# Encore > A printable QR page for gigging musicians. One scan lets your crowd tip you, pay to hear songs from your setlist, and follow you for the next show. Encore is a web app at https://encorelivemusic.app. An artist signs up, adds their setlist and prices, and gets a public page at https://encorelivemusic.app/ plus a printable QR poster for the table tent, guitar case, or welcome table. The crowd scans it and can tip, pay to queue a song from that artist's own setlist, leave feedback, or follow for the next show. Payments run through Stripe Connect, so money lands in the artist's account. Free forever with a 10% platform fee on tips and paid requests; Pro is $8/mo and cuts the fee to 5%. ## Key pages - [Encore home](https://encorelivemusic.app): A printable QR page for gigging musicians. One scan lets your crowd tip you, pay to hear songs from your setlist, and follow you for the next show. - [Live demo, what your crowd sees](https://encorelivemusic.app/demo): See what an Encore artist page looks like from the crowd's phone: tips, pay-to-queue song requests, show follows, and feedback, all from one scan. - [Pricing](https://encorelivemusic.app/pricing): Free forever with a 10% fee on tips and paid song requests. Pro is $8/mo and cuts the fee to 5%. No card to try, no hidden tiers. - [About Encore](https://encorelivemusic.app/about): Encore is a printable QR page for live musicians. One scan for tips, paid requests from your setlist, and followers for the next show. - [Contact](https://encorelivemusic.app/contact): Questions, feedback, or a partnership idea? Send us a note and we'll get back to you. ## Guides - [Pay-to-request song app for live bands, the complete guide](https://encorelivemusic.app/pay-to-request-song-app): What a pay-to-request song app is, how the economics work, why it beats a tip jar, and how to set one up in five minutes. ## Who it is for - [Street performer tipping app, cashless tips for buskers](https://encorelivemusic.app/for/street-performers): Tape one QR to the guitar case. Anyone with a phone tips in ten seconds, no app and no Venmo fumble. Keep 90 to 95% of every tip. - [Tip jar app for solo acoustic musicians](https://encorelivemusic.app/for/solo-acoustic): Coffee shop Tuesdays, brewery Saturdays. One QR on the table tent: your crowd tips, pays to hear a song from your setlist, and follows you for the next show. - [Song request app for cover bands, pay-to-queue from your setlist](https://encorelivemusic.app/for/cover-bands): Your crowd picks songs from your setlist and pays what you priced them at, instead of shouting requests at the mic. - [Wedding band song requests, elegant QR for the welcome table](https://encorelivemusic.app/for/wedding-musicians): One printed card on the welcome table. Guests request songs for the dance floor and tip what they can, with a custom color to match the wedding palette. - [Song request app for bar bands](https://encorelivemusic.app/for/bar-bands): Run pay-to-request from your setlist on a weekly bar residency: $5 base, $10 favorite, $20 priority, with tips side by side and a printable QR for the table tent. - [Coffee shop gig tipping app](https://encorelivemusic.app/for/coffee-shop-musicians): Add Apple Pay and paid requests to a coffee shop set with one printable QR, on top of the flat fee. - [Jazz trio tipping and request app](https://encorelivemusic.app/for/jazz-trios): One QR handles tips, standards requests, and the follower list for a hotel bar, corporate reception, or restaurant residency. - [Piano bar tipping and request app](https://encorelivemusic.app/for/piano-bar): One QR on the piano top: tips, paid song requests from your repertoire, and a priority tier for the party that wants to jump the queue. ## Comparisons - [NoSongRequests alternative for bands and solo musicians](https://encorelivemusic.app/compare/nosongrequests-alternative): Encore is built band-first: pay-to-queue song requests, tips, a follower list, and a printable QR, with Apple Pay on the first tap and a 10% fee on Free. - [Linktree alternative for musicians](https://encorelivemusic.app/compare/linktree-for-musicians): Linktree is a link list. Encore is a link list built for musicians, with tips, paid song requests, follower capture, and a printable QR poster. - [Ko-fi alternative for musicians](https://encorelivemusic.app/compare/ko-fi-for-musicians): Ko-fi is a creator tipping platform. Encore is built for live-music tipping: on-stage QR, Apple Pay, paid song requests, and fan capture. - [Requestology alternative for live bands](https://encorelivemusic.app/compare/requestology-for-live-bands): Requestology is built for DJs. Encore is built for cover bands, wedding musicians, solo acts, and buskers, with setlist-based requests and a printable QR. ## Free printable templates - [Free busker QR sign template (letter-sized, print-ready)](https://encorelivemusic.app/templates/busker-qr-sign): A free letter-sized QR tip-jar template designed for street performing: 300 DPI, error-correction H, lamination-safe. - [Free wedding reception QR card template (print-ready)](https://encorelivemusic.app/templates/wedding-reception-qr-card): An elegant 4x6 QR card template for wedding bands: neutral serif typography, cream stock, no tip-jar language, six per letter sheet. ## Blog - [All articles](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog): 20 articles for gigging musicians. - [How to accept cashless tips as a busker in 2026](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/cashless-tips-buskers): Venmo worked in 2019. In 2026, most tippers expect Apple Pay. Here's how to set up a tip jar that works for tourists, locals, and every phone in the crowd. - [The best QR code tip jar for street performers](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/busker-qr-code-setup): A laminated QR, error-correction H, and one URL that handles Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App, and cards. Setup guide + template recommendations. - [How much do buskers make? Real numbers from the corner](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/how-much-do-buskers-make): Hourly earnings by city, time-of-day multipliers, and what separates a $15/hr pitch from a $120/hr pitch. Data from 20+ street performers. - [What to put on a tip jar sign: a copywriter's guide for musicians](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/what-to-put-on-a-tip-jar-sign): Seven-word headlines, QR placement, payment chip icons, what actually makes a tip jar sign convert. Tested copy for buskers, solo acts, and bar bands. - [Is pay-to-request ethical? The honest answer.](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/pay-to-request-songs-ethics): Charging fans to request songs feels weird to some musicians. Here's the case for why it's fine, and the small design choices that make it feel generous instead of greedy. - [How much should a cover band charge for song requests?](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/cover-band-request-pricing-guide): A three-tier pricing model for paid song requests: $5 base, $10 crowd favorite, $20 priority. Data from 40+ cover bands running pay-to-request in 2026. - [Wedding band song request etiquette: a 2026 guide](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/wedding-band-request-etiquette): How to handle guest requests without derailing the reception, do-not-play lists, priority requests for the wedding party, and framing that keeps the couple happy. - [Solo acoustic tip benchmarks: what a coffee shop set actually earns](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/solo-acoustic-tip-benchmarks): Hourly tip averages by venue type (coffee shop, brewery, farmers market), what drives the $40 ceiling vs the $150 ceiling, and how to add a second revenue stream without feeling pushy. - [QR code sign sizes for tip jars: what actually gets scanned](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/qr-code-sign-sizes-for-tip-jars): Minimum QR size by scanning distance (2 ft, 6 ft, 15 ft stage). Error-correction levels, print resolution, contrast, lamination, every variable that makes a QR work or fail. - [Song request apps for live bands: a fair 2026 comparison](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/song-request-apps-for-live-bands-comparison): Encore, NoSongRequests, Rockbot, Setmixer, what each platform is actually good at, who should use which, and where the category is heading. - [Busking permits by city: a working 2026 guide](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/street-performing-permits-by-city): What you need to legally busk in NYC, Nashville, New Orleans, SF, Austin, London, and Paris. Permit costs, application processes, and the unwritten rules enforcement actually cares about. - [Best cities for busking in 2026, ranked by actual earnings](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/best-cities-for-busking-2026): Hourly earnings, foot traffic, permit hassle, weather, and vibe. Twelve cities ranked on the variables that actually determine whether a busking trip pays for itself. - [How to sell merch while busking (without a booth)](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/busking-merch-without-a-booth): CDs, shirts, stickers, how to run a merch table on top of your case without turning the pitch into a storefront. QR-first sales with on-demand fulfillment. - [How to get booked at coffee shops: a solo acoustic guide](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/getting-booked-at-coffee-shops): The pitch email, the rate conversation, what gear to bring, and how to land repeat weekend residencies. From a player who's been booked at 40+ shops across four cities. - [What to charge for a solo acoustic gig (2026 rates)](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/solo-acoustic-gig-pricing-guide): Hourly rates by venue type, coffee shop, brewery, corporate cocktail, private party, wedding cocktail hour. When to flat-fee, when to tip-based, when to walk away. - [Managing drunk song requests at bar gigs](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/managing-drunk-requests-at-bar-gigs): The Free Bird problem, the bachelorette party, the table that thinks it owns the band. Tactical scripts for handling shouted requests while keeping the room on your side. - [Setlist software vs request apps: what cover bands actually need](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/cover-band-setlist-vs-request-apps): Setlist Helper, BandHelper, OnSong, plus the new category of request apps (Encore, NoSongRequests). What each tool solves, where they overlap, and which combination cover bands actually use. - [A cocktail hour song request system that actually works](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/cocktail-hour-request-system): How to handle wedding-cocktail-hour requests without the band stopping between every song to take orders. QR on the hightops, filtered menu, automatic queue, a clean 60-minute flow. - [The wedding do-not-play list: a practical 2026 template](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/do-not-play-list-template): What to ask the couple, what to document, and how to enforce the list automatically with a filtered request menu. Plus the 20 songs that show up on almost every do-not-play list. - [Printable QR vs table tent: an A/B test across 12 cover-band gigs](https://encorelivemusic.app/blog/printable-qr-vs-table-tent-ab-test): Same band, same setlist, different QR placement. Stage monitor vs table tent vs both. Twelve real Friday-night bar gigs; the data on which placement actually drives more requests. ## Artist pages - Every artist has a public page at https://encorelivemusic.app/, which also accepts the @handle form. https://encorelivemusic.app/sitemap.xml lists the artists who have set a stage name, so half-finished profiles stay out of it. ## Legal - [Privacy Policy](https://encorelivemusic.app/privacy): How Encore collects, uses, and protects information about artists and their fans. - [Terms of Service](https://encorelivemusic.app/terms): The rules for using Encore, printable QR pages for live musicians. ## Crawl guidance - Full sitemap: https://encorelivemusic.app/sitemap.xml - Marketing pages, blog articles, and artist pages are public and need no account. - The artist dashboard (/dashboard), sign-in flows (/auth), and the API (/api) are private and disallowed in robots.txt.