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(Hypebot<\/a>) — In this piece, we hear from Joyce Smith, the current manager of The Rolling Stones, and their associate for the past thirty years. Here she discusses the challenges of the job and offers advice to other up and coming managers in the music industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Guest post by\u00a0David Philp<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>Music Biz 101\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

David Philip’s excellent interview with Joyce Smith.\u00a0 Ever heard of her?\u00a0 Most likely not.\u00a0 She\u2019s the manager of The Rolling Stones and has been working in their orbit for the past three decades (and their full-time manager since 2010).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an interesting story, how she went from working on the legal side of what the Stones were doing to moving into the business management, and then day-to-day management of the band.<\/p>\n

Some key questions and answers:<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S THE TOUGHEST THING ABOUT MANAGING THE ROLLING STONES?<\/h3>\n

In truth, it\u2019s probably what a lot of other managers may say to you: that we live in a very complicated world now, with so many different platforms. And I think because of that, and because they [the Stones] have been going for so long and doing so brilliantly for so long, there\u2019s just a lot of us!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all the same issues that anybody else would have, but they\u2019re amplified. And you\u2019re looking at the past, protecting that, working out what we can do to make the most of that. And then there\u2019s new formats and new music, how do we keep that fresh and alive.<\/p>\n

The Lesson<\/u><\/strong>: Just because they\u2019re The Rolling Stones, that doesn\u2019t mean everything comes easy.\u00a0 In a way, managing this band could be tougher than managing a startup band because of the expectations.\u00a0 So even though the band is still celebrated for music they created over 50 years ago and even though they released new music of blues tracks that were written in the 1930s, \u201940s, and \u201950s, you, as manager (or Joyce, as manager) need to keep up with the world of 2018, which includes more than just typical print, TV and radio media.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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And, she and her team have to find inspiration to keep the Stones catalog alive and fresh.\u00a0 A great example: For the band\u2019s 2016 album\u00a0Blue & Lonesome<\/em>, they changed the famous red Rolling Stones tongue logo from red to blue.\u00a0 Simple, but creative.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE TO AN UP-AND-COMING MANAGER?<\/h3>\n

Always remember that however well you get on with an artist, you\u2019re not there to be their friend. Stay a little bit detached and give solid advice, and that goes back to the lawyer thing, being objective and giving your advice dispassionately.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it\u2019s tempting, isn\u2019t it, you\u2019re invited to things and you think, Oh, that\u2019s nice, but you don\u2019t want to make the mistake of thinking that you\u2019re a friend.<\/p>\n

Even if they very kindly say that you are, and maybe you are, but in your mind, even if it\u2019s true, always keep that distinction; that way you will do the job better.<\/p>\n

The Lesson<\/u><\/strong>: There\u2019s a fine line you need to draw when managing, or working with, a band.\u00a0 If you saw the movie\u00a0Almost Famous<\/em>, a great piece of advice given to William, the teenage character who went out on the road to interview fictional band Stillwater, by real life writer Lester Bangs was this: \u201cDon\u2019t become friends with the band.\u201d\u00a0 You can guess what happened from there.<\/p>\n

But in the real world, you can be friendly and have respectful relationships with the bands you work with.\u00a0 You can hang out and talk about your lives and commonalities and appear to be buddies.\u00a0 But there always has to be that space.<\/p>\n

There has to be the ability for you, as manager or label person or product manager, to tell it like it is and hurt some feelings or disagree or tell a band member that s\/he is following the wrong path and needs to change.\u00a0 You need, many times, to be more like a parent than a friend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click and read the article.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n

Read: How To Manage The Rolling Stones<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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