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You are running a business
You are an entrepreneur. Act like one.
Understanding what your business is about,
finding help, planning. You may not want to hear
about some of this stuff and you may want to skip
over it. Don't do it. You need to learn about these
things to make a million dollars playing the guitar.

These topics will help your music career thrive so
you can succeed in the music business and music
industry.
Yes, you are an artist. You spend your days working on songs, practicing, and
writing new material. But,
if you want to succeed in the music business and music
industry and have a great music career,
as an entrepreneurial guitarist, you must
face the fact that you are also a business. You now own a business, a company.
You must run this company. You are a businessman. Even Beethoven professed,
“An artist must also be a businessman.” That was in 1801. Think of your company
as a pyramid with five levels...

You will have many great ideas for projects and products. If done well, they will
generate good income. But a crisis or failure can occur if you do not properly plan
for the long delay between the time when you have to start paying for production
expenses and the time when money finally starts rolling in from sales. Let’s take the
example of making a CD...


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Your business structure

This is an article you'll want to skip over.
Don't do it!
Not if you want a successful
music career. Not if you want to succeed
in the music business and music
industry.