The Mindful Artist Manager
For music creatives, professionals, and up and coming managers seeking clarity, emotional intelligence, and sustainable growth. Expect grounded insights, real-life perspective, and mindful guidance to navigate your creative career with confidence and intention.
A simple way to build real connections
[A Simple Way to Build Genuine Connections in Music] DJ/Producer LKDITH teaching a DJing 101 workshop at Seattle's See Her Be Her Conference (March 2026) Hey Reader, We all want to build real connections in music. But if we’re being honest, a lot of the time it feels like that means being more outgoing, meeting more people, and putting yourself out there more. So what happens if that’s not really you? I’ve been noticing that a lot of people quietly assume they’re at a disadvantage if they’re...
Management burnout is more common than people admit
"What it takes to stay in artist management for the long run." Group pic of all the artists & managers at HaveUHeard’s “The Pipeline” workshop series in February 2026. Hey Reader, I’ve been noticing that people often expect managers to have it all figured out. There are always deadlines, opportunities, problems, planning, and communication. Most days, it feels like you’re just trying to hold things together and keep the artist moving forward. But something I’ve been thinking about lately is...
"Am I a bad friend for not showing up?"
"Am I a bad friend for not showing up?" Summertime is for the shows! Hey Reader, We love our friends, and there’s no doubt we’d show up to support them at their shows.With summertime coming up, it'll be pretty nonstop.If you’re in a city, there’s probably something happening every weekend.So what happens if you don’t go? If you stop showing up to your friends’ shows for a bit, does that make you a bad friend? Isn't that crazy to notice? A lot of artists feel this weird pressure to be...
Newsletters are hard lol
Mindful Artist Manager Justin C Making a weekly newsletter is hard. This will be the first email newsletter that I didn't put a lot of effort into & without overthinking. I hope it proves fruitful. It's been more than a year since I've brought the Mindful Artist Manager into life, but I've been terrified to launch it because I don't fully feel invested in the original idea that I had into it: offering artists a mindful space to work through their emotions (in order for them) to be better...
Introducing the Mindful Artist Manager Newsletter!
Getting Started Hey there! It's Justin, and I'm excited to start publishing newsletters with management insights that could be helpful to self-managed artists or budding managers. My goal with this newsletter is to encourage readers to keep mindfulness at the forefront of their music business career decisions. There's so much to think about in day-to-day operations. As a creative, you can only imagine how difficult it would be to stay on top of things when you're just a team of one. In our...
For music creatives, professionals, and up and coming managers seeking clarity, emotional intelligence, and sustainable growth. Expect grounded insights, real-life perspective, and mindful guidance to navigate your creative career with confidence and intention.