Before you start
BandBeam is available now through the official store links on its Goodale Studios product page. Store availability, compatibility, and purchase terms shown by Apple or Google control the download.
BandBeam stores the band profile and working records locally on the iPhone and does not require a Goodale Studios account. These guides describe the live 1.0 experience and the records, planning tools, and optional Premium features available from its official App Store listing.
The BandBeam core journey
Use this sequence to understand the main flow. Individual screens and labels may evolve with updates, but the product goal remains consistent: your band, focused.
- Define the band: Record the band name, genre, hometown, member count, contact email, and one-line description that should stay consistent across rehearsals and booking conversations.
- Build the song book: Add title, artist, duration, key, tuning, original-or-cover status, and notes so each song is ready to become part of a dependable set.
- Time the complete set: Arrange songs in performance order and include the transition time between them, then compare the full estimate with the slot promised to the venue.
- Move a venue lead forward: Keep venue, city, date, status, booking contact, guarantee, assigned setlist, notes, and the show-day advance checklist in one show record.
- Prepare and settle the show: Use the packing checklist, shareable set information, and payout split plan to keep load-in, performance, and settlement understandable to the whole band.
How to know the session worked
The workflow succeeds when every member can explain what the band is rehearsing, how long the set really runs, which venue conversation comes next, and what must happen before load-in.
Turn a song list into a rehearsable set
Start with the set you can actually play, not every song the band might learn. Enter a small group of rehearsed songs and useful durations. A fictional eight-song set at four minutes each contains 32 minutes of music, not a 40-minute show. Seven 30-second transitions add 3.5 minutes. Introductions, tuning, stage changes and the venue’s hard stop also consume time.
Make the transition notes concrete. “Tune before song three” is actionable; “keep the energy up” does not tell someone what to do. Rehearse the order with a timer, then replace estimated durations with observations from the room. A set that fits on paper can still overrun when applause or a technical interruption is included.
Keep the venue lead and booking pitch connected to this realistic set. Confirm the contact, date, access time, performance window and equipment expectations before calling a show ready. BandBeam organizes preparation; it cannot promise a booking or replace an agreement with the venue.
Save a short version of the set as well as the full one. If the sound check runs late, decide beforehand which songs can be removed without losing a needed instrument change or spoken introduction. Confirm the final order with the people playing it. This is a preparation checklist, not a claim that the app automatically synchronizes changes to bandmates.
- Build a short song library from rehearsed material.
- Arrange one set with durations and transition notes.
- Rehearse it against the actual time allowance.
- Check the show details and packing list before departure.
- Record agreed payout information after the show and reconcile it with what was received.
