Human curated, fully automated.
For most clients it's a net savings. Hours of redundant work across management, marketing and accounting get replaced by one integrated app, right in your pocket.
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Need a DJ this Friday? With a couple taps from your app, it's on your calendar, and we're getting the slot filled. As soon as the artist signs the contract, you have all of their information, socials, assets, and contact. No follow up required.
Our calendar is one source of truth shared by your venue, Q Music and every booked artist, accurate to the second. With automated comms and reminders, artists and your team are always in the loop. Zero double bookings, no forgotten or missed shifts.
Invoicing, artist payouts, and W-9s all run through the platform. Artists are paid electronically; you stop wasting checks and your team's time. One clean invoice versus a stack in different formats, plus no tax docs to file in January.
Extensions and cancellations are automatically reflected in it, so the numbers reconcile themselves.
You have a brand and sound identity that shouldn't be subject to one artist or team member's tastes. You shouldn't have to spend time rehashing the same info about equipment, comp tab, genres to play, and more to every new booked artist.
Q Music allows you to memorialize your brand sound, tech info and policies in a guide that is attached to every booking. Any changes you make are updated instantly, so artists have up-to-date information in their pocket.
Is your Friday resident a contractor or an employee? Most venues have never had to answer that question precisely, and a weekly booking that has run for two years is exactly the pattern that invites it.
Q Music contracts every single shift, keeps contractor documentation current for every artist who plays your room, and flags booking patterns that drift toward misclassification before they become someone's problem.
Nights change in an instant. Whoever is on the floor can message the artist who is actually booked tonight, or tap once to call them. Nobody has to chase down a contact in emails or phone threads. Visibility for the whole team or a subset you control, so messages always get to the right place.
Q Music is not an agency pushing "our artists" onto your calendar. We are a non-exclusive platform, so that you benefit from an ever-expanding pool of top talent, instead of a limited roster.
Already love someone who isn't in the system? Invite them to onboard from the app with just their email. Registration is always free and easy for artists, and offers them unparalleled tools to manage bookings and payments.
Entertainment is gig work, which means things like other opportunities, scheduling conflicts, and illness can make your scheduled performer unavailable, sometimes with very little notice.
Those moments should not mean compromising on your standards, nor should they induce panic and a scramble from your team. With Q Music, the moment a gig is dropped, a proprietary algorithm goes looking for the best available replacement, factoring in artist availability, your team's preferences, and all requirements for that gig. Cover is booked, and fully briefed on logistics and style. Your team is notified of the change, and service is uninterrupted.
With the ability to reach thousands of artists in seconds, and get a confirmation signature instantly, gigs get filled in minutes, automatically, instead of your team frantically making a chain of calls or texts to artists who may not be a fit.
Sometimes the crowd wants more as the artist is approaching their end time. Solved. Tap extend, the artist accepts on their app in a few seconds, and the set keeps going. The contract, invoicing and payment update themselves behind it.
No renegotiating at 1am, no reconciling it next week. Tapped, signed, solved.
Once your venue is in the system, any client booking your space can request entertainment through our events portal. They'll receive bids from artists who already know the space and have access to your Venue Guide, rather than a random outside vendor.
Event bookings via our portal land in the same app as the rest of your calendar, giving your team access to the same tools and visibility.
Common questions
What does Q Music actually do for a venue?
Q Music runs your venue's music programming end to end: curating and booking DJs and live artists, memorializing your venue logistics, tech and policies to communicate to each booked artist, ensuring every shift is contracted, handling payments and tax paperwork, providing all artist assets automatically to your marketing team, and covering both venue and artist cancellations automatically. Your team gets one live calendar and one app instead of hours of management, marketing and accounting work.
What happens if a booked artist cancels?
When a gig is dropped, Q Music's algorithm immediately searches for the best available replacement, weighing artist availability, your team's preferences and the requirements of that specific gig. Cover is booked and briefed, your team is notified, and service continues uninterrupted, usually within minutes.
Do we have to book only Q Music's artists?
No. Q Music is a non-exclusive platform, not an agency pushing its own roster. You draw from a growing pool of vetted talent, and an artist you already love can be invited to onboard from the app with just their email, free of charge.
How do payments and tax paperwork work?
Invoicing, artist payouts and W-9s all run through the platform. Artists are paid electronically, you receive one clean invoice per booking week, and because Q Music is the single vendor, there are no 1099s to file in January.
Are the artists contractors or employees?
Q Music contracts every single shift and keeps contractor documentation current for every artist who plays your room. It also flags booking patterns that drift toward misclassification, such as a weekly resident of two years, before they become a problem.
How is venue programming priced?
Weekly venue programming is quoted directly at competitive rates in line with industry standards. Because the platform replaces management, marketing and accounting hours, it is a net savings for most clients.
Where does Q Music operate?
Q Music actively programs venues in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, with artist networks in Miami, Detroit and most other major cities. Start a venue inquiry to find out whether your room is a fit.
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