Run Your Music Business: How to License Your Music, Negotiate Contracts, Pay Business Taxes & Work Full-time in Music

Updated Edition for 2025Written in easy-to-understand plain English by an experienced award-winning lawyer, Audrey K. Chisholm, whose clients' music has been featured on Disney+®, Netflix®, Marvel® Movies, American Idol®, and more, “Run Your Music Business™” is the second book in the Music Law Series™“Run Your Music Business™” picks up where “Start Your Music Business™” left off and is an easy to read guide for songwriters, producers, music publishers, independent record labels, artists, bands, musicians, and individuals in the music industry that want to legally protect their music business, understand how to make a full-time income making music, and strategically grow and properly manage their music business to avoid legal issues in the future.In this book you will learn how to:1. How to Get Paid Licensing Your Music2. How to Set-up Your Own Publishing Company3. How to Build Your Own Music Catalog4. How to Register with a Performing Rights Society5. How to Negotiate Contracts (Record Label Agreements, Producer Contracts, Songwriter Contracts, etc.)6. How to Work Full Time in Music7. How to Know if Your Business is Growing8. How to Know if Your Business Is Profitable (Understanding Financial Statements)9. How to Create a Budget for your Music Business10. How to Manage Debt11. 10 Ways to Improve Your Credit Score12. How to Run Your Music Business13. How to Hold Business Meetings14. Developing a Strategic Plan for Your Business15. Business Recordkeeping / How to Keep Proper Business Records16. 10 Ways to Avoid I.R.S. Trouble17. How to File Business Taxes18. Building Your Team19. And more!This updated edition includes easy-to-understand examples and resources that can help you not only legally protect your music business but learn how to earn a full-time income making music. Read more