By empowering business owners with information, resources, strategy, and action plans, Steph and her team are reshaping the structure of the DIY music industry.

After more than 20 years of music industry experience, Steph knows there has never been a better time to be a DIY musician. While working as a label rep in the early 00’s, she saw the impact of file-sharing and shifted her attention to tech innovation and online distribution. After helping to develop one of the first subscription streaming services in the mid-00’s, Steph began working in live event production, festival management, and digital and grassroots marketing. Eventually, she found her calling as a business manager, doing taxes, bookkeeping, and growth strategy for musicians, artists, small businesses, and music industry reps.

This varied experience has lead Steph to a holistic understanding of what makes any business successful. While leading the award-winning Music Industry Studies department at DIME Detroit, she realized that most musicians are not only capable of learning business basics and how to be an entrepreneur, but they are eager to do so. It became Steph’s mission to work with emerging artists, career musicians, and struggling business owners to streamline their business operations and reach profitability.

By following a proven process for development and growth, Steph and her team help musicians get organized, create systems and processes, make (and follow!) budgets, prep for taxes, and grow their companies to amazing heights.

We are driven by the desire to improve the lives of musicians and the communities they live in.

We want to change the world, one career at a time.

Media Bio:

Steph Belcher's mission is to help musicians remove financial roadblocks so they are free to create. Steph is an educator, finance coach, and business manager for emerging and independent musicians, songwriters, producers, and industry reps. She began preparing taxes in 2009, after managing venue and grassroots marketing campaigns for 10 years prior. Now, with more than 1500 tax returns under her belt, she is teaching about the financial process, getting (and staying) out of debt, pricing strategies, and how to deal with the IRS.

Current and recent clients include Madelyn Grant, Christine Hucal, Woody Goss, Jax Anderson and her studio Assemble Sound, Jason Singer of Michigander, Jennifer Hall, Noam Wallenberg, DIME Detroit, Goose, and many more.

Press:

Pollstar Live Music Conference (Forbes Online)

The Stratton Setlist: Strength in Numbers (Stratton Setlist)

DIME Instructor Spotlight (DIME Online)

Pastel Coworking Member Spotlight (Pastel)

DIME Masterclass with Joel Cummins (Click On Detroit)

Women in Harmony in Michigan (Click On Detroit)

Dreams ARE Real (Podcast)

Crowdfunding (The Business of the Music Business with Pam Rossi)

Business Tips for Musicians + Taxes for Musicians (Stock Music Musician)