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The Enterprising Musician’s Legal Toolkit takes musicians from business ideation to self-protection using annotated contracts and other legal content. The book will expand upon The Enterprising Musician’s Guide to Performer Contracts by providing detailed advice to musicians for designing and launching their creative enterprise, remaining accountable to themselves through goal-setting, confidently engaging in entrepreneurial collaboration, and making money through the exploitation of their work while protecting their intellectual property rights and other interests.

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Appealing to artists' better angels--a desire to be creative, collaborative, and invent one-of-a-kind careers--David R. Williams lends a knowledgeable and comforting voice for helping musicians navigate the shifting landscape of the modern music industry. By asking questions that invite us to become more intentional in creating our brand, our business model, and our life's work, Williams' insights take on the familiar warmth of a parent's supportive guidance. Grab a copy. Consume it. And then get out there and invent your own best future.--Mark Rabideau, director, 21st-Century Musician Initiative, DePauw University With clarity and precision, David Williams provides a comprehensive, well-structured, and easy to understand guide showing musicians what they need to know about the law, and how best to use it to support making their musical dreams come true.--Juliana Hall, art song composer

Appealing to artists' better angels--a desire to be creative, collaborative, and invent one-of-a-kind careers--David R. Williams lends a knowledgeable and comforting voice for helping musicians navigate the shifting landscape of the modern music industry. By asking questions that invite us to become more intentional in creating our brand, our business model, and our life's work, Williams' insights take on the familiar warmth of a parent's supportive guidance. Grab a copy. Consume it. And then get out there and invent your own best future. With clarity and precision, David Williams provides a comprehensive, well-structured, and easy to understand guide showing musicians what they need to know about the law, and how best to use it to support making their musical dreams come true. Appealing to artists' better angels--a desire to be creative, collaborative, and invent one-of-a-kind careers--David R. Williams lends a knowledgeable and comforting voice for helping musicians navigate the shifting landscape of the modern music industry. By asking questions that invite us to become more intentional in creating our brand, our business model, and our life's work, Williams' insights take on the familiar warmth of a parent's supportive guidance. Grab a copy. Consume it. And then get out there and invent your own best future. --Mark Rabideau, director, 21st-Century Musician Initiative, DePauw University With clarity and precision, David Williams provides a comprehensive, well-structured, and easy to understand guide showing musicians what they need to know about the law, and how best to use it to support making their musical dreams come true. --Juliana Hall, art song composer

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David R. Williams, founding principal of Enterprising Artist Consulting, is a former professional musician with a doctorate in music and in law. An active guest lecturer, he has delivered talks on music industry law at Yale University, Tanglewood, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, among others. He is a faculty member at the College of Performing Arts at The New School in New York City.

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