Financial literacy for musicians.

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The music industry guide to making sound financial decisions

Money trees is the perfect place for shade.

Kendrick Lamar

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A sustainable music business requires a stable personal financial plan.

This guide will review how to make sound financial decisions including:

  • Cash flow
  • Insurance
  • Taxes
  • Investing
  • Retirement
  • Estate planning

Ep. 55: Sync licensing producer reaps the benefits of delayed gratification

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Jesse Josefsson is a 15-year TV/Film music producer that has secured over 7,500 TV/Film placements including shows such as American Idol, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Succession and networks such as NBC, CBS, MLBN, MTV & Fox Sports.

He has composed roughly 1,000 tracks that have been distributed through various Production Libraries including Megatrax, 5 Alarm Music & Position Music. His commercial placements include national campaigns w/ Nike, Ford, Jack in the Box & Outback Steakhouse.

Jesse created ‘Sync My Music’ in 2016 to help other producers and composers follow in his footsteps and create significant income and exposure through the TV/Film Sync Licensing industry.

Money Mentor

Ep. 51: LA television producer becomes money mentor

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Katy Chen Mazzara is a trauma-informed Master financial wellness coach and graduate of UC Berkeley’s Personal Financial Planning program. As a former freelance TV producer and award-winning documentary filmmaker, Katy understands the balance between dreaming and doing. She helps creative freelancers and entrepreneurs make more, worry less, and achieve true financial freedom, so they can create the life of their dreams.

Married musicians talk about money

Ep. 50: Married musicians talk about money

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Jordan Coffing is a singer songwriter, amazing dog mom and we are married!

In this episode we talk about our personal money stories, combining our finances and how we communicate about money in our marriage.

How to measure your cash flow as a professional musician

Cash rules everything around me.

wu tang clan

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After calculating your net worth with a balance sheet the next step to understanding your financial wellness is measuring your cash flow using an income statement.

This spreadsheet will map out all of your expected income and expenses throughout the year to identify shortfalls or excess cash flow.

How to calculate net cash flow

Net cash flow is what remains after your savings, debt payments, insurance premiums, living expenses and tax obligations.

Inflows – outflows = net cash flow

What you do with extra money is up to you!

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