Having overseen MMF’s Accelerator Programme for Music Managers, a grants and schooling programme supported by YouTube Music, Bonham may even give attention to increasing and redefining the MMF’s coaching and improvement providers.
MMF’s Accelerator Programme was launched in 2018, and was described on the time as ‘the primary ever impartial funding {and professional} improvement initiative designed solely for artist, songwriter and producer managers.’
Working carefully with the MMF’s Affiliate members, in addition to current companions together with CMU, Ladies in CTRL, The Playmaker Group and The Hub, it will contain surveying members’ developmental wants and creating bespoke studying alternatives, says MMF.
Bonham and MMF’s purpose, says the corporate, is to empower the music administration companies in any respect phases of its progress to achieve its full business potential.
He will probably be supported on this remit by a brand new Schooling & Engagement Supervisor who may even lead our schooling partnerships with universities and schools.
This announcement follows the October 2021 hiring of Anneliese Harmon because the organisation’s Normal Supervisor.
Harmon beforehand ran her personal music administration and consultancy enterprise, and has labored with the likes of V2 Music, Dallas Austin and Def Jam.
Harmon is liable for rising the MMF’s effectiveness by creating and speaking the organisation’s technique via forward-planning, steady monitoring, and improvement, says MMF.
She can be centered on figuring out new alternatives to maximise worth for MMF members whereas additionally rising the MMF’s business partnerships enchantment and imaginative and prescient.
As GM, Harmon leads on MMF highlight initiatives together with psychological well being, digital burnout, bullying, harassment and discrimination initiatives, and is concentrated on widening the lane of goals met by MMF Unite.
MMF has additionally named Manasvi Dethekar as its Membership Secretary, and Shanice Jones as Membership Assistant.
“the position of the music supervisor has by no means been so essential – or so demanding.”
Annabella Coldrick, Chief Government, MMF, stated: “In what’s a extremely fragmented music enterprise, the place artists are being empowered to construct their very own distinctive pathways, the position of the music supervisor has by no means been so essential – or so demanding.
“The fast enlargement of the MMF’s membership, which has greater than doubled lately, is testomony to those adjustments and there’s a actual want to offer each the present and upcoming era of music managers with extremely focused enterprise assist.
“With the vary of companions we already work with, I imagine the MMF is nicely positioned to additional present these providers, and by rising our sources and utilising the experience of Paul and Anneliese we are actually ready to construct on the successes of Accelerator and our different in-house coaching programmes and assist much more UK-based managers to professionalise their companies and thrive.”
“the position performed by music managers throughout the trade was turning into more and more necessary.”
Paul Bonham
Paul Bonham, Skilled Improvement Director, MMF, added: “Even earlier than the pandemic, the position performed by music managers throughout the trade was turning into more and more necessary – whether or not as traders, or in key areas like artist improvement.
“From my expertise on the Accelerator Programme, the place we work with a number of the UK’s most proficient impartial managers, I’ve additionally seen first-hand the advantages of steady studying, the place managers from completely different backgrounds can share information and develop their abilities and networks.
“The impacts have been astonishing.
“For these causes, I’m actually excited that we will now take these learnings and apply them much more extensively, serving to the MMF to higher serve our extremely numerous membership and enabling them to assist the careers of artists, songwriters, producers and DJs.”
“I’m delighted to be a central a part of the MMF’s groundbreaking, passionate and influential group at such a pivotal and thrilling time within the music trade.”
Anneliese Harmon
Anneliese Harmon, MMF GM, stated: “I’m delighted to be a central a part of the MMF’s groundbreaking, passionate and influential group at such a pivotal and thrilling time within the music trade.
“Music managers have come via two of probably the most difficult years ever, and the enter, steering and assist the MMF has given and continues to offer is unbelievable.
“As we embark on our thirtieth yr, we are going to proceed to innovate, educate, advocate and – dare I say – disturb, in a constructive, strategic and progressive method.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
