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News from the Goolag Since 2006 ~ A survival guide to the creative apocalypse: We follow issues and opinion important to professional creators. Data is the new exposure.

Tag: Texas Music Office

Written by Chris CastleDecember 21, 2020

Optimism is Contagious, Too: @nivassoc’s #SaveOurStages Included in COVID Stimulus

Thanks to the hard work of the National Independent Venue Association and their allies, it looks like some stimulus relief is finally coming to small venues, theater operators, bars and restaurants. The NIVA effort began with the  Save Our Stages Act that authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to eligible live venue […]

Written by Chris CastleMarch 28, 2020March 28, 2020

Small Business Administration Disaster Loans for Artists and Songwriters

Artists often overlook the fact that they are running a small business and they do it old school–if you don’t make, you don’t make.  Cash basis taxpayers.  And speaking of taxpayers, the time of year you realize that you are running a small business is right about now at tax time. So in the current […]

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