Artist Management Companies
For a new artist/band, the choice of a manager/management company is of crucial importance. You’ll
want to be represented by someone with total belief in you and whom you can trust to deal with just about
every aspect of your career outside actually writing the songs.
A friend or fan may have the enthusiasm, but you’ll need someone with industry contacts or at
least the confidence to look and act the part.
If a person or company has been recommended to you, obviously that’s a good start. Otherwise, try to
talk to as many different managers as you can until you get a feel for the one who seems like the best fit.
Look at their roster of artists; try to speak to one or two of them to get their feedback (many management
companies list their roster on their website, with links to their artists’ websites).
It’s becoming harder for a new artist to attract a big-name manager, as it’s more lucrative for them
to concentrate on their existing acts. But if you can interest an up-and-coming manager, perhaps currently
working within an established company, who is ready to branch out – that may be one way to
go.
19
Management
33 Ransomes
Dock
35-37 Parkgate Road
London
SW11
4NP
Tel. 0207 801
1919
Contact: Simon
Fuller
www.19.co.uk
Artists include: Rachel
Stevens, Will Young
Aire International
(Air)
27 The
Quad
49 Atalanta Street
London
SW6
6TU
Tel. 0207 386
1600
Contact: Marc
Connor
www.airmtm.com
Artists include: Jamie
Cullum
Big Life
Management
67-69 Chalton Street
London
NW1
1HY
Artists include: Snow
Patrol, Badly Drawn Boy
CMO Management International
Ltd
Studio
2.6
Shepherds
East
Richmond Way
London
W14
0DQ
Tel. 0207 316
6969
Contact: Chris
Morrison
www.cmomanagement.co.uk
Artists include: Blur, Gorillaz
Coalition
Management
Studio 2
3A Brackenbury
Road
London
W6
0BE
Tel. 0208 743
1000
Contact: Tim Vigon, Tony
Perrin
www.coalitiongroup.co.uk
Artists include: Embrace,
The Streets, The Zutons
Courtyard
Management
21 The
Nursery
Sutton
Courtenay
Oxon
OX14
4UA
Tel. 01235
845800
Contact: Chris
Hufford
Artists include:
Radiohead
Empire Artist
Management
Portobello Dock
553-579 Harrow
Road
London
W10
4RH
Tel. 0208 968
5888
Contact: Neale
Easterby
www.empire-management.co.uk
Artists include: Daniel
Bedingfield, Natasha Bedingfield
GR
Management
974 Pollokshaws Road
Shawlands
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G41
2HA
Tel. 0141 632
1111
Contact: Rab
Andrews
Artists include: Primal
Scream, Texas
Heavenly
Management
47 Frith Street
London
W1D
4SE
Tel. 0207 494
2998
Contact: Martin
Kelly
Artists include: Star
Sailor
IE Music
Ltd
111 Frithville
Gardens
London
W12
7JG
Tel. 0208 600
3400
Contact: Ari
Millar
www.iemusic.co.uk
Artists include: Craig
Armstrong, Robbie Williams
LH
Management
1 Lonsdale Road
London
NW6
6RA
Artists include: Nightmares
on Wax
Metamorphosis
Management
Matrix
Complex
91 Peterborough Road
London
SW6
3BU
Tel. 0207 751
2751
Contact: Mark
Hargreaves
Artists include:
Sugababes
Midnight To Six
Management
4th
Floor
33 Newman Street
London
W1T
1PY
Tel. 0207 462
0026
Contact: Dave
Harper
Artists include:
Goldfrapp
ModernWood
management
Cambridge House
Card
Hill
Forest Row
East Sussex
RH18
5BA
Artists include: Imogen
Heap
Modest!
Management
Studios
2-3
Matrix
Complex
91 Peterborough Road
London
SW6
3BU
Tel. 0207 384
6410
Contact: Jane
Skillin
www.modestentertainment.com
Nettwerk Management
UK
Rear of 44 Chiswick Lane
London
W4
2JQ
Tel. 0207 456
9500
Contact: Sam
Slattery
www.nettwerk.com
Artists include: Dido,
Stereophonics, Josh Rouse
Normal
Management
3rd
Floor
25 Denmark Street
London
WC2H
8NJ
Tel. 0207 836
3536
Contact: Alice Harter, Paul
Noble
Artists include: The Magic
Numbers
Quest
Management
Unit 1D
36 Warple Way
London
W3
0RG
Tel. 0208
749 0088
Contact: Scott Rodger,
Stuart Green
www.quest-management.com
Artists include: Bjork, The
Arcade Fire
Safe
Management
St Anne’s
House
Guildford Road
Lightwater
GU18
5RA
Tel. 01276
476676
Contact: Chris Herbert, Tim
Ferrone, Paul Humphreys
www.safemanagement.co.uk
Artists include: Myleene
Klass, Hear’say, Kym Marsh
Solar
Management
13 Rosemont Road
London
NW3
6NG
Tel. 0207 794
3388
Contact: Carol
Crabtree
www.solarmanagement.co.uk
Artists include: Zero
7
Steve Harrison (SH)
Management
Lodge Road
Sandbach
Cheshire
CW11
3HP
Artists include: The
Charlatans
SuperVision
Management
Zeppelin Building
59-61 Farringdon Road
London
EC1M
3JB
Artists include: Franz
Ferdinand
Terra
Artists
The
Courtyard
Unit
A
42 Colwith Road
Hammersmith
London
W6
9EY
Tel. 0208 846
3737
Contact: Marc Marot, John
Arnison
www.terraartists.com
Artists include: Richard
Ashcroft
Wildlife
Entertainment
Unit
F
21 Heathmans Road
London
SW6
4TJ
Tel. 0207 371
7008
Contact: Ian
McAndrew
Artists include: Craig
David, Travis
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