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Posted by Deva on December 05, 2007 at 22:16:01:
In Reply to: talents & promoters posted by nilesh on December 05, 2007 at 09:22:12:
erm...yes and no. Yes its normal for a talented artist to be born
with no talent for handling themselves. I never said it wasn't.Its happenning
all the time.
And no, the artist needs must learn the basic skills of managing oneself.
The artist needs to be in charge. At least most of the truly successful
artists are in charge. Also most of the ones who have really made it started
at some point without the luxury of having a manager,publicist,lighting
designer etc etc. They started from the bottom and learnt the tricks and
tools of the trade. Its important to start from the bottom. Every truly
successful person has done that. You get to intricately learn every level
of the industry.So that you know what you are talking about when you are
in talks with your manager.
This does not create a jack of all trades and master of none. In my
opinion that is a rather lazy and unevolved attitude. Knowing every aspect
of your craft, from artistry to stage lighting to publicity and managing
makes for a well rounded artist and helps your art form. It is reflected
in the very namaskaram of Bharatanatyam itself and has been positively
encouraged in the Natyashastra for eons.
There are many freelance dancers who have managed their careers beautifully,
simply because they could not afford managers and expressly did not wish
to employ managers. I agree however that for cases such as this success
can also only be limited.
Its wonderful to have the holy trinity of agent, manager and accountant
doing all the work for you. Definitely more efficient and helpful. But
they are your employees. In some cases these people take over and success
and satisfaction is also again only limited and leads to resentment and
complications in the long run. A truly successful artist maintains a door
open for communication with their manager/agent at all times and should
not blindly follow anything. That should be quite obvious.
Madonna, Sylvie Guilliem, are all artists who have perfected the art
of 'managing their manager'. If I work so hard on my career and have a
huge investment in it, and have staff that are cutting off 10% everytime
I make a buck, you bet I am going to be in charge of whats right for me.After
a complete discussion with all of them of course.
: it is normal that talented dancers are born with no talent for promoting
and marketing their talent.
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: in a developed country like the uk, the artists focus on the art,
the managers focus on managing, and promoters focus on promoting. this
results in successes like the beatles (the richest musicians in the world).
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: if talented dancers try to be their own managers, lighting engineers,
promoters, marketers, script writers, accountants, pr managers, journalists,
web designers, it creates jacks of all trades and masters of none (like
padma chebrolu, the full-time software engineer). :-(
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: i am happy that narthaki is a first step on the path of connecting
dancers, film directors, musicians, sound engineers, and so on. i wish
anita ratnam updated the directory more often, though
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