LeakReceipts for Musicians
The Field Guide: where the money leaks, how to prove it, and how to close it.
The long version of the Musicians Fix Kit. Every leak this trade is known for, why it happens, the paper that proves it, and three fixes for each one: one you do yourself for free, the words to send under your own name, and what LeakReceipts can do for you while the decision stays yours.
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What's inside
- Contents
- The short answer for your trade
- What people in your trade say hurts
- Get your paper together
- Leak 1: One play, three or four separate checks
- Leak 2: Register within three months or the damages disappear
- Leak 3: SoundExchange — 45% paid straight to the artist, and nobody else collects it
- Leak 4: The 35-year recapture — and the notice window that closes first
- Leak 5: No signed split sheet means no transfer — and permanent co-ownership
- Leak 6: There is no per-stream rate — and 1,000 streams is the door
- Leak 7: Union scale exists for live work — and it is a fixed minimum, which is the opposite of a door deal
- Leak 8: Self-employment tax set-aside
- Leak 9: The door deal that was never put in writing
- Leak 10: Gear and studio time — the uncounted cost
- Leak 11: Sync licensing — a real door, with no published price
- More leaks to check
- Grow it: the next rung
- The household side: TrueNET
- Your 30-day leak plan
- Take it into LeakReceipts
- Sources
- Your leak log
Goes with
The cover
How every number is labeled
Every figure in the book carries a label: VERIFIED (a named, dated source printed beside it), CALCULATED (the math is shown) or ESTIMATE (a reasoned range, always called one). Where nothing has been verified yet, no number is printed and you get a blank to fill from your own paper.
What it can't decide for you
This book is education. It doesn't give legal, tax, accounting or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney or licensing board makes the call, the book says so.
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