means the manager would still receive commission from any deals they negotiated during the contract term.
The core of the artist's team consists of publishers, record labels, concert promoters and booking agents. The Artist Managers are the grand overseer of that whole team, and they are the ones getting that band together in the first place.
An artist team can consists of many managers (personal managers, business managers, road managers, production managers/technical managers), a live/booking agent, a music publicist, a radio/streaming promoter, a music publisher, a entertainment attorney, and a music distributor.
Managers' commissions are typically between 15 to 20% of an artist's gross income. Whether it's 15% or 20% really depends on the level of the band and the bargaining power of each party. I've seen some net deals, but they are extremely rare. That being said, I always push for a net commission on merchandise.