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Filing taxes as a musician

The deadline to pay your 2011 taxes is over but 2012’s is right around the corner.

Should you incorporate your band, or pay taxes based on your portion of the take…individually?…

October 16, 2012

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‘Goodtime’ Charlie Brechtel

Fusing music and the freedom of the road
by Brian McKinny, editor, Music Insider Magazine

Charlie Brechtel is an icon in the realm of Biker Music. In fact, you might call him the ‘Godfather’ of Biker Music, and you wouldn’t …

October 10, 2012

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Attention Endorsement Gear Junkies

Read the fine print
by Stephen Stern, executive editor, Music Insider Magazine

Defining success as a professional musician comes in many forms — including the organic creative charge it creates within you and others; the horizons it expands from travel …

October 10, 2012

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12 Ways to Get More Studio Gigs

An insider’s guide to session drumming
by Rich Redmond

As a 15-year veteran of the Nashville music scene, I’ve been fortunate enough to record 10 number-one hits with country rocker Jason Aldean, a number-one hit with the pop-country duo Thompson …

October 9, 2012

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A Vote for Originality

Power to the songwriter
by Aaron Triplett

I’ve spent most of my life — 35 years — as a professional guitarist in rock bands. I joined my first band, Intruder, at age 14 and began playing gigs. I started writing …

October 9, 2012

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Forrest Day

Attention-deficit-disorder rock in a tragic era
by Teri Doty and Tamara Halbritter, Music Insider Magazine

Ever hear of the Boogaloo Cats? That’s the name of the band that vocalist Forrest Day, bass player John Sankey and guitarist Terrell Liedstrand — …

September 12, 2012

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Standing up for your Rights

Ending “pay to play” gigs
by Stephen Stern, executive editor

The Equal Rights Amendment of the 14^th Amendment was adopted In July 1868, but it seems most venue owners failed to get the constitutional memo. Rather than support the …