“You can’t download a live gig,” says Mike Dewdney who, with over quarter of a century’s experience as an agent, has seen the music industry go through a fair few changes. “You can stick a recording on your computer or your phone, but it’ll never be the same as being there. Maybe that’s why live music is so massive now.”
But while Mike has witnessed at first hand the ever-growing hunger to experience music in the flesh, through working with acts as diverse as Kasabian, The Deftones and Tori Amos, he believes the agent’s job is not just a case of getting lucky with a band hitting the big time, then maximising their income. “It’s not rocket science to know what to do when a band breaks, but the nurturing of an artist is the important bit.”
Read moreArtists represented by Mike Dewdney
Angels & Airwaves
Bell X1
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Blink-182
Brandi Carlile
Dan Wilson
Deftones
Down
Eels
Five Finger Death Punch
Fountains of Wayne
The Fratellis
Grumble Bee
The Inspector Cluzo
Joe Jackson
Jon Fratelli
Kasabian
Kula Shaker
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul
Lonely The Brave
Lower Than Atlantis
Matchbox Twenty
New Found Glory
Night Riots
Rob Thomas
The SLP
Spacehog
Stone Temple Pilots
Team Sleep
Tom McRae
Tori Amos
The White Buffalo