I'm working on a new app at the moment and I'd really like some feedback from the gigging musicians in here before I go too far down the rabbit hole. The idea is deliberately simple. A lyrics and setlist app for musicians who DON'T need 400 features and an engineering degree to work out how to use it. 😂 It won't have MIDI or a heap of complicated automation. The focus is on making the things most of us actually need onstage really easy: - Create and organise setlists - Lyrics with simple autoscroll - Easily change the font size - Add chords directly into your lyrics - Clean, simple interface - Quick to set up and easy to use during a gig Basically, build your setlist, open the song, hit scroll and play. I'm already building it, but I'd love some input from people who actually gig. Would you use something like this? And more importantly, what ONE feature would you consider essential in a simple lyrics/setlist app? I'm deliberately trying to avoid feature creep, so don't turn it into the cockpit of a 747 just yet. 😂

Hey Tod…….are you related to Scott Ryan……asking for a friend….. Mr, In between is an awesome show!!

What's a song you absolutely LOVE, but would NEVER play at a gig? Maybe it doesn't suit your voice, it's too obscure, goes on for nine minutes, has 14 chord changes before the first chorus, or you already know the audience would stare at you like you'd just started reading from the electricity bill. We all have songs we'd love to play if audiences weren't involved. What's yours, and why doesn't it make the setlist?

Has anyone listened to the new YT episode? Musicians Everyone Hates Playing With The top 10 reasons are pretty spot. I was in a band with TWO Daves. I was also in a band with lead singer/lead Dunning Kreuger guitarist. Holy jeezuz in hockey skates. If it was a 12-bar blues song, we would have to contend with playing anywhere from 6 to 31 bars of something. Now, he threatened to punch me in the throat for recommending a metronome/drum track to play against in rehearsal and practice. "I don't no metronome" Well maybe, but you need a grammar lesson too. He was also the biggest drinker. Mind we were getting scale wages here ie two beers and a pizza. I cannot eat pizza nor drink beer for biochemical reasons. This asshole would drink 9-11 pints of micro-brew over a two hour set. This one guy represented maybe 6 of the top 10 list. In a big band, the top 10 list is likely well represented. In a duo, there's no room for it. Cheers.

So I used to play in Rock bands many moons ago. During that time I was the lead singer/rhythm guitarist. In those bands we always tuned down a half step (that made it easier to sing Zeppelin, AC/DC, etc.). That has carried on with my solo acoustic performances. My question is, how many of you tune down and if so, how low do you drop your tuning?