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Unit 3 · Lesson 3.3 · The Shoebox · about 20 minutes

Musician expense tracking: from shoebox to books

Turn a bag of receipts into books you can read in ten minutes. Lesson 3.3, The Shoebox, is a game you play as your own act, for solo acts, duos and bandleaders.

Lesson 3.3 · about 20 minutes

The Shoebox

Turn a bag of receipts into books you can read in ten minutes.

A month of slips in a gig bag. Ten minutes a week turns them into books you can read.

Skill: Keep the Books
Receipts game, Lesson 3.3 The Shoebox: the first call on a phone screen, march is over. The gig bag's front pocket goes on the table.
The first call, as you see it in the game. Your act's name goes where it says Your Act.
How it opens
March is over. The gig bag's front pocket goes on the table.
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What you walk away with

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