About Jeri Goldstein

Jeri Goldstein was the agent and manager for some of the top touring acoustic artists on the circuit including Robin & Linda Williams and Garrison Keillor & The Hopeful Gospel Quartet. Goldstein has booked national and international tours for artists performing in country, folk, gospel, bluegrass, contemporary, classical and children’s music. She has also booked tours for theater and dance.

After 20 years of working as an agent and manager, Goldstein authored the award-winning book, "How To Be Your Own Booking Agent: A Performing Artist's Guide To A Successful Touring Career." In 2001, Goldstein partnered with The Southern Arts Federation and Carnegie Mellon Arts Management Program, to produce an E-SeminArts, three-hour workshop CD-ROM, Marketing Your Act. Articles for the self-managed artists have been published on Getsigned.Com; in Indie Magazine; Music Biz Magazine; GiG Magazine as well as many other sites throughout the Internet. You can access Jeri's articles here.

Goldstein created innovative programs as a resource for performing artists--Manager-In-A-Box, a consultation program, is designed to help performing artists, agents and managers enhance their career development. The Performing Biz is Goldstein’s seminar that is presented at universities, festivals, conferences, and for art councils or to individual groups of performing artists. In 2005, she began offering Career Boosting Retreats for performing artists at her home.