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By Stefan

Being a successful musician today is one of the hardest things in show business. This industry can be ruthless, especially if you don’t have something unique and exciting to offer. Being a traveling musician can be even more complicated. These people are constantly on the road and this particular lifestyle doesn’t leave them much time for their own personal needs. For example, they can’t have a regular love life, so most of the time they have to meet people online and date via the Internet. Have you ever wondered – how traveling musicians make money today? If you want to find out their techniques and strategies, make sure to stick around.

Live Shows

If young musicians and their bands can organize their own tours, then live shows are the best way to earn money while traveling. This is also a fantastic opportunity to get a taste of the local dating scenes all over the world. However, making money is priority number one and individual live shows are a great source of income. This is also the best way to promote your art and widen your fan base. Unfortunately, not all traveling musicians are able to book their own gigs, so they have to consider other earning methods.

Playing At Various Festivals

In case bands or individual performers are not able to have their own independent concerts, playing at festivals all around the globe is a nice and profitable alternative. Being a part of a festival is much easier than having your own shows. There’s no doubt that this is one of the most popular ways to earn money among traveling musicians. This way, they don’t depend on their own crowd. Instead, they discuss and determine a fee with the organization of a certain festival.

Performing On The Streets

If concerts and music festivals are a bit unrealistic for some musicians, performing on the streets is one of the safest options to earn money. People appreciate street performers and they like to award them with cash. Also, these shows allow them to promote their art to all kinds of people. At the same time, they’re earning money by doing what they love and they’re promoting their art to the widest possible audience. It’s safe to say that this is a pretty clever strategy.

Playing In Restaurants

This is also one of the quickest and most profitable ways to earn quick cash while on the road. Certain traveling musicians are all about serenading guests at local restaurants and diners. This may sound weird, but people love to be entertained during their meals. Sadly, most of these artists have to cover other famous musicians, but hey, it’s still a fun way to make money, right?

Selling Albums, T-Shirts, And Other Merchandise

Organizing gigs and performing are not the only two ways to make money as an artist on tour. There are a lot of different methods to achieve that and selling your merchandise is definitely one of them. Young musicians are trying to make it in this harsh world of show business by selling their albums, CDs, vinyl records, T-shirts, stickers, and other themed merchandise. This is actually a very efficient and fun way to ‘lure’ fans into their world of music. After all, they’re selling their product, so marketing plays an extremely important role.

Digital Sales And Streaming Via The Internet

Sadly, some bands and solo artists are not able to break through to the mainstream, so they have to find certain alternatives when it comes to selling and promoting their music. These people usually end up selling their music via their own websites or digital stores like iTunes and Amazon. These groups also allow their fans and supporters to stream their music via different platforms. We have to be honest, this is not the most profitable way, but it still counts for something.

House Gigs

These arrangements are pretty awesome. Sure, there are no marketing campaigns and PRs involved, but it’s a nice way for bands to promote their art to true and passionate music fans. Traveling artists usually make themselves available for these type of gigs because it allows them to perform at birthdays, weddings, and other types of parties.

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