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Unit 3 · Lesson 3.8 · The Deposit Gap · about 20 minutes

Cover rent day when the big client pays late

Get through rent day when the big client pays in 30 days. Lesson 3.8, The Deposit Gap, is a game you play as your own act, for solo acts, duos and bandleaders.

Lesson 3.8 · about 20 minutes

The Deposit Gap

Get through rent day when the big client pays in 30 days.

Your best month ever, on paper. Then rent day comes and the money isn't there yet. Learn to see the gap before it opens.

Skill: Mind the Gap
Cash flow game, Lesson 3.8 The Deposit Gap: the first call on a phone screen, the Hills book Your Act for a May 23 wedding, $2,000. They're friends of friends, and...
The first call, as you see it in the game. Your act's name goes where it says Your Act.
Your first call
The Hills book Your Act for a May 23 wedding, $2,000. They're friends of friends, and nice. May is already packed: a company party on the 9th, a speaker on sale on the 20th, and players to pay on every gig night.
  • ANo deposit. They're friends of friends. They'll send it all after the honeymoon.
  • B$500 to hold the date. The balance is due a week before the wedding.
  • C$500 to hold the date. The balance on the wedding night.

Every option is something a working player really does. Which one would you pick? The game shows you what each one costs or earns.

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What you walk away with

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Unit 3 · Money Between Gigs

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Make the busy months carry the slow ones.

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Part of Unit 3: Money Between Gigs in the Thriving Musicians course. Pick your free lesson.

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