Field notes
Written for the one who keeps the list. Plain notes on organizing the songs, running the set on stage, timing a set, promoting a gig, and keeping the whole band on the same page. From someone who has done the load-in.
Your band’s songs are scattered across spreadsheets, chats, and memory. Here is how to build one repertoire everyone can actually use, on and off stage.
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The fix is one place everyone can see, and it is true.
Get your band’s songs into one place that actually holds up.
Your band’s songs are scattered across spreadsheets, chats, and memory. Here is how to build one repertoire everyone can actually use, on and off stage.
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Most bands have a song list. Most song lists have titles and nothing else. Here is what actually belongs in a repertoire and why the missing fields cost you on stage.
5 min read
Build a set that fits the slot and run it without paper or panic.
Paper setlists blow away and phones are unreadable on stage. Here is how to build a set that fits your slot and run it cleanly in front of a paying room.
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Running long gets you cut off. Running short is awkward. Here is how to figure out the right set length for your slot and time it so you land clean.
7 min read
Look as good on the flyer as you sound in the room.
Your band sounds great and the flyer looks thrown together. Here is how to make a gig poster and social share kit in minutes, without hiring anyone.
5 min read
Your band plays great and your Instagram looks like an afterthought. Here is how to promote gigs on social without spending an afternoon on each one.
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Keep the whole band on one current version, subs included.
Subs, key changes, last-minute setlist swaps. Running a gigging band is logistics work nobody signed up for. Here is how to keep it together without the chaos.
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A sub is covering a gig this weekend and needs the keys, the set, and the arrangements. Here is how to hand off the book without a week of back-and-forth.
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