PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION July 10, 2026 Happy FEM Music Friday! Most musicians can name their busy seasons and slow seasons without looking at their calendar...because they feel it in their bank account. December can get packed with holiday concerts, church services, private parties, and those last-minute opportunities that somehow all end up in the same two-week window. Then January arrives, and the calendar suddenly looks a lot more open than your budget can support. Summer...

PROFITABLE MUSICIAN WEEKLY NEWSLETTER July 8, 2026 Hey there, Profitable Musician! I know we joke about “the check is in the mail,” but when you are the musician waiting for that check, it stops being funny pretty fast. I remember doing luncheon gigs where I would walk in with my merch and my speaker setup, and someone would point me toward my spot at a beautifully decorated table. The best feeling was when I saw a card sitting there with my name on it. Payment handled. I could sing, connect...

PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION July 3, 2026 Happy FEM Music Friday! In my conversation with Dr. Leslie Davis Bayliss, she told a story about a business that fell apart. She and her husband had moved to Branson West, Missouri for a counseling practice and wellness center opportunity. They invested money upfront, were paying $1,200 a month in rent, and then the thing they moved for just fell apart. Leslie didn’t tell it like some dramatic failure story. She said they learned from it....