Money management for artists, creatives, and freelancers.
Learn how to budget, save, manage taxes, and build wealth, without giving up the career you love.

Pick the entry point that fits where you are.
Whether you want to learn the philosophy, run the system, or get personal help, start with the path that meets you today.
The Book
Stack App
1:1 Coaching
From the world’s biggest stages to the artist’s real life.
Years on tour, on television, on red carpets. Now on the other side, helping creatives build a stable financial life through irregular income. The system isn’t theory. It’s the one I actually used.
Missy ElliottStage · Tour
Mariah CareyStage · Live
Justin TimberlakeStage · TV
FergieStage · Tour
The GrammysRed Carpet · CBS
The biggest stages, and the silver screen.
Built for the way creatives actually earn.
If your income is irregular, mixed W-2 and 1099, or comes in waves, most personal finance advice doesn't fit. This does.
Dancers & performers
Stage, tour, and contract-based income
Designers & creatives
Project work with changing monthly cash flow
Freelancers & 1099 earners
Self-managed taxes and variable invoices
Mixed W-2 / 1099 earners
Balancing payroll and independent income
Sole proprietors & LLCs
Simple systems for owner-pay and tax planning
Studio owners
Personal and business finances in one rhythm
Tour & gig workers
Irregular schedules with uneven pay cycles
Anyone with irregular income
Built for real life, not fixed paycheck advice
Why I built this.

I spent my career inside the creative world: on stage, in studios, on tour. I performed alongside Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, Fergie, and walked the Grammy red carpet. And I watched brilliant artists make real money and still feel broke.
Not because they were careless. Because no one ever taught us how to handle income that doesn’t arrive on the first and the fifteenth. James Marino Finance is the system I wish I had: a book to learn the philosophy, an app to run the day-to-day, and coaching for when you want a guide. Confident money, on a creative income.
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A one-page system for budgeting on irregular income. Sent straight to your inbox.
Confident money, on a creative income.
Stop guessing. Start with the path that fits. Read the book, open the app, or get on a call.