Keep Track of Music Booking Efforts with the Booking Call Log Book for Musicians

I’m a gigging musician. It takes a lot of effort to get gigs and keep my gigging calendar full. I spend hours each week calling venues, researching gigging opportunities, sending out emails, following up with people I’ve reached out to and advancing shows. People don’t realize that gigging is not just showing up at your […]

15 Positive Ways Musicians Can Improve Their Chance of Getting Gigs

For this post, we welcome Guest Contributor, Dipanshu Mphapatra; self-taught guitarist who has played over 100 live performance gigs and counting. Dipanshu runs music-industry blog – Pick Up The Guitar. For more information about Dipanshu, see his full bio below. It’s no surprise that the music industry is one of the most competitive industries to […]

Music Business Guide: 4 Critical Business Elements Every Musician Should Address

Doing music is about way more than just playing a few tunes and melodies. There are so many hats a musician has to wear to keep business moving in the right direction, it could make your head spin. Being in business for yourself creates its own set of challenges, but it’s incredibly rewarding if you […]

Read this Before Applying to Concerts in Your Home

I’ll start off by saying, you probably will get rejected. At the time of this writing, their own website says that only 30% of first-time applicants get accepted. In fact, if you’re contemplating applying, you should probably read this first.  When I first started doing music, I came across Concerts in Your Home. It’s a […]

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