Dear Musicians.
Build your songbook, practise performing, and hear yourself improve—with lessons, coaching and a community to play alongside.
Early access is open by request. We’ll email you when your place is ready.
Real stories from our community
Niall Tuke
Mark Sinfield
Ian Wilkinson
Ewan Fraser
Adrienne McVey
Keith James
Andy Lycett
Lee Douglas
Paul Akers
David Hethorn
In their own words
“I’m learning a ton about how to sing to different keys and how to set that up. So, I’m a much better singer than I thought I ever was.”
“PGA is great help to me in improving my guitar and performing skills. The instruction given for singing to an audiance is so very helpful not just for a bar, but also for a church, or an old folks home”
“Since joining PGA plus my setlist has gone from around 10 singable songs to over 70. I have gone from being afraid to play in front of family and Friends to playing whenever i feel like it”
“I only started guitar one year before joining Pro Gig Academy PLUS. … I have learned dozens of songs with his weekly song challenge that engage audiences.”
“I had been struggling for years with confidence… Now I have been able to turn that around. I have been going to open mics. I have been getting gigs. So yeah, a world of difference really.”
“I love this community, everyone is so helpful and encouraging. … The virtual open mics are so helpful and important they really give a great focus to my practice!”
“Finbar and the PGA Plus community has helped me progress from the house to open mics and senior living centre gigs.”
“Joining the PGA+ community has been the best investment I’ve made for years in developing towards becoming a performing singer/guitarist. … I’ve made great progress since I joined in building up a repertoire of songs that I’m now confident in playing.”
“After two months of reaching out to bars and pubs and wineries and nursing homes, I booked, I think, seven or eight gigs… Before then, I was playing maybe three or four times a year.”
“…in a short time I have an awesome set list put together that I know crowds will enjoy. I have a demo reel to help with booking gigs… I’m now consistently gigging”
“Within 3 months of joining the Plus community I had two awesome set lists; I had done a number of Open Mic nights and achieved my first gig… from which I now have a second booking!”
“If you are interested in becoming a gigging musician, this will be the best money you’ll ever spend to get yourself ready. … I can’t believe the success I’ve had”
Pick one song. See where it takes you.
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Playing again
“Joining has inspired me to pick up the guitar again after years of not really playing. … 3 open mic nights and going strong!”
Crowd pleasers
“PGA+ has changed everything for me! … I’ve built a great set list of crowd pleaser songs through this community, & now have had the confidence to play & sing solo at many open mics”
At 70, from no gigs to many
“At age 70 I went from no gigs to multiple gigs, busking in my hometown regularly and hosting my own open mic sessions at my local library.”
A birthday gig booked
“I’ve been thinking about doing this for years, but now I’ve got booked for 180 quid for a 60th birthday party. It’s all looking very real now.”
17 paid gigs in a month
“In November alone, I’ve done 17 paid gigs. I haven’t done five paid gigs in the last 5 years.”
How it works · The Gig Ready Method
“Simple guitar chords, simple strumming, good song choice, and songs that are in the key that suits your voice.”
Start from the Finbar 50: songs the room already knows.
Move every song to your voice with a capo and shapes you know.
Strip riffs and solos back to a version you can sing over.
Get live reps before you feel ready: the Simulator, The Stage, open mics.
Ready means your goal: friends and family, an open mic, or paid gigs.
Start with the Finbar 50
The songs Finbar teaches, charted in your key with his lesson beside each. Add your own and grow a set you’re ready to perform.
Learn the method
Finbar’s Gig Ready Method step by step, with song masterclasses. Take each lesson straight into your next run-through.
Give it a proper run
Step into The Snug and play the whole song, from the first note to the last.
Whenever you’re ready
One complete song in The Snug unlocks your next stage. Join the queue, play live, and keep a recording of the moment.
Record. Listen back. Share.
Make each rep count
Save a recording. Listen back. Pick one thing to work on, then play again. Keep the performances that show how far you’ve come.
One step further
Take your songs somewhere new, one virtual stage at a time. All from your own room.
Have a go
One song. Everyone’s own take. Record yours and join in.
Share & get inspired
Share a performance, ask for feedback, or explore the Vault for group coaching, open mic nights and community performances.
Make a night of it
A hosted community night with people there to listen. Bring your song, cheer each other on, and share the occasion.
Find your next step
Bring a recording or a question. Get feedback you can take into your next practice or performance.
The 24/7 Stage
A place to play live, any day, any hour. Finish one song in The Snug to unlock The Stage, then join the queue whenever you feel like stepping up.
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From rehearsal to the room
Rehearse privately in the Gig Simulator. Your first completed song unlocks The Stage.
Soundcheck, step up and play live. People can drop in to listen. Keep a recording in your performer vault.
A hosted night with a real audience there to listen, encourage and play alongside you.
Listen back. Find your next focus. Go again—or enjoy where you are.
Enjoy your playing and build songs you’ll want to come back to.
Share a recording with friends, then get up and play for a room.
Build sets that hold a room and work towards gigs you’re paid to play.
Musicians who already play and want to get their songs ready for people to hear. Some play for the love of it, some want an open mic, some want paid gigs. You don’t need to have played a gig, and you don’t need to want one.
Yes. Plenty of members play for their family, friends, church or care home. The same method gets your songs sounding their best, wherever you play them.
No. You can rehearse privately in the Gig Simulator first, and step on The Stage or into an open mic night only when you choose to.
The Finbar 50 songbook, the Gig Ready course and song masterclasses, the Gig Simulator, The 24/7 Stage, Busk the World, weekly song challenges, open mic nights, coaching with feedback, SIB and a community to play alongside.
Your personal roadie. SIB warms you up, runs vocal drills, finds your range and calibrates each song and your setlist to your voice.
Request a place with the form. We’re welcoming musicians in small groups and will email you when yours is ready.
Your instrument and a device with a browser. To record yourself in the Gig Simulator, allow camera and microphone access. Headphones help keep the backing track out of your recording.
Yes. You choose what to share. Practice recordings stay yours, and stepping on The Stage is always your choice.
