Thought we'd try something a little different this week! If you've got a gig coming up this weekend, let us know where you're playing, what sort of gig it is and what part of the world you're in. Pub, club, wedding, corporate gig, private party or a three-hour acoustic set in the corner while everyone watches the football. 😂 And if you're NOT gigging this weekend, let us know what you're up to instead. You never know, there might be another Pro Muso member just around the corner who could pop in and say hello! So, who's playing where this weekend? 🎸

I'm working on a new app at the moment and I'd really like some feedback from the gigging musicians in here before I go too far down the rabbit hole. The idea is deliberately simple. A lyrics and setlist app for musicians who DON'T need 400 features and an engineering degree to work out how to use it. 😂 It won't have MIDI or a heap of complicated automation. The focus is on making the things most of us actually need onstage really easy: - Create and organise setlists - Lyrics with simple autoscroll - Easily change the font size - Add chords directly into your lyrics - Clean, simple interface - Quick to set up and easy to use during a gig Basically, build your setlist, open the song, hit scroll and play. I'm already building it, but I'd love some input from people who actually gig. Would you use something like this? And more importantly, what ONE feature would you consider essential in a simple lyrics/setlist app? I'm deliberately trying to avoid feature creep, so don't turn it into the cockpit of a 747 just yet. 😂

How do you all find venues when you are just starting out? (beyond open mics)?

It's common for people to ask if they can play a song, and this is a balancing act. I'm there to play and work, and I also I can't get compensated if they damage the guitar. I say I'm sorry, but I don't do that - but it's always difficult to say no without bringing down the mood. I'd like to hear how others handle this, because it happens a lot.

🎤 Muso Question of the Week What's the STRANGEST thing a venue or client has ever asked you to do at a gig? Not necessarily the worst gig or rudest venue. Just that moment where someone from management, or a wedding or a private client has walked over and made a request that left you thinking... "Sorry, you want me to do WHAT?" I've got a few of these myself after 4,000+ gigs, but I'll hold mine back for now because I want to hear yours first. 😂 There must be some absolute crackers in this group.