Invoicing is how you get paid reliably as a freelance musician. This guide covers what to include on every invoice, how to structure payment terms, which tools to use, and how to handle late payments professionally.
Setting your rate as a session musician is one of the most uncomfortable and most important business decisions you will make. This guide covers the standard rate structures, how to price your skills, and how to negotiate confidently.
Mixing personal and music income in the same bank account creates accounting headaches, complicates taxes, and looks unprofessional to clients. This guide explains how to open a dedicated music business bank account and why it matters.
Tracking your music income and expenses does not require expensive accounting software. A well-designed spreadsheet gives you a clear picture of your music finances, simplifies tax filing, and helps you make smarter business decisions.
Session musicians play on recordings, tours, and live shows for other artists. The work is well-paid, consistent, and lets you stay active in music without the demands of artist development. This guide covers how to build a session career from the ground up.
Convert chord names to Nashville numbers and vice versa. Essential for session musicians and worship teams.
Paste raw lyrics and auto-format them into structured chord charts with section tags. Exports as plain text, ChordPro, or two-line chord-above-lyric layout. Free for worship teams, session bands, and songwriters.
Discover random songs, artists, or albums from Last.fm's live chart data. Filter by genre or decade. Reroll avoids repeats within a session. Includes Spotify and YouTube link-outs.
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician is an annual competition for emerging Scottish traditional musicians aged 18 to 27, held at Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow. The 2026 winner is harpist Rachel Groves from Aberdeenshire, announced on February 1, 2026 at Glasgow's City Halls.
The Nordic Council Music Prize is an annual award recognizing music of high artistic standard from the Nordic countries. The 2025 prize was awarded to Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson. The 2026 winner will be announced on October 20, 2026, during the Nordic Council Session in Helsinki.
Gotham Music is an American production music library founded in 1996 in New York by Claude Lewin and Emanuel Kallins. Now distributed through Universal Production Music, Gotham is the only production music library exclusively produced by a music director. The catalog features Emmy award-winning composers and New York session musicians, covering hip-hop, pop, rock, drama, sports, news, and fashion scoring genres.
