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Taxes 101: Five Tips and One Misconception That All Musicians Should Know
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For musicians and DJs, the tax code is filled with both landmines and opportunities. Nick Murray of the Spotify For Artists blog interviews tax expert Anil Melwani to learn the latest tax tips that should make this year's filing a bit less stressful. Take the worry out of taxes with these easy to follow steps. Guest post by Nick Murray from the Spotify for Artists blog It's never fun to file a tax return, but for those who work only a regular 9 ...
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Artists, Musicians Are Wasting Their Time With Social Media: Here's Why
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Yes. I said it. Social media is a waste of time. The web is a flutter with news and panicked updates on the decline of Facebook media reach. They saw organic reach drop 52% in 2016 and engagement for brands drop by over 20% from January to August in 2017. Add to that declarations of “Organic reach on Facebook is dead” from this year (2018) and you can see why anybody who’s not pumping copious amounts of cash into the ...
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Tax Change Could Kill Corporate Gigs For Musicians
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A crackdown by Congress on tax loopholes may have a far-reaching impact for the entertainment industry as corporate America is forced to take a hard look at how much they spend at live entertainment venues around the country. One of the changes in the latest revision to the U.S. tax code which was enacted late last year takes aim at a provision that used to allow American businesses to deduct as much as 50% of the cost of entertaining customers ...
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A Musician's Guide To Top Tax Deductions
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It's tax season once again, and for those fortunate enough to be working as self employed musicians, this means an opportunity to claim a number of deductions and expenses when filing your tax return. Guest post by TurboTax from Soundfly's Flypaper Editor’s Note: We found this article on how to claim certain tax deductions as a musician, and loved it so much, that we decided to reach out to them to ask if we could repost it. So we called them ...
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Website Performance Metrics Every Artist, Band, Should Know
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When it comes to maintaining a healthy web presence, keeping careful track of performance metrics on your website is essential. Here we look at seven such areas to focus on. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 When it comes to measurement, one of the things that can happen is that it’s easy to be almost overwhelmed by the data that a measurement tool can provide. Here’s an excerpt from the 2nd edition of my Social Media Promotion For Musicians handbook ...
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8 Tips To Promote Music That Actually Work
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For artists seeking to find ways to promote their music, we here list eight tested and true techniques for marketing your music which have proven to effectively capture and maintain the attention of music consumers. Guest post by Naima Karp of The Cab Portal If you are an artist who is constantly looking for effective ways to promote your music, then you have come to the right place because below we have a list of eight tried and true tips ...
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Step By Step Guide To Influencer Marketing For Music Businesses
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Influencer marketing plays a huge role in the music business, and while capturing the attention of an influencer may seem like sheer luck, there's a science to it, just like anything else. Here we look at a step by step guide. Guest post by Anand Srinivasan Influencers play a major role in defining your success in the music industry. Take Justin Bieber, for example. Ten years ago, he was one of thousands of kids making videos on YouTube. That was ...
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Why Musicians Need To Care About Making Money
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In the music industry, there is a false, recurring idea that music can and should be separate from money, and that once an artist starts to see financial returns from their music, it loses its purity. Here we explore why artists should care about making money off of their music. Guest post by Patrick McGuire from the ReverbNation Blog For some reason, the idea that music should be completely separated from money is one that just won’t die within our culture. ...
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