How to Start a Business

Handling Music Business As Business...LLCs to Partnerships Explained

Handling Music Business As Business...LLCs to Partnerships Explained

If you are an artist, producer, or songwriter someone along the way has probably told you that you need an LLC or at least some kind of official business structure.

This may or may not be necessary depending on where you are in your career. Here are 4 ways to know it is time in your music career to open an LLC, get a partnership agreement in place, or just keep doing what you're doing as yourself.

MONEY TALK: Do I Need an LLC to Start a Business?

MONEY TALK: Do I Need an LLC to Start a Business?

One of the top questions I am most consistently asked is whether it is necessary to have an LLC or now that their side hustles have taken off and started to generate real revenue how can they make sure they stay legal.

Here is how you know it's time for you to launch that LLC:

What nobody tells you about starting your own business...you might want to grab a drink

What nobody tells you about starting your own business...you might want to grab a drink

As a contract attorney I strive to get my clients the best deal and protect their interests the best I can each and every time I am presented with a contract. However, sometimes that is hard to do when the basic foundation of their business is in shambles, incorrectly done, or non-existent.

So I'm spending the months of August and September providing the resources and tools to help small business owners legally launch and protect themselves.

But...before you launch here are three things you might want to consider.