Australia's leading artist managers were saluted at the 2023 AAM Awards.
n, co-founder of the founder of AAM, Trafalgar Records, and decades-long manager for Hoodoo Gurus, the ARIA Hall of Fame inducted rock.
Fellow artist manager John Watson inducted McMartin, whom he declared the “greatest Canadian export since Neil Young.” In his assessment of the veteran manager, Men at Work’s Colin Hay, the Ted Albert Award recipient at the APRA Awards, said McMartin was someone who could be relied on to find solutions and not take the easy route. “After I was dropped by MCA Records in 1991, I was unsure of what to do next. I knew Michael McMartin a little. He said to me one day, ‘why don’t you just make an acoustic album, and I’ll release it.’ I did that very thing, and so did he. We became friends.
McMartin is “a rarity among men. He believes in making the industry that we inhabit a better place for all, a place that fosters creative endeavor, instead of the all too often obstacle course that this here music industry can be. He is a compassionate fellow, a foxhole friend, someone I am always happy to break bread with. Oh, and he’s also a bit clumsy.”
With his acceptance speech, McMartin recounted some his memorable victories in the music industry, and how they were invariably facilitated through collaboration, and a united front.
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