How to pay for a PA system and the big gear

Savings, a loan, a card or the crowd: pay for the big stuff the right way. Lesson 3.5, Fund the Rig, is a game you play as your own act, for solo acts, duos and bandleaders.

Lesson 3.5 · about 20 minutes

Fund the Rig

Savings, a loan, a card or the crowd: pay for the big stuff the right way.

Savings, a card, a loan, the crowd or a partner. The big stuff gets paid for somehow. Pick the way that doesn't cost you the season, or the act.

Skill: Fund It Right

Gear funding game, Lesson 3.5 Fund the Rig: the first call on a phone screen, eight booked outdoor dates, and no PA that can do them. — The first call, as you see it in the game. Your act's name goes where it says Your Act.

How it opens

Eight booked outdoor dates, and no PA that can do them.

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What you walk away with

The skill: Fund It Right.
Your after-lesson checklist: clear steps and "say it like this" scripts, with your act's name on it. Print it or save it as a PDF.
About 20 minutes, on your phone or laptop. Replay it until you hit the top rank.

Everything in the game is made up: the venues, the people, the money. General information, not financial, legal or tax advice.

Unit 3 · Money Between Gigs

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Part of Unit 3: Money Between Gigs in the Thriving Musicians course. Pick your free lesson.

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Fund the Rig

What you walk away with

Unit 3 · Money Between Gigs

Make the busy months carry the slow ones.

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