Get the most out of Bandpit: a band's playbook

Bandpit does a few things, and they build on each other. Here's the order that tends to pay off fastest, and the habits worth keeping once you're rolling.

1. Get your songbook honest

Add the songs you actually play, and put the real arrangement in: your key, your structure, your notes. Each song can hold more than one version, so keep the acoustic set and the full-band version side by side instead of guessing on stage.

Set a tempo on every version. It takes five seconds and it's what makes the live scroll match the song.

2. Build setlists for real moments

A setlist is any ordered list: a rehearsal run, a gig, or a recording order. Drag songs in, and each slot pins the exact version you chose, so changing a song's current version later never scrambles an old set.

Make a separate setlist per gig. It becomes the thing you run from on stage, and the thing you can share.

3. Use live-play where it counts

In rehearsal and on stage, one person starts a live session and everyone's phone scrolls the song in tempo. Each member picks the panes they want, lyrics only or chords and tabs too, and it follows them across devices.

• The conductor can tap a section to snap everyone to the same spot.
• Guitarists can transpose their own view without touching anyone else's.
• Free bands get a single-song taste; Pro unlocks whole setlists and the multi-pane views.

4. Publish your public page

Claim a handle and you get a band page at bandpit.app/your-name: bio, links (the right icons appear automatically), a lineup, a booking contact, an embedded player, and your gigs. Pick a theme, set it to English or Finnish, and drag the sections into whatever order suits you.

5. Turn every gig into reach

Add a show once and three things happen: it lands on your page, it appears in the public gig directory for your city so local fans can find it, and you can generate a share-ready poster from your own photos to post on socials.

Keep gigs current. Freshness is the whole point. A show added the week it's announced gets seen; one added the day before doesn't.

6. Share the set

Need a depping player or a sound engineer up to speed? Share a setlist link and they can open it without an account. Free bands share lyrics; Pro bands can include chords and tabs.