I got these two responses:
My advice would be manage yourself - it just requires a bit of discipline and commitment, you'll need to develop a profile big enough for people to start asking you these things - don't sign anyhting if you can help it, it's not as scary and impossible as it seems - just get out there and socialise and make contacts, don't kiss arses, but believe in what you do, find bands you like and want to gig with - MP3's a re a good starting point, get in contact with them - network, and return favours. Have integrity. Have fun.

delspence

15:37 · 08 Nov 03

Go find some bands in the same kind of genre you put yourseves in and ask to play some gigs with them - like if your in auckland and kinda metal or whatever (i don't beleive in categories) like go see 2nd theory, new way home etc and ask if you can do a show with them - they seem nice and might oblige and then look out for bands playing aroung NZ (locals are a good start)and hit them up about maybe supporting them - send out demos to venues where your music would fit or where bands always seem to play and get feedback - they might ask you to play there if you have your own shit and know how to set it all up...... try and be as independant as you can - NZers seem to like that kinda thing - stuggle and you'll do well ;-)

Squid

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We're managementless at the moment. Just organising our own gigs and playing hard.
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the nz music commission (www.nzmusic.org.nz) had a good series on touring recently - they also have a little bit on legal rights - they might just touch upon management - if you are interested in what's conventional in NZ, they try to make good advice out of what seems theoretical and idealistic. if they don't have any advice there yet, it's probably/hopefully on its way.

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