Re: Band Finances



TThis might help:  
Managing Your Band: Artist Management: The Ultimate Responsibility
by Stephen Marcone. Amazon.com has it. Link:

 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0965125033/qid=1058057959/sr=
1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-0195825-2166372?v=glance&s=books

> From: "M. Erickson" <erickm@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "M. Erickson" <erickm@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:59:37 -0600
> To: "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Band Finances
> 
> 
> My band is starting to move away from the bar scene and starting to get more
> "legit" gigs at festivals, municipal events and the alike. The bars pay
> cash, and each individual member of the band handles his own taxes. With the
> "legit" gigs, they want to pay the band or write a check to one individual
> member of the band. How does one band member pay other band members and not
> be liable for all the taxes? We're a simple blues band, and we have no
> business licenses, no corporation, no management.
> 
> Can anyone recommend any books (e.g. "Band Finances for Dummy's?), or web
> sites dealing with this subject?
> 
> Harmonica content: I am the harmonica man in the band, and I sing and play
> guitar. Audiences really get a kick out of harmonicas, one reason being
> because there are so few harmonica players around, at least in this area.
> There are thousands of guitar players, but only a handful of harp men.
> 
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