The five-minute setlist
How to build, share, and play a setlist without the spreadsheet — and have BPM and key in front of you on stage.
By BandVolt
Most setlists start as a back-of-the-napkin and end as a screenshot of a Google Doc taped to a monitor.
There is a faster way that also doubles as a stage tool.
Drag, drop, done
Open the setlist builder. Pull songs in from the band library. Reorder them. The set is built — and every song already has its BPM, key, and length attached because that data lives on the song itself.
No retyping. No “wait, what key are we in for this one?” five minutes before doors.
Linked to the gig
Setlists attach to events on the shared calendar. The Friday show at the King’s Head has its own setlist. The Saturday show has another. Nobody is asking in the chat the morning of which set you are playing.
Playback mode for stage
The same setlist runs as a playback view: each song, in order, with BPM and key on screen. Click play to cue the click. The whole band is on the same beat — literally.
One source of truth
When the support slot gets bumped to 30 minutes, you edit the setlist once. Everyone sees the change. No new screenshot. No taped-up update.