Making Music Your Living

Small Business Band Radio will be hosting a series with the goal of informing all bands the formal business procedures they might be overlooking.

The Free Music Business Workshops for the week of Sept. 4 (broadcast each day at 1 PM est. on www.sbbradio.com) are:

Business Model: Get Signed or DIY
Monday, September 04, 2006 at 1:00 PM (Est.)
The Business Model Differences between Selling your Music to and
Getting Signed by a Record Label versus Keeping Ownership of Your Music
as a Small Business Band. Did you know that 90 per cent of all albums
released each year fail to break even; yet over 50 percent of all Small
Businesses survive? 8 per cent royalty of failed to break even, or a
1000 per cent mark up on an album, which does the Band choose? For
those who do not understand, you need to take this workshop.

Hobby Versus Business: Which is Your Band
Tuesday, September 05, 2006 at 1:00 PM (Est.)
Is your Band a Business? Is the Band only a Hobby? Only The Tax Man
will make the final Decision. What makes a Band a Business or a Hobby?

Basics of Starting a Business: Do You Have What It Takes?
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 at 1:00 PM (Est.)
Does your Band have what it takes to start and properly operate a
Business. Learn what's needed to start and operate a Small Business Band.

Understanding the Pieces of the Business.
Thursday, September 07, 2006 at 1:00 PM
What are the pieces of a Small Business Band? How do these pieces fit
together? Who does what, when and how to operate the Business?

Who Owns what Pieces of the Business?
Friday, September 08, 2006 at 1:00 PM (Est.)
The traditional Major Label Business Model is simple: The Record Label
owns the Copyrights and you owned the Advance. A Small Business Band
owns all of the assets, including, but not limited to the Copyrights. What
are the potential Assets, who owns which Asset and in what amounts or
percentages?

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