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Yes. The Band Plan is a free band planner for solo musicians and working bands — songs, chord charts, setlists, music stand docs, rehearsal/gig recording, and press kits in one place. (Not a radio frequency “band plan.”)

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Yes — as DIY tools, not an agency. Promote yourself with a public press kit, booking contact, album releases, and social automation on your band page. (Not a “hire us to promote your band” service.)

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Most band apps start with a band. We start with you — a shared chart library, a musician profile separate from your bands, recording and album releases, press kits, social automation, and a free tier that covers the weekly work.

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Getting started is easy! Create your band, add songs to your repertoire, and build your first setlist. The Band Plan helps you organize everything you need for rehearsals and gigs in one place.

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Open My Bands and click Create band, or use Create your first band on your home page. Enter a band name, an optional description and a type (Band, Open mic or Course). Then invite members, add songs and set up your public page. Solo acts create a band too.

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Add songs one at a time, paste or photograph a list of songs, import a Google Doc or Sheet, or pick songs from the shared library. Each song can have a key, tempo and length, charts (typed, PDF or Google Doc) and links to YouTube, audio and more. If the song is already in the library, your band gets the charts and links other musicians have added.

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Three ways: (1) click New Setlist on your band page and drag songs in, (2) paste a list into Quick Set Creation, one song per line, with a blank line between sets, or (3) Duplicate an existing setlist. Every setlist has Sets 1–4 plus a Maybe list. Drag songs to reorder them, and rename a set (to "Encore", say) with the pencil.

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Each band song gathers its charts (typed in The Band Plan, uploaded as a PDF or linked from a Google Doc), links to YouTube, audio, MIDI and tutorials, and your band's recordings. Choose which chart and audio the band uses, record your own take, and add a good take to the song's links or put it on an album.

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Setlists offer multiple views: Music Stand (full-screen for performing), Rehearsal View (access to all charts), Audio Playlist (play through songs), and Print view. You can record full sets, split them into individual songs, and use the Setlist Player to skip songs or promote recordings.

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Click Edit band profile and open the Public page tab. Pick your public address, turn on Make this band page public and save. Then add your bio, photos, videos, press quotes, upcoming shows and contact details. Your public page and press kit become a shareable site for fans and venues.

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Create an album from your band page, add tracks from your songs, set a release date, and publish it. Your album gets a shareable public page where fans can listen to tracks, view artwork, and support your music.

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On your profile, click Edit Profile and turn on Make my profile public. Your page lives at /musicians/your-name. Add your bio, instruments and photos; your public bands show on it too.

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Browse the venue database, add venues to your band, and start "opportunities" to track your booking communications. Log every interaction (email, phone, text) and watch opportunities progress from prospecting to booked. When booked with a date, a gig is automatically created.

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A gig is created for you when you mark an opportunity Booked with a date, or you can add one yourself from your band's Gigs page. Add start and end times, load-in and sound check, the fee, ticket price and link, and a poster. Confirmed upcoming gigs show on your public page's Upcoming Shows and get their own shareable page. The fee and load-in times stay private.

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Use the Record Your Version panel on a band song's page, or Record in the top menu. You can also import a recording you already have. Afterwards you can trim it, even out the volume (normalize), make it the song's preferred audio, add it to the song's links, or put it on an album. Trimming and normalizing make new versions; the original isn't changed.

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Click Record Audio or Record Video on your setlist page, or upload files from your own recorder. Browser recordings can run up to 4 hours (audio) or 2 hours (video), and what you record is kept in your browser as you go, so a dropped connection or closed tab doesn't lose it. Afterwards, normalize to even out the volume, split the set into one take per song on the waveform, and use the setlist player to play it back, skip takes you don't want, and add good takes to the song's links.

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Click Record Idea in your profile header (or open My Ideas) to capture a riff, melody or lyric straight away. Your takes are grouped automatically into one session per day, so you can find them later by when you recorded them. Name and star the good ones, then turn them into songs with Create This Song. Bands have their own shared Ideas too, under the band's Recordings panel.

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Check your storage in your band's Storage panel or under Profile → Recording Management. Free accounts get 2GB, Pro 30GB and Premium 100GB, and recordings count against the member who made them. Delete old recordings you no longer need, or upgrade your plan for more space.

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