When The Recording Company Is Your Agent Too (Oh, Oh!)

So Universal wants to be both the recording company and the artist manager. But “it is worrisome for presenters and management to be the same. Managers always think they’re the artist. They think they own the artist, which they don’t. They work for the artist. The artist has free choice. The artist can leave. The commercial interests want the stadium appearances, the glamour. They don’t want the artist to do what the artist does.”