From shared setlist to stage sheet
How to get a clean numbered setlist onto the monitors without screenshotting a Google Doc - one tap from the setlist everyone already shares in BandVolt.
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Gigs & setlists
Gigs, rehearsals, and setlists
Building setlists that match what you actually play live, keeping one shared calendar for gigs and rehearsals, and getting the tech rider to the venue without an 11pm scramble.
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Spotify playlist vs a real rehearsal setlist
Many bands rehearse to a Spotify playlist. Here is what it can't do - unreleased songs, live arrangements, keys and BPM - and what a purpose-built setlist tool does instead.
Read more → Rehearse the live version, not the album cut
BandVolt setlists can now use any version of a song - album cut, extended live arrangement, or abridged edit - plus unreleased tracks no streaming playlist can hold.
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The 11pm hunt for the tech rider
Press shots in one inbox, the stage plot in another, the EPK on a laptop that died. Give your band one organised home for the files that aren't music.
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The gig nobody put in the calendar
Half the band found out about the show from the venue's Instagram. A shared band calendar fixes the scheduling chaos that kills good bands.
Read more → The five-minute setlist
How to build and share a setlist without the spreadsheet - sequencing a set that works, keeping the live arrangement rather than the album cut, printing a stage sheet, and keeping one current version everyone can see.
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