Living Mixtape Presents
How a Living Mixtape night comes together.
What actually happens, from your first message to your first night — and what makes it different from booking a band.
No cost to the venue
What makes it different
Your guests don't watch the show. They shape it.
At a Living Mixtape night the room runs the setlist from their phones — requesting the songs they want to hear, tipping for their favorites, watching their pick come up next. The artist reads the room and plays it.
It changes what the night feels like. Not a band playing at people who happen to be eating — a room playing along. That's the difference between "there's music tonight" and "we have to be there."
And nobody's on their phone to escape the night. They're on their phone because they're in it.
The built-in audience
The act can bring their own crowd to your door.
This is the part venues don't expect. Every Living Mixtape artist has a direct line to their own fans — a weekly message about the shows they have coming up, with your venue named in it. Not a flyer you paid to print: a message landing on the phones of people who already come out to see that artist play.
Sending it is the artist's call, not ours — but an artist who wants a full room makes it. So the night needn't lean on your regulars alone; it can arrive with the artist's crowd too.
Start to finish
From your first message to your first night.
You tell us about your venue.
The form at the bottom takes about two minutes — where you are, what kind of room it is, which nights you're thinking about. A real person reads every one. There's no obligation and nothing to sign.
We talk it through.
We'll get in touch to hear what your nights actually look like — the crowd you get, what's worked before, what hasn't. This is a conversation, not a pitch call. If a Living Mixtape night isn't right for your venue, we'll say so.
We match you with an artist.
Not whoever's free — someone who plays your area, suits your room, and has earned their place on the roster. Every artist is vetted. You can look through the roster yourself any time and tell us who catches your eye.
The artist arrives ready.
A professional who shows up on time and knows how to work a room. They bring the show. You don't become a booker, a promoter, or a sound engineer — that's the whole point.
Your guests take over the setlist.
From the first song the room is requesting, tipping, and watching their picks come up. The artist reads it and plays it. What you get is a night with real energy in it — and an engaged room is a room that stays, orders another round, and stays for the kitchen.
If it works, we make it a regular thing.
Rotating vetted acts so it never goes stale, and a night on your calendar you can promote. Easy to start, easy to keep going.
Who brings what
You bring the venue. We bring the rest.
- We bring the act. Matched from a roster where every artist has already been vetted — you're booking a sure thing, not taking a chance.
- The artist has a line to their crowd. Their own fans hear they're playing — at your venue, by name.
- Your guests bring the night to life. They pick the songs, they tip for their favorites, and they stay because they're part of it.
- You bring the space and the power. That's the whole list.
The details
What it costs, and what you'll need.
- What does it cost us?
- Living Mixtape doesn't charge you anything. You pay the artist directly, the same as you would any act you book. There's no fee to the venue, no subscription, and nothing taken off the top of your night.
- What do we need to provide?
- The space and the power. The artist brings everything else — their gear, their sound, and the show.
- How long is a night?
- Three to four hours, typically.
- How far ahead should we book?
- As soon as you have your dates. Our artists book up quickly, so earlier is genuinely better.
- Are we committing to anything?
- Not to start. A first night is just a night — see how your room takes to it. If you want to make it a standing thing after that, we'll work it out together.
Where we stand
What we won't do.
We'll never send you an act who isn't ready — the roster exists so you're booking a sure thing, and our name is on it too. We'll never take your guests' information; the people who come to a show belong to the night and to the artist, not to a list we sell. And we'll never pretend a live night is a guarantee. What we promise is a professional who shows up ready, and a room with a reason to stay.
What we can show you
Venues we've already played.
Johnny Chase is a Living Mixtape co-founder. His first-year results are his own — not a platform average, and not a promise of what any particular venue will see. Everything else on this page is what we see at live shows.
Ready to talk about a night?
Tell us about your venue — we'll take it from there.
© Living Mixtape LLC
1500 N Grant St # 7745, Denver, CO 80203
Questions? [email protected] · 720-986-4298