Money and quotes
Pricing, quotes, invoices, deposits and fair splits.
A bank account for the band and simple bookkeeping
How working bands handle a shared account, who signs, a 30-minute monthly money routine, and the few tools you need to keep the books clean.
5 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Band expenses you should track
What a working band spends money on, with typical figures, which costs are per gig and which are fixed, and a 15-minute-a-week system to track them.
5 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Gig fee benchmarks: weddings, corporates and bars
Realistic fee ranges for bands at weddings, corporate events, bars and festivals, what moves the number up or down, and how to check your own rate.
5 min read · 8 Sept 2026
How to price your band
Cost-based, market-based and value-based pricing for bands, with per-musician rates, travel, extras and worked examples in EUR you can adapt to your market.
6 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Negotiating with clients
How bands negotiate without cutting the fee: anchoring, trading scope for price, concessions that cost little, and how to say no to a discount and keep the gig.
6 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Payment terms: deposits, balances and getting paid on the night
Due dates, payment methods, late fees and cash handling for bands, with a payment-terms text you can adapt and a routine that stops chasing money after gigs.
6 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Raising your band's prices without losing clients
The signals that say you are underpriced, when to raise, how to tell repeat clients and agencies, grandfathering rules and add-ons that lift the average fee.
6 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Splitting a gig fee fairly
A worked method for dividing a band fee: expenses first, role-based extras, dep rates, a leader premium that people accept, and full transparency every time.
6 min read · 8 Sept 2026
VAT, invoices and receipts for bands (the basics)
When VAT applies to band fees, what a correct invoice contains, how to handle deposits and cash, and a record-keeping routine that survives an audit.
5 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Why a quote link beats a PDF
PDF quotes go stale, get forwarded as version three and die in a downloads folder. Here is what a client-facing quote link does better, and how to use one.
5 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Writing a quote clients accept
The structure of a band quote that gets a yes: sections, options, clarity on what is included, validity dates and the follow-up sequence that closes it.
6 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Your service catalog: package what you sell
Turn 'we play weddings' into named, priced services: core packages, extras, ceremony and DJ options, and the naming that makes clients add on.
6 min read · 8 Sept 2026