Comments on: Delegation for Musicians: A Guide for Getting Help and Support

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[…] Delegation for Musicians: a Guide for Getting Help and Support […]

By: Ariel Hyatt

Ariel Hyatt — Tue, 29 May 2018 19:03:26 +0000

In reply to Kathleen Shattuck. I'm so glad you found these useful Kathleen.

By: Kathleen Shattuck

Kathleen Shattuck — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 05:52:34 +0000

These suggestions are very practical! In fact, a lot of things can be handed over to others sometimes if you have a complete system.

By: Kia Muze

Kia Muze — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:24:00 +0000

In reply to Elke Nominikat.

I agree with Elke, the reaching out to new potential fans and replying to fans I really do like to do myself but it also takes the most time. I love the article tho Ariel because one of my main goals is NOT to do everything myself. I have started spending on advertising, which is really helping me grow, and also doing more collabs which means I don’t have to mix and edit everything. Next, I want to hire someone to do a video instead of doing the entire direction, shooting, styling, hair and makeup and editing myself…….Help me Lord!

By: Chuck Hughes

Chuck Hughes — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:56:00 +0000

In the 90’s and 2000’s real estate investment speakers used to constantly harp on delegation. I did it sometimes but found that I could not count on or trust people so I have attempted to move to a business model that requires as little delegation as possible- like passive income from synchs, downloads, and streams. I delegated tour booking twice to established agents and it was a nightmare both times. I like to “ride herd” over as few people as possible.

By: Elke Nominikat

Elke Nominikat — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:09:00 +0000

Great insights and practical advise! There’s a lot musicians can delegate. I think though, it’s crucial to be truly involved in building the fan base and not letting others speak for yourself. Granted, maintaining an event calendar or a photo gallery can be totally outsourced. Answering fan questions though, must be done by the musicians themselves. Again, they could have someone gathering the tweets, FB comments, etc. that need to get answered but the actual answers should come from the musicians. Or, if this gets too overwhelming and there are too many “silly” questions or comments, differentiate btw. what’s coming from the team and directly from the musician via a special handle like “tweets coming from XXXXX directly are signed xx.”. Thanks for the great overview, Ariel 🙂

By: Debra Russell

Debra Russell — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:21:43 +0000

Another great post from Ariel! I’d like to add two points in addition to all you talked about – I find two obstacles my clients have around getting help is this idea:

“It’ll take longer to teach someone than to do it myself.”

My answer to that – you clearly haven’t fully created a system for that thing. Because if you’ve created a system for it – the system will teach your assistant how to do run it.

Don’t know how to create a system? Well, I have a class about that at the Artist’s EDGE Membership http://artists-edge.com/join – check it out!

The other obstacle is this idea:

Well, I can do it myself. Or I can do it better myself.

Oh – these are such traps! Just because you CAN do it yourself doesn’t mean you SHOULD do it yourself, even if you can do it better!

All the stuff that you’re doing yourself, that doesn’t involve your core genius is stealing time from your success. Let it go. Give it away. Spend your time and energy on the things that only you can do and that will bring you closer to your dreams.