> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.soundchecklive.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Freelance crew
> How individual crew members use Soundcheck to field offers, manage availability, track gigs, and get paid.
Most of Soundcheck's pages talk to the people staffing events. This one is for the other side of that conversation — the freelance sound engineer, the sub drummer, the stagehand who works for three different companies in the same month. Your Soundcheck is smaller and sharper: one inbox where every request lands, one profile that makes you bookable and payable, and one calendar that tells you where you're supposed to be.
## How a freelance crew member runs on Soundcheck
The center of your world is [Mailbox](/features/engagements/overview). Every organization you work with sends requests into the same place — gig invitations, open-shift offers, availability checks — and answering them from there is most of the job. Around that inbox: a profile that says what you play and how to pay you, an availability calendar that keeps the wrong calls from coming, and a feed that puts your confirmed gigs next to the rest of your life.
You'll usually arrive by invitation — an organization adds you as a member, or invites you to a single gig as an external contact (no account needed for that). Once you're in, fill out your [profile](/features/user-guide/profile): photo, contact info, and the **positions** you fill. Positions matter — they're how schedulers filter when a Tuesday-night FOH seat opens up. You can belong to several organizations with one account, and your profile follows you across all of them.
Everything waiting on your answer lands in **My Mailbox** — invitations to specific gigs, [crew offers](/features/gigs/team-building) for open shifts, and availability checks. Items needing a response rise to the top, every notification email deep-links to the exact row, and accepting an invitation even RSVPs the matching Google Calendar invite for you. Past-event requests close themselves, so the inbox never nags you about a show that already happened.
Mark the dates you can't work in [personal availability](/features/availability/personal-availability), and answer [availability requests](/features/availability/availability-requests) when a scheduler asks about a date range. Your responses flow into the organization's crew calendar — and once you accept a gig, that booking shows you as working there, which is what stops the double-booked-Friday call before it's made.
If an organization pays you through Soundcheck, complete payout onboarding from your profile. Add and verify a bank account — verified accounts carry a **Verified** badge that organizations can see, which means direct-deposit payouts reach you without back-and-forth. You're paid the full performance fee shown on the gig; processing fees are never deducted from your side. Eligible members can also trigger instant payouts to a debit card from the profile's payout card. See [gig payments](/features/gigs/payments).
Your **Home** page surfaces your upcoming work when you sign in, and each gig's page carries what you need for the day — the [run of show](/features/gigs/run-of-show), the setlist, attachments, and the gig chat thread. Subscribe to your private [calendar feed](/features/calendar-feed-subscription) so every confirmed gig appears in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook next to your personal life.
## On your phone
The [mobile app](/features/mobile/overview) is built for exactly this job. **My Mailbox** and **Profile** are always there on mobile no matter which organizations you work with; other mobile surfaces (calendar, setlists, chat, and more) light up based on what each organization has enabled. Push notifications cover the moments that pay the rent — a new offer, a changed gig, a scheduler waiting on your answer — and recently viewed gigs and setlists stay readable when reception drops at the venue.
Answer fast, even with a no. Schedulers work call lists in priority order, and reliable responders drift up those lists. Every accepted, completed, settled gig also becomes verified work history — who you worked with, in what role, and that you were paid — which is the reputation that travels with you to the next booking.
## Set this up
The inbox where every request lands.
Keep the wrong calls from coming.
Positions, contact info, and payout setup.
Your inbox and profile, everywhere you work.