Musician Stories
“How I got 75 bookings in 7 months using Encore”
Saxophonist Mark Ellis (m-Sax) landed 75 Encore bookings in under a year. His top tips on profiles, communication, pricing, content and persistence.
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Musician Stories
Meet the people behind the music making! We tell the stories of some of Encore’s top musicians.
Musician Stories
Over 1 in 4 UK Musicians Skip Meals Due to Cost of Living Crisis [Survey]
26% have skipped a meal within the last 12 most due to cost of living crisis 90% of musicians feel unconfident in the UK government’s ability to handle the crisis 64% of musicians have seen their number of gigs decrease as a result of the crisis 79% think it’s likely rising fuel prices will limit…
Hiring Musicians
International Women’s Day 2023: Celebrating the wonderful women of Encore
International Women’s Day 2023’s missions include ‘Celebrating women’s achievements and increasing visibility while calling out inequality.’ Here at Encore we care about each and every one of our musicians and strive to make the music industry a better place for all women. We want to give an extra…
Hiring Musicians
An Interview with Alleycatz
Encore Musicians Stories is a blog series where we explore the unique personalities behind Encore’s top performers. This week we interviewed band leader Phil Swan from Alleycatz, last year’s most-booked function band. He gave us some insight into the life of one of the UK’s premier function bands!…
Musician Stories
How to double your bookings with TikTok: Interview with Nicole Reynolds
We caught up with Coventry-based wedding pianist Nicole Reynolds to hear about how she managed to double her number of bookings using TikTok. When lockdown hit, Nicole tried a number of social media marketing techniques before eventually launching a TikTok video which received over 7 million…
Musician Stories
Interview with BBC “I Can See Your Voice” GUITAR STAR: Scott Cameron
Scott Cameron is one of Encore’s top singing guitarist based in Ayreshire, Scotland – but one month ago he rocketed to national fame as the mysterious “Guitar Star” in episode 2 of BBC’s I Can See Your Voice. During the show, Scott’s past as a professional singer was hidden from the contestants and…
Hiring Musicians
The Left Back’s Mystery Guitar: Encore Band on Antiques Roadshow
Encore Band The Left Backs, were featured in the recent episode of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow in Windemere broadcast last Sunday 21 Feb 2021. Max Lozowsky, the singer from the band, had saved an 1845 Louis Panormo guitar from being thrown away on a skip and brought it to be valued. The experts on…
Musician Stories
My Experience Singing on The Voice: Wura Abimbola
Wura Abimbola is a professional singer and leader of Gold, one of Encore’s top gospel choirs. Last month, she stunned judges and audiences with her incredible voice on ITV’s The Voice and made it onto Tom Jones’ team. We caught up with her to hear how she got to this point, her top tips for […]
Musician Guides
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…
Musician Guides
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…
Musician Stories
Encore Musician Stories: Bethany Jane & Bro
Encore Musicians Stories is a blog series where we explore the unique personalities behind Encore’s top performers. This week we interviewed Bethany and Galen from one of our top duos, the Cambridgeshire-based sibling team, Bethany Jane and Bro. How did you first get into playing music? Bethany: We…
Musician Guides
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…