{"id":21695,"date":"2014-12-10T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=21695"},"modified":"2014-12-14T21:31:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T02:31:55","slug":"vulfpecks-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/10\/vulfpecks-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"VULFPECK&#8217;S MANAGER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>I\u2019ve been<\/strong><\/span> managing bands for years, mostly as a hobby. I know something about marketing, booking and touring. I won\u2019t discuss that stuff here, other than to say the most important thing nowadays is DIY: publicity stunts, cameo appearances at strip joints, stealth holographic projections of your band onto billboards at night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/vulf-peck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21715 \" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000; margin-top: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/vulf-peck-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"vulf peck\" width=\"271\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/vulf-peck-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/vulf-peck.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a>I have this group, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulfpeck.com\">Vulfpeck<\/a>, who I manage informally. They do the opposite of whatever I tell them. Like I say send a press release to the <em>New York Times<\/em>, and they don\u2019t.\u00a0 They don&#8217;t know what a press release is.\u00a0 They\u2019re all about social media.\u00a0 I&#8217;m about social too; hello, my name is\u00a0 _________.<\/p>\n<p>Vulfpeck, they have no idea how well I manage them. I lead a second life through those guys, at no charge to them. Right now two of them are in L.A., one is in Ann Arbor, and the other is at a racino in Toledo.\u00a0 I follow them.\u00a0 (I know where you are too, and I&#8217;m not pleased.)<\/p>\n<p>Check out this terrific Vulfpeck vid, &#8220;Christmas in L.A.&#8221; Came out\u00a0yesterday. Get in on the ground floor. Has a dog in it:<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper arve-normal-wrapper arve-youtube-wrapper \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/d5K3UgrPdbQ\/maxresdefault.jpg);\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\"><iframe id=\"arve-iframe-1\" class=\"arve-inner arve-hidden\" data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/d5K3UgrPdbQ?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><button class=\"arve-inner arve-play-background arve-iframe-btn\" data-target=\"arve-iframe-1\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d5K3UgrPdbQ&#038;feature=share\" class=\"arve-hidden\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d5K3UgrPdbQ&#038;feature=share<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>I tell<\/strong> <\/span>Vulfpeck to sell themselves.\u00a0 Get a publicist for starters.\u00a0 Naturally, they don\u2019t. They generate fuzz through Facebook and Twitter.\u00a0 I\u2019m old school; they&#8217;re New School.\u00a0 I need help from the Urban Dictionary.\u00a0 (&#8220;Fuzz&#8221; means &#8220;hipster buzz&#8221; &#8212; to me.)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Vulfpeck&#8217;s manager. They don\u2019t know it.\u00a0 If they did, they&#8217;d fire me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n<small><i>This is <\/i><i>a fake profile.\u00a0 Or at least 51 percent fake.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been managing bands for years, mostly as a hobby. I know something about marketing, booking and touring. I won\u2019t discuss that stuff here, other than to say the most important thing nowadays is DIY: publicity stunts, cameo appearances at strip joints, stealth holographic projections of your band onto billboards at night. 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