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Radio 4,30 May 2018,30 mins

Money Box Live: The cost of being a musician

Money Box

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Low pay? Slow Pay? No Pay? Adam Shaw takes your calls on these issues and other personal finance challenges that musicians face, including how to get a mortgage with erratic income and not enough of it, how to chase up money owed, how to make money online and if it's possible to make a living as a performer without taking on a second job? With Adam in the studio: Trevor Ford, specialist musicians' accountant, former professional flautist and orchestra manager Naomi Pohl, Assistant General Secretary of the Musicians' Union The band pictured is Op Sa! Presenter: Adam Shaw Producer: Paul Waters.

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