PLAN BEFORE YOU HIT THE STAGE Summer is a great time to hit the road in support of your latest...
Booking Gigs & Touring
Learn more about booking, touring, promoting gigs and live performance how to’s.
Clearing up the Most Common Misconception About Musician Insurance
When it comes to the life of your band, or your solo career, we understand that insurance topics...
Why NOW is the Perfect Time to Get Insurance For Your Band
If the pandemic taught us anything as musicians and music-lovers, it’s how much we took for...
How Musicians Can Maintain Nutritional Health on Tour
Nutrition impacts performance, creativity, productivity and mental health. The belief that artists must suffer to create is outdated and can be quite harmful to many. While art can be an outlet for...
How To Be Like Dylan And Avoid The Subterranean Homesick Blues
No, not that Dylan,...but nevertheless, a cautionary tale Americans who aren’t scientists appear to believe that they can decide for themselves whether the world is experiencing climate change (you...
Seven Essential Moves For Keeping Your Act On The Road
Out On Tour? Get Insured! [editor's note -- this guest article is brought to us by our friends at MusicPro Insurance] Ensuring success as a musician requires a whole host initiatives and...
Mastering a Hybrid Approach to Live Music
Let’s start with the obvious -- the pandemic put a huge damper on the entire music industry, leaving you itching to get back to the stage and back to fans. But even in the face of endless...
Is Your Band Ready for Entertainer Insurance?
With the world of touring and live gigs at a standstill for the past few months, you may be forgiven for not giving your stage show much thought lately. That said, now might be the best time to...
Will Dailey Launches Isolation Tour to Support Local Bars and Venues
Boston musician and community organizer Will Dailey has embarked on his Isolation Tour in support of local Boston venues and bars. Two weeks ago Dailey announced on his socials a virtual bar...
How Bands Can Use Google Maps to Plan a DIY Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAKx-t0YF5I I self-booked my first tour a few years back after finishing my first self-recorded/produced CD. I had been playing the Phoenix area extensively the past...
Nervous Energy – How To Handle Pre-Gig Nerves
"ROCK CONNECTION" by david leprince is licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0 Your heart starts racing, a lump forms in your throat, your palms begin to sweat and your stomach is in knots. These are...
Exploring the UK’s Brexit Landscape for Musicians
courtesy of Tim Reckmann, used under a Creative Commons license The songwriter, artist and multi-instrumentalist Brian Christinzio, who performs as BC Camplight, based his excellent 2018 release...
5 Tips for U.S. Musicians Applying for U.K. Visas
International artists are finding it increasingly difficult to secure visas to perform in the UK, but as immigration expert Anne Morris explains, there are ways to improve prospects of making a...