Overview

Many young musicians will admit they know little about personal finance. They have trouble budgeting what little money they make from their part-time jobs, carry debt incurred by ringing up credit cards on studio equipment they cannot afford, and get lured into using the latest investment apps that have them putting grandma’s birthday card money into investments they may not even understand. Even worse, when that rare musician gains financial and career success, they often go on a mad spending spree only to end up completely broke ten years later. You don’t want this to happen to you, right? This is why a simple and easy-to-read book written specifically for musicians about personal finance is so vital to understanding and success. Written by a 30-year expert in the music business together with a 30-year specialist in the investment industry, Personal Finance for Musicians provides a brief overview of everything you should have learned in school but didn’t. Topics include: developing the right mind-set, paying-off debt, budgeting and saving, building credit, dealing with banks, paying taxes, insuring your assets, understanding investments, examining music revenue streams, learning the lingo, seeking financial help, avoiding financial noise, and more. This book provides an excellent introduction for musicians whose knowledge is limited or who are new to the critically important subject of personal finance. The objective is to help put you on the right track to better financial health and inspire you to learn more without intimidating you, or even worse—boring you.

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This book contains time-proven personal finance and investing wisdom to encourage musicians toward their dreams. In a noisy world where everybody wants to sell you something, this book is the music of common-sense investing. With short chapters that can be read in any order, actionable steps, and clearly-written text, this handy finance guide should be recommended course reading for any up-and-coming musician.

This book contains time-proven personal finance and investing wisdom to encourage musicians toward their dreams. In a noisy world where everybody wants to sell you something, this book is the music of common-sense investing.--Rick Van Ness, author and educator at FinancingLife.org With short chapters that can be read in any order, actionable steps, and clearly-written text, this handy finance guide should be recommended course reading for any up-and-coming musician.--Ashraf Almurdaah, professor of Finance and Economics, Los Angeles City College

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Bobby Borg, MCM is a former major label, independent, and DIY recording/touring artist with over 30 years experience working alongside the most respected musicians, songwriters, managers, producers, and A&R executives in the music industry. Currently Borg is a professor at the famed USC Thornton School of Music where he teaches Music Industry Communications and DIY Music Marketing. He is also the author of several books about the music industry including Business Basics For Musicians, Music Marketing For The DIY Musician, and Introduction to Music Publishing For Musicians. A life-long learner, Borg holds a BA in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music, certificates in Marketing Management, Project Management, and Instructor Development from UCLA, and a Masters degree in Communications Management (Phi kappa Phi) from the University of Southern California.

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