Starting a Business in New York City - S Corp vs. LLC?

If you are running a business anywhere in the United States and you have not incorporated or filed as a limited liability company, by default you are a sole proprietorship (for one owner) or a general partnership (for more than one owner). Neither of these business entities protect you from personal liability, and in the [...]

Starting a Record Label - Part 4 of 5

Part Four: Basic Contracts for Operating Your Record Label – Signing Talent & Other Dealmaking

This is part 4 of our five part series on Starting a Record Label. In our previous posts, we introduced the idea of starting a record label – to begin thinking about what it means to run a record label from [...]

Starting a Record Label - Part 3 of 5

This is part 3 of our five part series on Starting a Record Label. In our previous posts, we introduced the idea of starting a record label – to begin thinking about what it means to run a record label from a business perspective (Part 1 of 5) and discussed the steps you need to take [...]

Starting a Record Label – Part 2 of 5

This is part 2 of our five part series on Starting a Record Label. In our previous post (Part 1 of 5), we introduced the idea of starting a record label – to begin thinking about what it means to run a record label from a business perspective.

If you want to start a business, then [...]

Starting a Record Label – Part 1 of 5

So, you want to start a record label?

Consider this: As sexy as the music business might seem, it is called the music business for a reason – it is business. So decide now, do you simply want to start a “record label” just so you can tell people you have a “record label”? Or do [...]