Filmed 02.24.22 Our Founder/CEO Yudu Gray Jr answers the questions of indie artist Nim Musiq and Artist manager CeCey.    

Topics Covered:  

0:00 - Intro 

1:30 - Creating a Clear Definition of success for yourself 

3:00 - Definition of Hard Work 

7:05 - Nims Musiq defines his success 

9:25 - Cecey defines her success  

12:20 - How important is business credit?  

16:48 - How to approach paying collaborators and work for hires?  

23:42 - What members are essential when building an artist development team 

26:57 - Does building a smaller team have a different approach? 

29:59 - Creating Patterns for success 

30:29 - How to approach asking a bigger artist for features  

36:30 - How do you protect your music before sending it out for collaboration? 

39:22 - Does the poor man's copyright work?  

41:33 - What are funding options for artists starting out?  

48:20 - How important is it to hire a CPA early in your business?   

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