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Start a Music Production Company: Build an LLC pt2

Notes

  • building a production is not glamorous
  • people operate alone and need connectiosns

    • knowledge
    • experience

preface - what you will need

  1. 3 LLCs
  2. 3 EIN numbers
  3. 2 Bank Accounts (Business)
  4. Accountant (eventually)
  5. Corporate Attorney (eventually)
  6. Tax Attorney (eventually)

previous structure

format

  1. Operations, LLC
  2. Asset Holdings, LLC

producer

  1. making beats
  2. getting placements

ultimate company setup

format

  1. Operations, LLC
  2. Prodution Label, LLC
  3. Asset Holdings, LLC

producer

  • makings beats
  • getting placements
  • coaching and producing a particular artist

    • they will sign to them
    • get a joint venture deal / record deal down the line

problem

doing the coaching to sign a deal is a very difficult

Description of LLC's

Operations

  • all of your physical labor

    • leasing
    • beat sales
    • endorsements
    • producer royalties
    • publishing royalties

asset hodling

  • all intellectual property
  • the more valuable assets you have in your company the eaiser it will be to do a publishing deal with you as an asset owner
  • this company has to stay clean (meaning: copyrights clean) for people who want to do publishing deals with you, ie investors

Production Cmopany

  • signing an artist to you
  • you will be

    • signing the talent to secure

      • record deal
      • joint venture
      • licensing deal
    • finders fee percentage of the artist advance
    • plus producer fee
    • plus producer advance
    • option to have a label imprint (percentage of deal)

warning

  • your job when signing an artist is to get them signed to a bigger label
  • your responsibilities

    • studio time
    • production time
    • seeking songwriters
    • giving a small binder advance

Asset Holding (Bonus)

Asset Holdings

  • Asset Holding, LLC | Hits Songs
  • Asset Holding, LLC | Other Songs
  • Asset Holding, LLC | Production Label

What you can do

  • sell off

    • all of it
    • parts of it