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Fri 05 May 2009Working in harmony
A new generation of music managers is convinced that the internet need not spell disaster for artists. JOHN COLLINS reports
MUSIC MANAGEMENT has changed beyond recognition since the ’70s and ’80s when Peter Grant, the cocaine-addicted, overweight and fiercely loyal manager of Led Zeppelin was the role model for aspiring managers. While Grant was a shrewd businessman who tore up music industry norms in cutting deals that favoured his charges, U2 manger Paul McGuinness came to symbolise the next generation of manager.
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