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International Women’s Day: Survey, Webinar and Resources
Survey of over 100 female musicians on the state of gender equity in the music industry and resources for female and gender diverse musicians.
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Our collection of blogs highlighting our best tips for musicians.
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Spring Budget 2024: Self-Employed Musician Tax Calculator
Self Employed Musician Tax and National Insurance Calculator Enter Your Annual Profits (£): Calculate Results National Insurance Before 6th April 2024: £0.00 National Insurance After 6th April 2024: £0.00 Total Income Tax: £0.00 Combined Tax and National Insurance (Before 6th April 2024): £0.00…
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The Ultimate Tax Return Guide for Musicians in 2024
This comprehensive guide is packed with helpful tips specifically tailored for musicians who need assistance with filing their tax returns.
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How to reach 700,000 views on Twitch: with Courtney Visser
At the start of 2020, Courtney Visser was performing live across the UK as one of Encore’s top singing guitarists. When COVID hit, sadly most of her live bookings were cancelled. But rather than dwell on her losses, Courtney embraced the challenge of making online music-making work, first on…
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What I Learnt from 6 months of Personalised Music Messages: with Bethany Jane
Before COVID, Bethany Jane was regularly being booked for live gigs as a soloist and with her duo Bethany Jane and Bro. In April, she adapted and began offering personalised music messages to customers – and has since become the 3rd most-book musician on the platform for this service. We caught up…
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Livestreaming for Musicians: The Ultimate Guide
At our last Encore Drinks Online event we invited virtuoso Encore guitarist Joncan Kavlakoglu to explain the setup he uses for livestreaming musical performances (you can watch his brilliant funk-flamenco playing below). Joncan’s workshop was so useful he’s kindly agreed to share it with all our…
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How to Earn £1,000 in 14 days from Personalised Music Messages: with Sam Burkey
Last week, one of our musicians set a new Encore record to become the first person to earn over £1,000 from the new Personalised Music Messages service! Singing pianist, Sam Burkey received his first request on 2nd April, and within the space of just 14 days, he’d hit four figures! We caught up…
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Webinar: How to get the most from Personalised Music Messages
Yesterday, we hosted a webinar on Zoom, with around 50 musicians from across the UK. Watch it back below (includes an interview with a musician who’s received over 50 video bookings already)! Our Sales Executive Chiara presents a webinar explaining how to use PMM. Plus we interview Thom, a musician…
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How to Consistently Perform at your Best (Guest post)
Internationally acclaimed clarinettist and saxophonist Victoria Samek introduces OPC, a ground-breaking process that integrates performance science with artistic integrity. Practice is the most private activity for any musician. This culture of secrecy pervades our musical life, with great demands…
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Top 10 Affordable Photographers for Musicians
After looking at thousands of musician bookings on Encore, we’ve seen than musicians who have great photography are much more likely to get booked. In the online world, how you present yourself in your promo photography dictates the first impression you give to your potential clients. So if you’re…
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Encore Musician Stories: Joey Vanzetti
Encore Musicians Stories is a blog series where we explore some of the background behind Encore’s top performers. This time we interviewed the singing guitarist Joey V, who savvy approach to marketing has completely transformed his experience using Encore. Joey V is a solo acoustic performer and…
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How to become the most booked musician on Encore in 2023
Why do some musicians get booked all the time, while others who seem to be just as good are left out of work? In a perfect world, the best musicians would always be the ones out gigging. But in reality, we know that’s often not the case. Being a musician today is so much more […]