Showcase, Shine, Succeed!

Built for working musicians, not vanity profiles

Bandmate gives individual musicians a free public profile that acts like a living resume: city, instruments, media, and a clear way for bands and venues to find you. Instead of scattering clips across social apps, you keep proof in one place and show up in local directory searches when projects need players.

Use the directory to browse openings and bands near you, apply with context, and keep contacts from dying in your phone notes. When you need deeper craft—wanted ads, auditions, networking—the Academy has playbooks such as find band members, musician wanted ads, and local music networking. Start free at app.bandmate.io or explore city hubs in the directory.

How it works

No agency, no headshots, no waiting for someone to discover you. Four steps and you are findable:

1. Create your free profile. Sign up in a couple of minutes and claim your public page. No credit card, no trial countdown.
2. Add your media and your city. Upload the clips that prove what you sound like, set your real location, and fill in instruments and genres.
3. Show up in your city's directory hub. Bands and venues browsing the local scene see you alongside the openings and players already there.
4. Apply and get messaged. Pitch yourself to open listings with your profile as the proof link, and field messages from bands that need exactly your instrument.

Profiles that get replies

The musicians who hear back fastest are not the ones with the fanciest pages. They are the ones a bandleader can evaluate in thirty seconds. Set your real city so you surface in local directory searches. Lead with one strong, recent clip instead of a dozen old ones; if your best recording is still on a phone in a practice room, our guide on recording a demo at home gets you something presentable this weekend. Fill in instruments and genres completely, because that is what openings filter on. Then respond quickly when a band reaches out: the first solid reply usually gets the audition.

Once the replies come in, converting them is its own skill. Our tips post on getting opening slots covers how to turn a new contact into an actual gig.

Go deeper

This page covers the highlights; the detail lives in the dedicated feature pages. Musician management walks through building and maintaining a profile that works as your living resume. Booking management shows how to track gigs and follow-ups without a spreadsheet jungle. And the press kit turns your media into a shareable EPK you can send to any booker.