Day Rate / Music freelancer workflow

Invoice and CRM software for music-industry freelancers.

Day Rate helps photographers, videographers, touring creatives, and gig workers manage clients, track bookings, monitor revenue, and send polished invoices from one place.

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Day Rate workflow

Event in, invoice out.

Booked value: $2,450Client history: 8 gigsInvoice status: Draft

Booked event

Nova Club Recap

Artist media package for a sold-out Friday show.

Confirmed

Artist: Luma Phase
Date: Jun 14
Venue: Warehouse 22
Rate: $1,800/day

One click

Create invoice from event

Invoice draft

Invoice #1042

Pulled from the event with client and rate context intact.

Ready

Creative day rate$1,800

Edit + recap delivery$450

Travel + parking$200

Total$2,450

Calendar

Every gig lands on the ledger.

June

Hold

Edit

Shoot

Due

Holds, shoot days, edits, due dates, and invoice context stay connected to the same event record.

Revenue tracking

Financials update as gigs move.

Booked YTD

$33.1k

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Apr

$7.1k

May

$6.4k

Jun

$9.6k

Who it is for

Built around music work, not generic office work.

Day Rate is for creative freelancers whose business lives across shows, artists, crews, travel days, deliverables, and invoices.

Music photographers

EDM photographers

Concert videographers

Touring creatives

Freelance event creatives

Laser techs

Production managers

Visual artists

Lighting artists

DJs

VJs

Day Rate workflow

Gig to invoice.

Synced

Booked gig

Nova Club Recap

Jun 14

$1,800/day

Invoice draft

Invoice #1042

Ready

Revenue tracked

Booked + invoice totals

$2,450

Core features

CRM, gig tracking, revenue, and invoices in one workflow.

Log the work once, then use it across your client history, booking ledger, dashboard, and invoice records.

Client CRM

Keep artists, managers, venues, agencies, notes, and relationship history in one music-aware client system.

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Gig and booking ledger

Track holds, confirmed dates, locations, call times, deliverables, travel, and creative scope from the same record.

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Day rate and revenue tracking

See booked value, paid invoices, expenses, average rates, and revenue trends across your freelance calendar.

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Invoice generation

Turn gigs or custom scopes into polished invoices with clear line items, usage rights, travel, and payment terms.

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Expenses and profitability visibility

Compare what came in with the costs behind the work so every booking has business context.

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Why Day Rate exists

Freelancers in music often manage rates, clients, deliverables, travel, and invoices across spreadsheets, notes apps, DMs, and accounting tools that were not built for their workflow. Day Rate gives that business context a home, so creative work and financial records stay connected.

Replace scattered spreadsheets

Keep client context attached

Invoice from real gig records

Helpful resources

Calculators, guides, and rate education for music freelancers.

Use these public resources to understand day rates, estimate pricing, and think through music photography rates.

What Is a Day Rate?

A plain-language guide to day rates, hourly rates, and project rates for creative freelancers.

Day Rate Calculator

Estimate a minimum freelance day rate using income goals, expenses, taxes, and working days.

Music Photographer Rates Guide

Understand the factors that shape music photography pricing without fake benchmark data.

Ready to bring your gigs, clients, rates, and invoices together?

Start with one upcoming booking or one invoice. Day Rate is built for the way music freelancers actually work.

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