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  • Run Your Music Business

  • How to License Your Music, Negotiate Contracts, Pay Business Taxes & Work Full-Time in Music
  • By: Audrey K. Chisholm Esq.
  • Narrated by: Nader Nejad
  • Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (45 ratings)

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Run Your Music Business

By: Audrey K. Chisholm Esq.
Narrated by: Nader Nejad
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Run Your Music Business is the second book in the Music Law Series written by experienced entertainment lawyer Audrey K. Chisholm, whose clients have been featured on MTV, American Idol, and VH1. Run Your Music Business picks up where her first book, Start Your Music Business, left off and is a simple guide for songwriters, producers, music publishers, independent record labels, artists, bands, musicians, and individuals in the music industry who want to strategically grow and properly manage their music business: Learn how to:

1. How to get paid licensing your music 2. How to set-up your own publishing company 3. How to build your own music catalog 4. How to register with a performing rights society 5. How to negotiate contracts (record label agreements, producer contracts, songwriter contracts, etc.) 6. How to work full time in music 7. How to know if your business is growing 8. How to know if your business is profitable (understanding financial statements) 9. How to create a budget for your music business 10. How to manage debt 11. Ten ways to improve your credit score 12. How to run your music business 13. How to hold business meetings 14. Developing a strategic plan for your business 15. Business recordkeeping/how to keep proper business records 16. 10 ways to avoid IRS trouble 17. How to file business taxes 18. Building your team 19. And more!

©2013 Audrey K. Chisholm (P)2017 Audrey K. Chisholm
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Must read if you want to live off your music!!

This is truly a step by step guide to running a successful music business. So much useful, straight to the point, this is how you do it information. Highly recommend for any experience level!

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Never learned so much

Between these two books I feel like I’ve learned more than all the books I’ve read prior since 2003 which is easily over 100. The author puts it in plain English not music industry talk or legalease.

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I truly appreciate this information. Thank you

Everything presented in this and the other book in the series flows well and goes in to enough detail to help further your career. Thank you for writing these books.

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By far the best audio book on the Music Business!

This is by far the best audio book on how to run your music business! Attorney Audrey Chisholm shows how to pay taxes, avoid signing bad contracts, and grow a massively successful music business! I just finished listening to it for the 6th time now! Audrey is a National Treasure!

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A must read if you ready to run your own business

Very Knowledgeable. I love it you have no idea until you read this book on the music business. Great Job Audrey.

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Exceptional book series, bad narration

Can not be more satisfied with the content of this book. Goes into depth with each topic in a clear manner which average people can understand and execute. I have listened to both books and highly recommend to someone interested in the music business and plans to make money. Wish I would have known this info before releasing music in the past.

As far as Nader Nejad goes, I’m sure he is a good guy, but gotdam bro. Your audio is hot trash. I can hear feedback, I can hear cars outside, coughs, heavy breaths, terrible quality audio. Worst audio I have heard all year after 13+ audiobooks. Quit trying to do audiobooks bruh. Please.

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Fantastic resource

Great information and practical tips and advice for running a music business. Very useful for me - highly recommend it.

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