The Self-Employed Musician with Ashley Hagadorn

<p>Successful music studio business owner, violist, strongman competitor and recent mom, Ashley Hagadon joins us for a conversation you can lump under "things I didn't learn in music school but should have". We cover how to go from traveling teacher to owning your own studio, taxes, marketing/branding, logo design (remember this: people don't read!), contracts, getting paid and how to put more responsibility on your students/clients so you aren't doing EVERYTHING.</p> <p>Also covered - get a CPA!</p> <p>We also delve into how to she went from cardio bunny to Crossfit to finding her way into loving Strongman lifts and more importantly, how it has helped her as a musician!</p> <p>Takeaways:</p> <p>&nbsp;• get a CPA &nbsp;(they aren't as expensive as you think)&nbsp;</p> <p>• Keep logo simple and marketing pretty- people look at pictures, they don't read&nbsp;</p> <p>• Lifting for strength and lifting for size are completely different - if you want to get strong you won't automatically look like a bodybuilder.</p> <p><br></p> <p>References from today:&nbsp;</p> <p>• Mile IQ: app for tracking your mileage - <a href="https://mileiq.page.link/share">https://mileiq.page.link/share</a></p> <p>• Music Teacher's Helper: (use this link for a free trial and 20% off your fist month) - <a href="https://musicteachershelper.com/pricing/">https://musicteachershelper.com/pricing/</a></p> <p>• <a href="https://www.mymusicstaff.com/">My Music Staff</a></p> <p>• Angela's teaching site on MMS with contracts/billing, etc. for an example &nbsp;- <a href="https://musicstrong.mymusicstaff.com/">https://musicstrong.mymusicstaff.com/</a></p> <p>• <a href="https://www.xero.com/us/">Xero</a></p> <p>• <a href="https://quickbooks.intuit.com/">Quickbooks</a></p> <p>• Fiverr&nbsp;</p> <p>• Freelancer.com</p> <p>&nbsp;• Upwork</p> <p><br></p> <p>For more information, please visit our websites!</p> <p><a href="https://musicstrong.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MusicStrong</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.tunedandtonedperformance