Our Services

We love to analyze deals! We work in concert with your management and attorney to help guide, where needed, and analyze all of your business opportunities. We can run scenario analysis so your team knows the exact cost of a particular concession; we can report on trends in the industry that only we are privy to; and at a minimum, we can verify that a vendor’s pricing in their contract matches up with their quote. We will do everything we can to help your team get you the best deal possible.

Insurance coverage is often an afterthought for musicians. Yet without it, a single mistake can have long-lasting negative ramifications. We have long-standing relationships with insurance brokers who specialize in musicians and understand the music industry. We will work with them to ensure that you have all the protection you need.

Banks should be your friend and partner in business. For musicians, they are routinely difficult to navigate and woefully uninformed on revenue sources and models. Our experience and relationships help us to understand what particular banks can and cannot do, who we need to speak with to get something fixed, and what we can do to fix a problem ourselves. We work with our bankers to find potential credit solutions, proper account fits and tools to help properly operate your business.

Our tax department can handle your income, sales, payroll, and property tax needs. You can rest easy at night knowing that we will ensure you are fully compliant with all federal, state, and local tax law. We’ll also work with you to design a tax strategy that minimizes your tax obligations.

No one likes surprises when it comes to finances. We create budgeting and forecasting tools to avoid surprises and potential costly errors. Leftbrain has the capabilities to quickly put together a wide range of forward-looking analyses from tour budgets to cash forecasts. We will make sure you know and understand the implications of every monetary decision you make.

We track your money, accurately. Monitoring and reporting your revenue and expenses is one of the most important steps we take to allow you to plan, budget and operate your business. On the expense side, we will make sure that all of your bills are verified and paid. We’ll run through your credit and debit card transactions to make sure they are recorded with the necessary backup to reduce the risk of fraud and protect you from the IRS. We’ll run commission reports and make sure you know exactly how much your team is being paid. On the Income side, we’ll ensure nothing falls through the cracks. Royalties, performance fees, and all other revenue sources will be fully tracked and thoroughly reviewed. We’ll work with your team to make sure your label, publisher, and performing rights agency are properly collecting and reporting the royalties due to you. We are here to help enforce, collect and account for the money you have earned.

We track your money, accurately. Monitoring and reporting your personal expenses are one of the most important steps we take to allow you to plan and budget your life. We will make sure that all of your bills are verified and paid. We’ll run through your credit and debit card transactions to make sure they are properly recorded. We’ll then report back to you the results so you can truly understand your personal finances.

A musician’s career is unpredictable. This is why it is more important than ever for you to have a plan in place. We understand the way creatives think and have built tools to help smooth out personal cash flow, making it easy to plan and stick to a budget. Having and following a plan allows for flexibility and success to overcome the unpredictabilty of the music industry.

Eventually you may have more money than you know what to do with. You know that it isn’t doing you any good sitting in a savings account earning little to no interest, but you also know buying random stocks or crypto currency may not be the smartest idea. When that time comes, we will introduce you to several investment and wealth managers. We’ll then work with them to design a plan that is best suited for you and your needs, and we’ll continue to monitor their course of action to ensure that they are living up to your expectations. If you are already at that point and have some investments to your name, we’ll make sure to track and monitor those investments for you to ensure the promises that were made are being fulfilled.

Banks should be your friend and partner in business. For musicians, they are routinely difficult to navigate and woefully uninformed on revenue sources and models. Our experience and relationships help us to understand what particular banks can and cannot do, who we need to speak with to get something fixed, and what we can do to fix a problem ourselves. We work with our bankers to find potential credit solutions, proper account fits and tools to help properly operate your business. We also know what banks look for when offering credit cards, mortgages, and personal loans. This helps increase the likelihood of a credit card, mortgage, or personal loans being approved. We will monitor your credit score and put a plan in-place to improve your score overall so that you can borrow money if and when you need to down the road.

Insurance coverage is often an afterthought for musicians. Yet without it, a single mistake can have long-lasting negative ramifications. We have long-standing relationships with insurance brokers who are equipped to manage your personal insurance needs. It doesn’t matter whether you need auto, disability, home, health, life, or long-term care insurance, we’ll make sure that you have the coverage you need.

You probably don’t know when, but you do know that eventually you will retire. Hopefully that day is many years from now, but you shouldn’t wait to begin planning for it. We will work with you to setup a retirement plan to ensure when that day comes you, your family and loved ones are provided for and protected.