How do music managers get paid?
All deals are different, but usually the manager gets paid very well because they put the deals together. There are also investors who put up the front money to get the act rolling before the money comes back in. These investors are usually paid first and they usually get the lions share of the money. The artist is often a paid employee of the business. Not all artists are part of a record deal either. Every band, artist, act, etc has a different deal.