Build your songbook, practise performing and hear yourself improve, with lessons, coaching and a community to play alongside.
Add the songs you play, or start from the Finbar 50: a set list built from years of gigging. Grow your own, master it, then perform it in the Gig Simulator or on The Stage.
A few favourites from Finbar’s 50.
Golfers have simulators. Now musicians have somewhere to play, too. Take your songs to a virtual pub or busking spot and record a real performance, in one take. Hear what needs practice, hear what’s getting better and share the music you’re making.
A pub gig
Watch the community perform on The Stage, around the clock. Want to play live? Book your slot, and tune in for community events, open mic nights and lessons. Watch or take part.
We love music. Whether you play for the love of it or for a living, we’re building a home for musicians and their craft: everything you need, from your songbook to the community to a real path to performing. Grow with us.
Niall Tuke
Mark Sinfield
Ian Wilkinson
Ewan Fraser
Adrienne McVey
Keith James
Andy Lycett
Lee Douglas
Paul Akers
David Hethorn
“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.
Request accessNiall Tuke
Mark Sinfield
Ian Wilkinson
Ewan Fraser
Adrienne McVey
Keith James
Andy Lycett
Lee Douglas
Paul Akers
David Hethorn
Current challenge
Johnny Cash
Members record a full run and share it to Community.
