How to grow your payments app with rehearsal and recording studios
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Rehearsal rooms and recording studios are booked by the hour or the day by bands, singers, rappers and podcasters. Many sessions need a deposit to hold the slot, and the rest is paid on the day, often split between band members. A payments app that takes deposits by link and lets each member pay their share can win these studios, and every artist who pays sees your app.
Talk to studios
Ask local rehearsal rooms and recording studios:
- How do people pay for sessions today?
- How do you stop no-shows?
- Do band members pay together or separately?
- What would make taking payment easier?
Hold slots with a deposit
A payment link sent when a session is booked secures the slot and cuts no-shows.
Let bands split the bill
Sending each member a link for their share saves the studio waiting while the band sorts out who owes what.
Grow through music
Artists play gigs, sell merch and teach lessons, and they talk to each other all the time. One studio on your app can bring many of them to it.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about musicians?
The musicians and music teachers guide covers gigs, lessons and merch.
Musicians and music teachers →What about creatives?
The photographers and creatives guide covers bookings and deposits for creative work.
Photographers and creatives →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.