AI doesn’t compose for you, and what it produces on its own doesn’t necessarily belong to you. It’s useful for hearing an arrangement idea fast, and above all for lightening everything that isn’t music: outreach, grant applications, the tech rider, contracts to understand, posters.
AI helps musicians with tasks such as “Write to a booker,” “Find venues and festivals to pitch,” and “Check a grant’s criteria before you apply.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
TodayThe same message goes out to fifty venues, no one replies, and you don’t know whether it’s the music or the message that didn’t get a listen.
With ClaudeA short, precise message for that specific venue, three possible subject lines, and the follow-up already written.
Perplexity · “Research”
TodayFinding the places that actually book your style takes whole evenings of combing through listings, region by region.
With PerplexityA list of venues that book your style, with their capacity and what to do for each one.
Gemini Notebook · One notebook per grant, “Chat” panel
TodayThirty pages of guidelines, and you find out the day before the deadline that a condition or a document is missing.
With Gemini NotebookA table of the conditions, with the passage from the guidelines for each one, and the list of documents to gather.
Also
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
Each section of the form written within its limit, and the list of points a panel would find weak.
Gemini Notebook · One notebook for the contract, “Chat” panel
The contract explained point by point, with the clause to back it up, and ten questions to ask before signing.
Suno · Audio upload, then style description
Two or three arrangement directions to listen to, so you can decide before you book a studio.
Claude · Incognito chat
Frank feedback on the lyrics, line by line, and leads for words where you’re stuck.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
A one-page, up-to-date tech rider that the venue’s stage manager can read in two minutes.
Canva · “Canva AI”
The poster for the show and its versions for social media, with text you correct in one click.
DeepL · File translation, with “Glossary”
A bio and a press kit translated and checked, to have reviewed one last time before sending.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
Try the interactive demoWhat to check
Write only to the booking addresses the venue publishes, one message at a time: a mass mailing ends up in spam and hurts your name.
Write to a bookerClaudeThe prompt to copy
You’re helping me write to the person who books [a 150-capacity venue, a festival]. What I know about their lineup: [two artists who played there recently, the venue’s character]. My project: [lineup, style, where we’re from, some news: a release, a tour]. What I’m proposing: [a date or a period, the set length, the format]. Write a message of 120 words at most: a first sentence that shows I know the venue, the project in two sentences with no superlatives, the concrete proposal, a listening link [link] and a live video [link], my availability. No attachment. Suggest three subject lines under 50 characters, and a three-line follow-up to send in ten days.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobWrite to a booker
In your jobCheck a grant’s criteria before you apply
In your jobFind venues and festivals to pitch
In your jobRead a contract before you sign it
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
The time spent away from your instrument: the message to a booker, the project description for a grant application, the band’s tech rider, a cold eye on a set of lyrics.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you hit the limit several times a week.
Spot the venues and festivals that book your style in a region, with the link to the page where they say how to submit a project.
Recommended planFree to start: 3 “Pro” searches per day, 1 “Research” report per month. Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
You upload a grant’s guidelines or a contract: it answers from that document alone and shows the exact clause.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
Hear two or three arrangement directions from your demo in a few minutes, before you book a studio or call musicians.
Recommended planFree, $0: 50 credits per day, for personal use. To download and for commercial use rights: Pro, $8 per month, billed yearly.
The poster for a show and its versions for social media, with text that stays editable when the time changes.
Recommended planCanva Free, €0: up to 20 AI uses. To resize in one click: Canva Pro, €110 per year, for one person.
Translate the bio and the press kit for a festival or a label abroad, keeping the file’s layout.
Recommended planFree, €0, for text meant to be published: 50,000 characters and 1 file per month. Otherwise: Individual, €7.49 per month, billed yearly.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Perplexity, Gemini Notebook, Suno, Canva, and DeepL. All of them can be used for free to get started.
The time spent away from your instrument: the message to a booker, the project description for a grant application, the band’s tech rider, a cold eye on a set of lyrics. The plan to choose: Free to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you hit the limit several times a week.
With “Write to a booker,” in Claude. Allow 10 minutes the first time. A short, precise message for that specific venue, three possible subject lines, and the follow-up already written.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.