have you even made a appointment with a representative from your local SCORE Chapter or your local SBA representative they give out free business consultation and help you find investors for your company
The U.S. Small Business Administration | SBA.gov
this is mines they have free seminar online and offline with amazing business professionals will solid concrete information
on all kinds of subjects that pretain to business owners
Nebraska Business Development Center
Free Small Business Advice | How-to Resources | Tools | Templates | SCORE
first class you should take in college is a entrepreneurship course
they will probably have a person from the SBA come and speak to you as they did when I took the class
you need to work hard and your studio apt. will be super cheap you can easily save $6,000
$2,500 to record,mix, and master $2,500 for production
throw that first album on CDbaby or Tunecore to get your stuff on Itunes
make up a agreement with the artist for a 30% artist share/70% to your company since you won't be giving an advance
$1,000 budget for diy promotion
you know how I work some free information and some information costs
don't be afraid to invest in your business and time is the most important investment you have at the grassroot level
start to network now,know your local music scene like the back of your hand
know the music venues owners well take them out to dinner now or just give them a cold call and ask for meeting at their venue
The Walking On Water Media/Ent. Business Coach Antonio
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