BandUp is the workspace bands use to run everything that is not the music
itself.
Ask any band where the time actually goes and the answer is rarely playing. It
goes into settling one rehearsal night across forty messages. Into printing a
setlist, changing it at the venue, and watching half the band read the old one.
Into lyrics in one notes app, chords in another, both in a key the singer
abandoned months ago. Into rebuilding the same tech rider for every venue that
asks. None of that is a music problem, but it takes the hours that should have
gone to music.
BandUp puts all of it in one place the whole band shares, and keeps it in sync
without anyone remembering to re-share anything.
The repertoire is a single library holding every song the band plays, entered
once with its lyrics, chords, key and BPM. Songs carry a status, so an idea, a
song in progress and a stage-ready song look different at a glance. New
suggestions go into a pool where members vote, and the winners move into the
active list. Personal notes stay private to you, band notes are seen by
everyone, so your reminder about a tricky entry does not clutter the shared
page.
Setlists are assembled by dragging songs out of that library into the running
order, with break and finale blocks and a total time that updates as you build.
You know you have filled the slot before you leave the house, not after you get
to the venue. One tap turns the finished set into Stage Mode: lyrics and chords
full-screen at a size readable from behind a mic stand, adjustable type, and
transpose that applies either to your screen alone or to the whole band at once.
Follow mode lets any member ride along with the band leader's page in real time,
so a change called two minutes before you go on reaches every screen before the
next song rather than after it.
Away from the stage, rehearsals get scheduled with date polls. Propose a few
slots, everyone marks each one as available, unsure or unavailable, and the
winning time drops straight into the band calendar with month, week and agenda
views. Tech riders build themselves from the band data you already entered,
including the stage plot and the input list, stay current on their own, and
reach the venue as a live link or a print-ready PDF.
It is built for bands that play regularly without a manager or a road crew:
cover and event bands, wedding and function acts, original bands on the club
circuit, worship teams rotating musicians week to week, and music school
ensembles. Typically three to eight people who rehearse a few times a month and
currently run the whole operation through a group chat.
BandUp works in any modern browser on desktop, tablet and phone with nothing to
install, adds to your home screen like an app, and keeps your setlist and song
details readable on stage even without a connection. Every plan includes every
feature, because a five-piece needs the same tools as a trio. The only thing
that changes between plans is how many people are in your band.
Try it at https://bandup.io
