“The answer is YES! I play live acoustic guitar music almost every week of the year, making good, regular money—and I’m going to show you exactly how you can do it, too–even if you don’t play guitar and can’t even sing! And lots of people are now using live acoustic guitar shows to train for American Idol and other competitions–read below!”
There are lots of books online about how to play guitar, singing lessons, etc. But none that I’ve seen that tell you specifically the best ways to make money with your guitar without having to join one or more bands, wear yourself out trying to make ends meet, and feeling like you can’t win. Instead of going solo, most guitar players, songwriters, and artists looking to make money usually try to join or form a band. That can be a good thing in time, but it can be tough to get all the right players together that think the same way you do, buy all the equipment, market the band, learn all the songs, practice, and try to book gigs that pay well enough, which doesn’t happen for a long time for bands that aren’t established. Not that being in a band is bad—it just requires a lot more time and it’s harder to make good money.
And if you’re like I was, you need money NOW, not a bunch of expenses and waiting around–right? Well, there is a better way, if you want some fast, fun, weekly music income or want to train to try out for American Idol or other competitions–without working a lot of long, bad hours for little money. The best answer I have found is: live acoustic guitar gigs–one of the best kept secrets for making good money playing guitar and singing, and training for competitions. Why acoustic guitar shows? Acoustic guitar gigs require minimal equipment, you don’t have to find or worry with other musicians, most of the best songs to use are songs you’ve heard or played all your life anyway, playing acoustic guitar shows is a great way to practice the same techniques successful contestants use, and you can easily book gigs that pay $25, $50, or more per hour, if you know where and how to book them. And then, if you’re the guitar player and the singer, you get to keep all the money, tips and all! Awesome!
Even if you just play guitar and don’t sing, that fine—just find someone who sings and you can do smaller live acoustic gigs as a duo and still make very good money. Don’t play guitar? No problem. Have one person play keyboard and the other sing—that works, too. Compared to being in a band, with acoustic guitar shows, most of the time you don’t have to work from 10pm to 2am then break everything down and get home at 4am or later. Most acoustic gigs go from 7-11 pm or earlier, for 3-4 hours tops, and setup & break down is easy. And at $100 to $300 a gig 3-5 times a week, that’s pretty good money per hour, and per year! Doing acoustic guitar gigs correctly can be a great paying hobby, too, if playing guitar and singing is just a hobby or pastime.
Or, if you want to try out for American Idol, X Factor or America’s Got Talent, playing live acoustic guitar and singing regularly can really help you train and give you your best chance of winning. And playing solo acoustic guitar shows can be very good for building vocal technique and stage presence. Talk about making money with a guitar—take a look at many of the past winners and top contestants of American Idol and other competitions and you will see that Phillip Phillips, Scotty McCreery, Kevin Skinner, etc., all played an acoustic guitar during try outs and performances, and had a history of playing acoustic guitar shows before trying out. And if you watch the try outs for solo artist and American Idol winner Phillip Phillips, he sang a song, but then the judges asked him to go back and do a song with his acoustic guitar, then they said “oh , yes, that’s it–you’re through to Hollywood!”—and then he WON! Kevin Skinner won America’s Got Talent a couple of years ago by doing what–playing acoustic guitar and singing. Sounds like a there’s a pattern there, doesn’t it? Hmmm…I think I know what one of the secrets is…
There definitely are certain tricks, techniques, and secrets that you must know to make good regular money with a guitar and train for competitions. There are a lot of acoustic guitar players out there that don’t stay booked, or make good money, and some that think they are practicing to try out for American Idol, but just aren’t improving. That’s why I wrote this online book “Acoustic Guitar Money”—to help guitarists, artists and other musicians support themselves in the best ways possible and achieve their goals faster, with less effort. Solo or duo acoustic guitar shows done in a certain format, with the right song selection, using the right singing, guitar, and stage presence techniques, and by following a few other simple rules works very well . Not following ‘the rules’ doesn’t work, and I know this because I did it wrong for a while, too. However, I learned the right way from other very successful acoustic players, vocal trainers, and artists, and I’ve been playing acoustic gigs successfully now for several years so I know the techniques definitely work.
This online book contains the best secrets, tricks, and techniques that I use every week to support myself while playing acoustic guitar shows, writing songs, training myself, and working on my music career. You can…
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