Written by Ari Herstand, the author of How To Make It in the New Music Business

I’m tired of seeing my favorite bands break up because they can’t figure out how to make money with their music. It breaks my heart every time an incredibly talented musician quits music because they just can’t figure out how to make a living with it. Music is not something we do. It is who we are.

Yes, I’m a professional musician, but I’ve now become a professional spreader-of-everything-I-knower because I don’t believe in…