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The song library stays in Documents → Songs after your organization moves setlists into Run of Show. Run of Show set items pick their songs from it.
Your Song Library is the foundation of setlist management: your organization’s catalog of performable songs, ready to drop into any setlist.

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What’s in the library

The Song Library is a central catalog of every song your organization can perform. Each entry can carry basic information (title, artist), musical details (key, tempo, duration), performance notes, and attached resources (charts, lyrics, audio). Once a song is in your library, add it to as many setlists as you like without re-entering the information. To open it, go to Documents in the main navigation and select the Songs tab (or go straight to /assets?view=songs). The Setlists page also has a Songs button that takes you there. Older links to the Setlists page’s Song Library tab redirect to Assets → Songs. Owners, admins, and gig coordinators can manage the song library. Gig coordinators, who don’t manage organization files, open Documents straight to Songs.
You can file a song’s attachments (charts, lyrics, audio) into Documents folders. Filing the song itself into a folder isn’t supported yet.

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Adding songs

For a quick add, click New song, enter the title, optionally add the artist, and click Save. The song is now available for setlists, and you can fill in more details later. For a complete entry, click New song and fill in whichever fields apply: Add any media links (see below), then click Save.

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What each field is for

Title (required) is the name you’ll recognize in setlists. Artist is the original artist or your own arrangement’s credit, useful for cover bands and tribute acts. Duration goes in minutes:seconds format, for example “4:30” for four minutes thirty seconds.
Accurate durations are essential for setlist timing calculations.
Key is your arrangement’s musical key: major keys like C, D, E, F, G, A, B; minor keys like Am, Dm, Em; or sharps and flats like F# or Bb. Tempo is beats per minute, useful for planning setlist flow, programming click tracks, and soundcheck prep. Notes is a free-text field for anything your team needs: arrangement notes (“Skip the bridge live”), cues (“Drummer counts in”), energy level (“High energy opener”), or special instructions (“Extended outro for solos”).
Attach resources to help your team prepare and perform: Chord Chart (lead sheets, chord progressions), Lyrics (words for singers), Sheet Music (full notation), Audio (reference recordings, backing tracks), Video (performance references, tutorials), or Other for anything else relevant. To add one, open a song for editing, scroll to Media Links, and click Add Link. Choose a type, enter the URL, and optionally add a title and description, then save the song. To fill a new song from a streaming service, type in Find a song and click Find. Soundcheck searches Spotify, Apple Music and SoundCloud together and shows where each result comes from; pick one to fill in the title, artist and duration (when the service has one) and add the link as a media link. You can also paste a single song link from any of those services. Albums and playlists are imported from the mobile app’s run of show. Links to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp and TIDAL show as that service’s icon next to the song in the library, on setlists and in the run of show. Click an icon to open the link in a new tab. Other links show a plain link icon. Media links point to external URLs. Common places to host files include Google Drive or Dropbox for documents, YouTube for video, SoundCloud for audio, or your own website for self-hosted files.
Make sure shared files have the right permissions so every team member can open them.

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Song types

Song types group songs by when you play them, such as First dance or Dinner. Each type has a color. The color shows next to the song in the library, on setlists, in the run of show (on the web and in the mobile app) and in the run of show PDF. To manage types, click Types in the song library toolbar. In the Song types dialog you can:
  • Add a type: pick a color, enter a name, and click Add.
  • Click Add suggested types to add the suggested list for your kind of business. Types you already have aren’t added twice.
  • Rename a type or change its color in its row.
  • Delete a type. Its songs stay in the library with no type.
To set a song’s type, pick it under Type when you add or edit the song. To set it for many songs at once, click Select, select the songs, and choose Set type (or No type to clear it).

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Tagging songs to acts

If your organization has acts, tag each song with the acts that play it. When you add or edit a song, pick one or more acts under Acts. With no acts yet, the field links to the Acts page in organization settings, where you can add them. In a gig’s run of show, the song picker for a set that names an act lists only that act’s songs. Choose Show all songs to pick from the whole library, and Show this act’s songs to go back. When no song is tagged to the act, the picker lists the whole library.

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Finding songs

Type in the search box to find songs by title, artist, or key. Click a column header (Song, Key, BPM, Length, or Updated) to sort by it. Filter by key to show only songs in C major, for example, or songs with no key set. Filter by Type (including No type) or by Act to narrow the list further. These filters show once your organization has song types or acts.

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Editing and deleting songs

To update a song, find it in your library, open its details, click Edit, make your changes, and click Save. Changes apply everywhere the song is used, across every setlist that includes it. To remove a song, find it, click Delete (trash icon), and confirm. Deleting a song removes it from every setlist that contains it, recalculates those setlists’ durations, and can’t be undone.
Deleting a song removes it from all setlists. Consider whether you might need it later.

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Keeping the library in shape

Be consistent with titles (“Don’t Stop Believin’”, not “Dont Stop Believing” or “don’t stop believin’”). Consistent naming makes songs easier to find and avoids duplicates. Keep information current: update durations if arrangements change, add new songs as you learn them, remove songs no longer in your repertoire, and check that media links still work. Reviewing the library periodically for outdated entries, missing details, and broken links keeps it useful for the whole team.

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Starter packs

To get a library going before you bring in your own catalog, go to Documents → Songs and click Starter packs. Packs are grouped by business type (band, DJ, production company, venue) and by occasion, such as wedding ceremony, wedding reception, cocktail jazz, or holiday. Pick a pack, choose which of its songs to include, and add them to your library. Starter pack songs carry a title and artist only. Songs you already have are reused, never duplicated. Turn on Also create a setlist and give it a name to get a setlist with the pack’s songs in order as well.

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Importing songs

If your organization has Spotify integration, go to Documents → Songs, click Import from Spotify, search for albums or tracks, and select what to import. Basic information is pre-filled.
You’ll still need to add your arrangement details (key, notes, media links).
For a large library, export your songs to a spreadsheet and import it under Settings → Connected apps → Import & export with the Songs target. See Import your data. An Acts column tags each song to the acts named in it. Separate several names with commas or semicolons. An act that doesn’t exist yet is created.

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Best practices

The more information you add per song, the more useful your library: always include duration, add key for quick reference, and link resources when you have them. If your band always plays in certain keys, note your arrangement’s key rather than the original. When you create new charts or find better references, update the links in your library. Multiple admins can add and edit songs, so divide the work when building your initial library.