PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION September 11, 2026 Happy FEM Music Friday! Most artists I work with already have gigs on their calendar. They've got their bread-and-butter gigs like restaurants or hotel residencies or places they've played so many times that they've built up a relationship with the venue so all they have to do is call them and they can get a date on the calendar. So getting gigs isn't the problem. The problem is that the same ole gigs are getting boring. The same...

PROFITABLE MUSICIAN WEEKLY NEWSLETTER September 9, 2026 Hey there, Profitable Musician! You can spend an entire afternoon researching places to play and end up with a list of venues you’re not even excited about. Then you hear another musician describe a gig where the audience absolutely loved her music, and you think, “Where on earth do you FIND something like that?” Often, you have to look beyond places that advertise live music. This week on the podcast, six of my FMA members share their...

PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION September 4, 2026 Happy FEM Music Friday! If you've been in my world for a while, you know I often talk about Holiday releases and bookings every year in July, because that gives you the best runway to get something recorded and book some shows to promote it in December. But this year I decided not to beat the same drum in July...but I can't allow myself to completely ignore December bookings because they can be so lucrative! So consider this your nudge...