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BookLive is the all-in-one platform built exclusively for gigging musicians who want to run their music careers like a real business.We help soloists, bands, and ensembles book more gigs, manage clients, and deliver professional, five-star events with ease.With BookLive, musicians can: • Attract more high-quality leads • Automate client communication and follow-up • Manage gigs, contracts, invoices, and payments in one place • Send professional proposals instantly • Build a complete, high-converting musician website using our template system • Organize setlists, musicians, and scheduling with powerful toolsBookLive is trusted by hundreds of working musicians who want to elevate their professionalism, save time, and consistently book higher-paying gigs.Fulltime Music Academy (FMA) is a coaching and training program by BookLive that helps musicians book high-end, high-paying gigs without needing a fanbase, social media following, or a booking agent.We teach the proven system used by top-earning performers to get corporate events, weddings, private parties, and luxury celebrations.Inside FMA, musicians learn how to: • Position themselves as premium entertainers • Build a professional website that attracts high-paying clients • Implement a simple booking system that consistently fills their calendar • Network with planners and venues to get on preferred vendor lists • Create marketing assets that convert leads into paid gigs • Raise their rates with confidence and deliver unforgettable client experiencesEvery member also gets access to high-touch coaching, templates, scripts, checklists, and mentorship to get real results fast.Fulltime Music Academy has helped musicians all over the world break out of the “low-paying gig cycle” and build a career filled with freedom, income, and opportunities they love.
BookLive (booklive.com) has 28 customer reviews on The Fair Hearing, with an average rating of 4.4 out of 5.
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This is the #1 place to go to if you want to find the best gigs in your area. Too many musicians lack the skills to get premium gigs and Jared and the BookLive team is the best resource to learn how to do this. Highly recommend!
By Matt B.
Daniel has no idea what he’s talking about. This thing is great! It DOES have have something where you can reach out to potential clients. It also is a very helpful tool for anyone that actually does the work. It’s not going to do everything for you.
By Swan One man B.
BookLive is absolutely essential to my private event entertainment business. It keeps track of all the details for each event, each client, each musician/DJ, my music library, and all my payments. It automates SO much busy work that I don't have time for. The Gig Vault system is amazing, and Jared Judge keeps adding to the functionality to make it better. I am constantly making new partnerships in the event industry and converting leads into clients by using the BookLive platform and Jared's strategies. Would highly recommend trying out BookLive and joining the Fulltime Music Academy community!
By Matthew F.
I was first introduced to Jared through a mutual friend as we were both from the same city originally. Thinking when I connected with him that I was going to be networking with another musician, I was surprised to find out that he had created an entire new platform to streamline the booking process for gigs. Not only that, he changed my mentality of focusing on Private Venues and getting on preferred vendor lists for repeated referrals. He and his team are consistently providing feedback, as well as updates to the platform, making it more user-friendly and streamlined. I’ve even had venue managers, asking me what platform I use expressing interest because it has such a sensible user interface and ease for booking, chatting about the gig, and paying invoices. The gig alone is worth the value just to have an organized place to store all prospective clients, venues, and incorporate them into sales cadences communication is always on top. If you are on the fence, give it a test ride with the trial, you won’t regret it! It just makes sense and you will see for yourself how relatable the platform is to musicians specifically.
By rbolt543
I've had a great experience with Booklive and the Full-Time Musician's Academy. I originally started listening to the Podcast "The Gigging Musicians Podcast" which despite the short run time of the episodes (usually around 10-15 minutes tops) found them chock full of informative topics about gigging that challenged me to shift my mindset about booking and marketing myself. Jared's philosophy is more about getting things going whether that be getting more footage, more marketing materials, or networking in intelligent ways that yield you more leads and more partners. I've recently just moved but thanks to his 5 day challenges and most of all Booklive itself I feel like I have pretty good momentum already partnering with two Wedding Venues, booking two public gigs, with a few other leads pending (fingers crossed!) and another Venue Tour this week! It's unfortunate that the other person here did not give it a chance as Jared is very passionate about Booklive, TFTMA, and the success of its members. Jared is always active on the TFTMA Facebook group, encouraging and engaging with members (of every tier) as well as responding to personal questions on a DM or an email which imo is above and beyond. Booklive has given me a framework to be much more organized than using a spreadsheet and has streamlined venue outreach for me. The Podcast, 5 day challenges, and Booklive have shifted me into being more action oriented, confident about my abilities and value, and just more organized in general. Of course it's still up to you to do the work as there is no magic pill here but in my opinion the resources here are immense and the intent behind it is about much more than profit. There's definitely a sense of community here.
By Gerimaya W.
I love, love, LOVE BookLive! It is well worth the money every month, which honestly is very reasonable. It makes gig management a breeze. Yes, it was an adjustment at first switching from my old way of doing things (*cough* paper contracts 😳 *cough*). But Jared, the creator of BookLive, actually personally called me and walked me through how he uses it when I first started, and answered all my questions from my old way of doing things and how I can do them in BookLive instead. Not only that, but with the chat function on the website, Jared has always been readily available anytime I had a question or an issue. Talk about a very personal and hands-on company!! You just don’t find that with some of these more corporate type of businesses, who really don’t care if you’re there or not. I’ve been using BookLive since 2021 and Jared has constantly been making improvements - it’s a software that just gets better and better. I love the automation it offers with booking my musicians for gigs, and reminding clients about timeline and music due dates, and remaining payments as well. No more texting musicians and trying to keep track of who said yes or no - BookLive does it for me. Even the musicians I hire love BookLive and I’ve gotten countless comments from them saying what a good decision I made getting it! I highly recommend it to any musician, especially it you hire other musicians at all, this software is a total no-brainer. Even just the other day, I messaged Jared about a change I needed, and he offered me some amazing solutions! BookLive is 100% worth it!
By Alison S.
