Advice, guides and stories on hiring musicians and planning live music for weddings and events.
Vihuelas, trumpets, guitarróns, and violins. Traje de charros, rancheras, and huapangos. These are but a few of the ingredients which make up the unique sound of Mexico: mariachi. We’re only missing one thing—the songs! Ranging all the way from traditional tunes to modern pop covers, we’ve chosen…
String quartets are the perfect choice for a sophisticated wedding. But with so many possible songs to choose from, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s why we’ve put together this short guide, walking you through the ten most popular string quartet wedding songs to walk down the aisle to.…
76% musicians said it was likely Brexit travel restrictions will stop them performing in Europe 40% musicians have already cancelled gigs specifically because of Brexit 91% said Brexit will have a negative impact on their livelihood as a musician Classical musicians are the most likely to lose out…
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…
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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64% musicians are considering leaving the music profession On average musicians have lost £11,300 from cancellations since March 2020 87% fewer gigs booked for Aug – Dec 2020 than same period in 2019 Young female musicians have 34% fewer gigs booked for 2020 than men Music booking platform Encore…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Are you a customer looking to create a Personalised Music Message? Browse musicians here. The UK at the moment is filled with people stuck at home unable to celebrate occasions with their friends and family. On Encore we have hundreds of brilliant musicians now unable to perform live due to the…
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