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It's a mutual thing.....it depends on your needs really. I have always laughed at stupid little producers/djs who play local gigs that have a manager or bring somebody with them to a gig and make them out to be their roadie. It's pathetic and I personally do not deal with them. I hate, hate, HATE dealing with managers of artists (especially small name artists) - If I can't backdoor the manager 99 times out of 100 I will just stop. All managers do is run up costs for people like me.
On the other hand, people who are lucky enough to see the world through a box of records (a laptop these days, sadly) need a personal assistant to keep track of things. That is perfectly understandable and I'd wonder why somebody wouldn't have one if they were in this position because they should have one, if not two or three depending on the situation. Don't confuse manager with personal assistant though. They are completely different entities.
Seriously, all managers do is check emails and myspaces, sometimes do some A&R, and try to fish around for advance money for remixes along with getting their guy gigs and trying to promote them. Most of them are sorry a$$e$ who do their artist(s) more harm than good (and the artist unfortunately never realizes this) because of their apathy, stupidity, and greed.
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). OR if you're considering an active marketing plan around your persona to grow into the music industry an become a new rising star. It's possible to make your way into the music industry like that if you're able to collect the right people around you.
