The average tuition for music conservatories is $50,000 per year and rising.

That means if you get a masters degree in music performance, you will be $100,000 in debt (without a clue of how to build a sustainable career as a musician entrepreneur.)

Or, you could spend less than $200 and read these 9 legendary books on business, personal finance, and marketing.

THE CODE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MIND - VISHEN LAKHIANI

Start here. This book will shatter all your bullshit rules and beliefs you had about life, will show you how to build effective systems and habits for living, and get you thinking like an entrepreneur.

THINK AND GROW RICH - NAPOLEON HILL

Hill teaches you how to set goals, build a burning desire to achieve them, and create an exact plan for success.

I WILL TEACH YOU TO BE RICH - RAMIT SETHI

Music school doesn't teach anything on finance... Use this as your personal finance bible.

THE 4 HOUR WORK WEEK - TIM FERRISS

This book will 10x your productivity and provides frameworks for making crucial life decisions, outsource busywork, and master lifestyle design.

DARING GREATLY - BRENE BROWN

To be a musician entrepreneur, you must become a great leader. To become a great leader, you must master shame, vulnerability, and self worth. Brené is Queen.

RADICAL CANDOR - KIM SCOTT

Any musician invariably has to learn how to effectively work with people. While this book is geared towards corporate managers, it's the best book I've read on navigating human relationships and open communication.

THIS IS MARKETING - SETH GODIN

For musician entrepreneurs, learning about marketing is arguably just as important as mastering your instrument. There are too many great marketing books to list here, but start with the GOAT.

THE ART AND BUSINESS OF ONLINE WRITING - NICOLAS COLE

This book is geared towards writers, but if you are creating content on social platforms, or building an audience, this will guide you every step of the way.

NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE - CHRIS VOSS

Every musician needs to know how to negotiate your fees and ask for what you are worth. This book is filled with actionable tactics for negotiation imbedded in awesome stories from Voss's FBI hostage negotiating career.

Let me know which one of these is your favorite and what you would add to this list!