Musician Stories Archives | Encore Blog https://encoremusicians.com/blog/category/musician-stories/ Outstanding performers for any occasion Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:16:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://i0.wp.com/encoremusicians.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-favicon-96x96.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Musician Stories Archives | Encore Blog https://encoremusicians.com/blog/category/musician-stories/ 32 32 224836616 Featured Booking: Rod Stewart’s Bagpipers https://encoremusicians.com/blog/featured-booking-rod-stewarts-bagpiper/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:21:51 +0000 https://encoremusicians.com/blog/?p=2686 Encore is home to a huge array of live music bookings. In 2019, we helped match our customers with musicians of all types: from a full orchestra booked for a Yamaha TV ad to an intimate wedding proposal with a violinist on a boat in Paris. But the stand-out booking for us must be matching […]

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]]> 2686 Over 1 in 4 UK Musicians Skip Meals Due to Cost of Living Crisis [Survey] https://encoremusicians.com/blog/musicians-cost-of-living-crisis-survey/ https://encoremusicians.com/blog/musicians-cost-of-living-crisis-survey/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:34:38 +0000 https://encoremusicians.com/blog/?p=4735 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 […]

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]]> https://encoremusicians.com/blog/musicians-cost-of-living-crisis-survey/feed/ 1 4735 International Women’s Day 2023: Celebrating the wonderful women of Encore https://encoremusicians.com/blog/international-womens-day-2023-celebrating-the-wonderful-women-of-encore/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:31:22 +0000 https://encoremusicians.com/blog/?p=4653 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 shout-out to the women, trans, non-binary & […]

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]]> 4653 An Interview with Alleycatz https://encoremusicians.com/blog/alleycatz-most-popular-band/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:43:06 +0000 https://encoremusicians.com/blog/?p=4314 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! Who are Alleycatz? Gigging with Alleycatz Why […]

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]]> 4314 How to Earn £1,000 in 14 days from Personalised Music Messages: with Sam Burkey https://encoremusicians.com/blog/how-to-earn-1000-from-music-message-videos-with-sam-burkey/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:09:37 +0000 https://encoremusicians.com/blog/?p=2956 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 with him […]

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