Chapter 1
Minding Your Business: Why You Need Business Skills
In This Chapter
◆ What business skills does a gigging musician need?
◆ What business skills does a recording musician need?
◆ What business skills does a songwriter need?
◆ Learning how to protect yourself from unscrupulous characters
◆ Discovering how the changing business requires even more business skills
You’re a working musician, just trying to make a buck. Or maybe you’re in a successful band, thinking of recording some tracks or perhaps signing a contract with a label. Or maybe you’re a music student, hoping someday to make some sort of a career in music.
Whatever you’re doing in the music world, you need to know a little bit about the music business. Yes, you’re a musician first ...

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