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Gig Map, Rate Calculator, Split Sheet Builder and AI Desk. No account, no card.
The freelance toolkit · free in early access
Price the job, map the gig, split the credit.
A free toolkit for musicians, session players, composers and filmmakers in Los Angeles and beyond. Pick two zones to see what a gig really nets after travel and gear.
Tap a zone to set your:
Distances are approximate road estimates between zone centres. Zones can also be chosen with the lists on the right.
Try it now · AI Desk
Job Brief Writer
Turn rough notes into a clear job post. The helper is told to mark missing details as “To confirm” rather than invent them; check the result.
- Free in early access
- No accounts
- No tracking
- Data stays in your browser
Next stops
Three more tools, each one working in your browser.
The route
Why this exists
Problem The detour
Freelance musicians and filmmakers juggle many small jobs: gigs across a sprawling city, session fees, film scoring and song shares. They price by guesswork, forget travel and gear costs, write weak job posts and pitches, and argue later about who owns which share of a song. Job boards give listings, but no help running the work well.
Solution The shortcut
Turn the daily maths and writing of freelance entertainment work into fast, private tools: a map that shows what a job really nets, a calculator for sessions and scores, a split sheet builder for credits, and focused AI helpers that draft job briefs, pitches and rate replies.
Product Live today
Four working parts: the Gig Map, the Rate Calculator, the Split Sheet Builder and the AI Desk. No accounts, no uploads, no tracking. Your data stays in your browser.
Business model Planned revenue
No sponsors or licences yet; everything is free today. The core tools stay free to build an audience of working creatives; paid extras are listed under Plans. Everything runs at the edge with small AI models, so running costs stay very low.
Vision The destination
Become the everyday companion of the independent creative workforce. Wherever a musician or filmmaker takes a job, MusicFreelancer.net helps them price it, reach it, describe it and credit it fairly: starting in Los Angeles and extending to every music city.
How it works
One gig, four stops
Every job follows the same route. Each stop has its own tool.
- Stop 1 · Map the gig
Choose home base and venue zone. The Gig Map returns distance, drive time, mileage, parking, hauling and net pay.
- Stop 2 · Price the job
The Rate Calculator adds hours, revisions, usage, rush and expenses into a quote with an hourly check.
- Stop 3 · Write it up
The AI Desk drafts the job brief, the pitch or a calm reply to a price push.
- Stop 4 · Split the credit
The Split Sheet Builder records composition and master shares that total 100 percent, ready to print.
Plans
Free while in early access
Every tool on this site is free to use today. Paid options are on the way and are marked as coming.
Paid extras
Price to be announced
A one-time template pack (contract checklists, rider sheets, quote layouts), licences of the calculators for schools and guilds, and sponsored placements from gear makers and studios.
Roadmap
Where the route goes next
- Now
Four tools live for Los Angeles freelancers.
- Next
Paid extras: the template pack first.
- Then
Guides, sponsored placements and licences for schools and guilds.
- Later
Zone maps for more music cities beyond Los Angeles.
Freelancer Field Notes
Short guides from the road
Practical habits, with worked examples. The numbers are illustrations, not market rates.
Quote the whole job, not the gig
Start from the hours you will actually spend: travel, load-in, soundcheck, the work, and any edits afterwards. Add costs that are not yours to absorb, such as parking or a rented amp.
Example: 4 hours at $75 is $300. Add $18 mileage and $10 parking and the honest number is $328 before any revisions or usage. Try it in the Rate Calculator.
Load-in etiquette
Arrive before the time you promised, not at it. Ask where to park and which door to use. Label cables and cases, keep your gear out of walkways, and be ready to play at soundcheck. Leave the room cleaner than you found it.
Example: a 7 pm show with a 6 pm load-in means leaving in time for a bad traffic day, not an average one. The Gig Map lets you switch to heavy traffic.
Split sheets in plain words
A split sheet records who wrote and produced a song and what share each person holds, for the composition and for the master. Write it the day of the session, while everyone remembers, and have everyone sign. Each column must total 100 percent.
Example: two writers and one producer might record 40/40/20 on the composition and 50/50/0 on the master. Build yours in Split Sheets. This is not legal advice.
Delivering files
Agree the format first: sample rate, bit depth, stems or stereo mix, and how many revisions are included. Name files with song, version and date. Send a short note listing what is attached and what happens next.
Example: “Night-Drive_v2_mix_2026-11-01.wav” tells the client more than “final-final.wav”. Need the words? Ask the AI Desk.