Working with Music Management/Booking Agencies Zoom workshop on January 18
Mike Kappus
On Wednesday January 18th at 2:00 p.m. Central join The Ella Project and legendary (we don’t use that word lightly. Check out his Wikipedia Page) agent, music manager and producer Mike Kappus for a discussion on modern music management and their role in the music economy. Items Mike will be discussing include:
Managers & Agents-When, Why, Who?
The role of a manager, and how it differs from an agent.
What artists & representatives should look for before choosing to work together.
Audience development & booking venues & other media.
Plus your questions!
Working with Music Management and Booking Agencies
A Free zoom webinar from The Ella Project featuring Mike Kappus
Wednesday, January 18th at 2:00 p.m.
Free, but please email gene@ellanola.org for the link.
Mike Kappus began his career in his hometown of Eau Claire, WI. During college he promoted regional bands with friends and became a licensed booking agent in 1970 at age 19. Just over a year later he was invited to join an agency in Milwaukee. In his five years working full time as an agent there, he also bought talent for several showcase clubs and a few festivals and universities. As a talent buyer and promoter he booked artists as diverse as Asleep At The Wheel, Jimmy Cliff, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee to jazz artists Grover Washington Jr., Weather Report, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and George Benson to the MC5, Styx and Ted Nugent. He also established relationships with future Rosebud clients Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Mose Allison, John Hiatt and John Hammond.
Kappus helped launch the careers of Los Lobos, The Robert Cray Band, Ben Harper, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, John Hiatt, The Neville Brothers, Trombone Shorty and more while helping to raise the profile of veteran artists such as Allen Toussaint, Captain Beefheart, Muddy Waters, The Staple Singers, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker and others.
