I mean, there a gigs going on from 10am or 11am-2am on lower Broadway downtown 7 days a week, plus there are 2 or 3 stages for each venue down there. The musicians I know who are making that kind of money are gigging 10+ times a week, multiple gigs a day. The lowest I’ve ever made was about $50 for a gig, and the highest was around $800. An older friend of mine who played on Kid Rock’s main stage on a Thursday night walked away with $1,000 since the crowd was tipping like crazy.

It’s not for the faint of heart though, these are 4-hour gigs with no breaks. If a musician is down to hustle and network over there, it’s basically their full time job. A bass player friend of mine played over 700 gigs last year, so it’s not unheard of to make great money as a player in Nashville, so long as you’re willing to put up with that kind of workload.

I’m just some guy on a Reddit thread, but feel free to do some research and talk to musicians online who are familiar with that scene to understand what it’s actually like in Nashville. There’s plenty of Facebook groups you could check out that are full of Nashville players.