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Live performance accounts for 28% of an average musician’s income, and is the largest piece of the pie. Based on how little music sales and streaming brings in for independent artists these days (more on that in a moment), it’s not surprising that ongoing touring and live engagements have the potential to bring in steady income. Update 3.4.1 I LOVED this program before this update. It's VERY buggy, and its hard for me to play my patches for live perfomance now. I hope the developers can fix this soon. However, Mainstage is A GREAT tool for playing all of your created sounds/stems available for the stage.
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GIG PERFORMER 3 INCLUDES THE SETLIST MANAGER, CHORD PRO SUPPORT, AUDIO/MIDI RECORDER, GPSCRIPT AND MORE...
Worship Essentials 3 brings you powerful live performance features and an all-new studio-quality patch library, meticulously designed for today’s modern worship sound. Combining years of our keyboard playing experience with the accessibility of MainStage 3 gives you the ultimate MainStage experience! Apple MainStage 3.3.1 – Live performance tool for musicians. July 19, 2017 Love the sound you got on your recording? MainStage 3 makes it easy to bring all the same instruments and effects to the stage. What is MAINSTage 3. MainStage is a music application designed for use in live performance. MainStage turns your computer into a powerful multi-instrument and e ects processor that you can use on stage when you perform. Whether you sing or play a keyboard, guitar, or another instrument, you can use MainStage when you perform live.
Guitarists, keyboard players, vocalists, drummers, wind players — build and control your live music rig with Gig Performer® to transform and elevate your live performing experience by gaining complete control over the sound of your instrument or voice. Our innovative approach and focus on usability is paired with an intuitive rack design, called a Rackspace, which transforms your plugins into the most powerful, yet user-friendly live music software system. And our impressive list of cutting edge features allow you to control multiple instruments, layer sounds and employ authentic effects… easily, and with little power usage.
SONGS AND SETLISTS
Songs let you reuse your rackspaces. For example, a single rackspace containing an acoustic piano sound can be reused to cover 10 songs needing piano. Reusing rackspaces greatly reduces load times and memory needs. Guitarists will love that song parts can be accessed directly using a MIDI pedal controller, as well as from a control surface or Gig Performer’s main window.
PREDICTIVE LOADING
Gig Performer’s Predictive Loading™ feature, which slims resource demands by loading only the next few rackspaces that will be needed, can now be applied at the song level. All parts of a song are loaded into memory when the song is selected for glitchless, instant switching. At the same time, Predictive Loading limits CPU and memory requirements.
BI-DIRECTIONAL MIDI CONTROL AND SYSEX SUPPORT
Control surface support has been strengthened with the addition of bidirectional MIDI control of widgets on Gig Performer rack panels, and the program now allows programming and transmitting sysex (MIDI System Exclusive) messages, commonly used with hardware synthesizers.
LOW CPU USAGE
We've spent countless hours making sure that Gig Performer uses as few CPU cycles as possible.
CROSS PLATFORM (VST, VST3, AU)
Works on OS X and Windows devices. Your GIG files can be opened on both platforms. Supports VST, VST3 and AU plugins
BUILT-IN AUDIO/MIDI RECORDER
Record all incoming audio inputs easily for later post processing in a DAW. Saved wave files are automatically timestamped - perfect for touring bands. All incoming MIDI data can be saved to a Standard MIDI File, complete with tempo changes.
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INSTANT SWITCHING
Switch between your rack spaces - INSTANTLY and GLITCH FREE. Easily create variations of your rackspace. Switch between variations seamlessly - even while holding notes.
MIDI & OSC Support
Use your existing MIDI and OSC devices and apps. Map any control to any controllable parameter.
RIG MANAGER
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Our Rig Manager allows you to move between your home and studio setup with a single click
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Synchronize Gig Performer's tempo with applications running on other connected computers or tablets.
CHORD PRO SUPPORT
Gig Performer 3 adds support for the Chord Pro lead sheet format. This allows Chord Pro documents to be created, edited, and linked to songs in a setlist so a chords-and-lyrics chart can be opened when a song is selected
VISUAL WORKFLOW
Forget about channel strips, busses, auxes and sends. Just route audio from one plugin to another by connecting them together with wires. Functionality like inserts, sends and side-chaining become trivial.
GPSCRIPT LANGUAGE
A powerful, proprietary scripting language allows you to customize your rig's behaviour to the max.
Read more about GPScriptADVANCED MIDI FUNCTIONS
Associate specific MIDI devices with particular plugins easily and visually. Use transpose, channel mapping, MIDI out settings and more...
AUDIO MIXER/ROUTER
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Built in 4, 8 and 16 channel mixer/router
Read more about the new mixer/router plugins, as many as you needGig Performer® runs on both OSX and MS Windows so you can enjoy its benefits on whichever platform you are most familiar. You’ll also enjoy full OSC support. You can use touch surfaces such as Lemur or TouchOSC to control Gig Performer®, as well as applications such as Max for even more sophisticated control.
Gig Performer® supports VST and VST3 formats on both OSX and MS Windows, as well as the AU (Audio Unit) format on OSX.
No more confusing busses, sends, auxes or inserts used by traditional channel-strip approaches. Using the front and back panel views, simply connect plugins to each other any way you want, then custom-design Panels to control each Rackspace. You can then design a number of Variations, which allow multiple sets of settings for a single Rackspace… and switch INSTANTLY between them.
For instance, if you create a Rackspace consisting of an electric piano and some effects (phase, reverb, tremolo) then you can switch instantly from fast deep tremolo, to slow mellow tremolo plus reverb, and so on, even while still holding notes. Plus, you can customize your Panels using a variety of available widgets (knobs, switches, levers, LEDs), and colored face plates.
Gig Performer® makes the most of your plugins whether you’re using it to control the effects processing of your instrument, your voice, or both simultaneously. You can also use Gig Performer® with your existing environment, by training it to recognize the controls on your keyboards, OSC apps, MIDI expression pedals and control surfaces, and then use them to control plugin parameters. Of course, you’ll also enjoy expected features such as layering and splitting operations, and individual transposition.
Gig Performer 3 adds some exciting new features. See a list of major new features available in GP3
Design Your Sounds Like A Pro
Say goodbye to the confusing busses, sends and inserts of traditional channel-strip approaches. Simply connect plugins to each other any way you want.
Multiple Panels Per Rack
Panels make it easy to group and share common collections of controls tied to your physical devices and to plugin parameters in individual rackspaces.
We’re already using Gig Performer® on stage and on tour.
Download it today and find out why are we so excited by its abilities!
- GP has absolutely changed how I run my guitar rig and has finally allowed me to run it how I want to rather than how the software wants to.
- After more than 20 years of using a PC to run my keyboards on stage, I finally don’t live in fear of the next patch or song change.
- Yay finally someone with brains developed the vst host from heavenI purchased Gig Performer and OMG. This is by far the best live VST host for live work. Thumbs up big time. Look forward to gigging with this beasty vst host from heaven. Yay.
- It’s actually CHANGED my studio by giving me the ability to have “physical” control of virtual instruments on the fly without the need for the GEAR.
- I love it when I get a new instrument or tool to use it gives me a fresh outlook and Gig Performer has done exactly that. I now find I am creating more complex sounds for my stage performances and being confident that they will work. Gig Performer was created for musicians who want reliability and a familiar way to create and recreate their sounds on stage it is not just another way to use your plugins for me it has become another instrument. Thank you Gig Performer you are a Great Performer.
- Thank you guys for creating a 'Musician's Tool' instead of another Engineering Tool
- Very impressed with Gig Performer. It is so intuitive that probably it doesn't need a manual
- Gig Performer has liberated my best audio plug-ins from the confines of the studio and finally made it practical to bring multiple instances of them to the performance stage. Simultaneous MIDI processing makes a versatile system. I now have one very compact live setup!
- Gig Performer is like a breath of fresh air for laptop performers. Stable, efficient and without all the extra unnecessary features that increase cpu and distract from a smooth playing experience. It’s a lean, mean performing machine and will find a home with many players looking to augment, or completely replace their hardware rigs.P.S. I just made a gig with 50 instances of Uhe Diva in it. Resting cpu = 2%. wow!
- Finally, a plugin host that truly addresses the needs of live performers
- Gig Performer is a game changer for me. Not only can I create any combination of sounds with this but also perform them live with seamless switching.The only limitation with Gig Performer is your imagination.
- Gig Performer is an amazing tool for my unconventional set up. Allowing me to access the full power of my laptops into my system. It is quickly becoming an incredible asset to my live shows.
- I was also impressed that it handled midi fx, I wasn't expecting that ?
There are many ways to make money in the music industry. To date, I’ve made money from the music business in 21 different ways and counting (though I probably don’t represent the average artist since I’m into media creation and business).
But where do most artists earn the bulk of their income? What are they doing to build a financially sustainable career?
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Though no two careers are exactly alike, there are basically eight income streams that most musicians rely on. Interested in finding out what they are? Let’s get into it.
Important: If you want to learn how these and other revenue stream in the music industry work, and want to learn and use them to earn from your music, you’ll want to check out our online music business courses.
In it you’ll find advanced strategies on how you can earn in your music career.
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Update: We’ve just made a video on this topic, so if you prefer to learn via watching, this is ideal for you:
What Are The Major Revenue Streams Musicians Have?
An article from TorrentFreak indicates that the top eight revenue streams for musicians are (5,000 artists were surveyed):
- Touring, shows, or live performance fees. Live performance accounts for 28% of an average musician’s income, and is the largest piece of the pie. Based on how little music sales and streaming brings in for independent artists these days (more on that in a moment), it’s not surprising that ongoing touring and live engagements have the potential to bring in steady income.
- Teaching. Teaching accounts for 22% of an average musician’s income. I’ve done quite a bit of teaching myself, so this is somewhat expected. One of the tough things about teaching is that your earning potential is capped, at least in part, by the whims of the economy. The other factor is how much time you can dedicate to it.
- Salary as an employee of a symphony, band, or ensemble. Salary makes up 19% of an average musician’s income. There are, of course, many people that do not belong to the orchestra or a classical ensemble.
- Session musician earnings. Session playing makes up 10% of the overall pie. There can be good money in session playing, but getting steady gigs can be difficult.
- Other. I’d be curious to know what “other” means, but knowing musicians, it could be things like busking, tips from live streams, YouTube ad income, and so on. Other income represents 7% for the average musician.
- Songwriting/composing. At 6%, songwriting or composing is a small chunk of the whole. Songwriters and composers can also earn from sound recordings, however.
- Sound recordings. Recorded music (digital sales, streaming, etc.) only accounts for 6% of the graph. And I can’t imagine this number has gotten any larger in the four years since this study was published. Some studies also show top 1% of artists earn 77% of all recorded music income.
- Merchandise sales. Some artists say merch sales are integral to their success on the road. Yet, it only represents 2% of an average musician’s income.
The article on TorrentFreak was originally published in 2013, and was also based on a study from 2013.
Are These The Only Income Streams Available For Musicians?
In a word, no. Future of Music Coalition, for instance, has identified 42 revenue streams. The challenge is that these 42 sources would not apply to all artists. For example, you’re not going to get a record label advance, support or settlement unless you are, or at one time were, a signed artist. Not all musicians will win grants, nor will all generate ad revenue from blogging or YouTube videos.
To complicate matters, to pursue all 42 wouldn’t be the best use of your time. Even if you somehow managed to get these 42 streams working for you, it would be a juggling act at best, and the money earned from each likely wouldn’t be substantial. Not the best way to make money in the music industry.
The best strategy isn’t to pursue everything at once, but rather to group similar strategies together, cross-sell, upsell, and earn more from the things you’re already doing.
Let’s look at what that would look like in practical terms.
What Can I Do To Diversify Income Streams As A Rapper, Singer Or Producer?
If you have a blog, you could add a PayPal “tip jar” to your site and ask for donations. You could also earn from ads and commissions on affiliate products.
If you have an email list, you could start a fan club and encourage your fans to pay for their membership. This could potentially add to your workload, however, because you would have to give people a reason to keep coming back.
If you’re making YouTube videos, you could join their Partner Program after you’ve built up your following and encourage your subscribers to micro-fund you on an ongoing basis on Patreon. You could also join Audible’s sponsorship program.
If you’re touring or playing live shows, you could also live stream them on Concert Window (or another site like it) and earn tips for your performance separate from a guarantee or ticket sales.
These tips can also work for trumpet players, rock drummers, and any other type of instrumentalist trying to earn from their music.
Just remember that keeping all these balls in the air isn’t easy, and that’s what it takes to get regular income coming from them. Before diversifying, get one or two consistent and steady streams of income working for you. The biggest mistake you can make is branching out too soon, too fast.
What Does Success Look Like?
The studies and numbers cited here aren’t exactly encouraging. But even as we’re talking about money, there’s one important thing you must keep in mind – your goals.
Is your goal to be signed to a label? Would you like to be making a living doing what you love to do? Would you prefer to keep music a hobby? Are you more interested in helping people, supporting charities, and making an impact on the world?
Success looks different for everyone, so you must define what that means to you. You must think about what level you would be satisfied with, because working for money will only get you so far. There are much better ways to make money than to become a musician.
How Musicians Make Money Conclusion
The problem is not that there aren’t enough ways to earn an income. The problem is that many artists are unwilling to try their hand at different strategies, or simply don’t have the self-image to believe they could be earning more.
Your confidence level affects your income. The more you believe in yourself, the more you will realistically earn. But your self-image doesn’t improve in a vacuum. You must take proactive steps to study, get out of your comfort zone, and tap into skills you didn’t even know you had.
Update: If you’re a rapper, we’ve now also got a guide showing how rappers make money. So you’ll likely want to check that out too. ?
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P.S. Remember though, none of what you’ve learned will matter if you don’t know how to get your music out there and earn from it. Want to learn how to do that? Then get our free ‘5 Steps To Profitable Youtube Music Career’ ebook emailed directly to you!