Band schedules and keeping track

[Buddster]

Hi

We're finding it difficult to track the dates when band members are free for future gigs, which makes bookings difficult to arrange. 

Does anyone know of a good system (outside of Google calendar or a spreadsheet), like an app or website addon? 

[tauzero]

http://bandwerkz.com

[NancyJohnson]

From past experience, it doesn't matter what you use, it's getting band members to actually use them.

[Woodinblack]

Any form of calendar works if people remember to update it, if they don't, then nothing works.

[Buddster]

17 hours ago, tauzero said:

http://bandwerkz.com

Thanks, looks interesting, but for some reason the page won't load

[Bluewine]

19 hours ago, Buddster said:

Hi

We're finding it difficult to track the dates when band members are free for future gigs, which makes bookings difficult to arrange. 

Does anyone know of a good system (outside of Google calendar or a spreadsheet), like an app or website addon? 

 

Only use guys that have nothing but your band going on in life and can make every gig like my situation.  Lol

 

Daryl

[JapanAxe]

I use TeamUp.

[Lozz196]

Maybe someone should invent a new one, maybe call it Cat Herding?

[tauzero]

On 20/05/2025 at 17:16, Buddster said:

Thanks, looks interesting, but for some reason the page won't load

 

You have to make sure that it's trying to load http:// and not https:// - Chrome has an unfortunate tendency to change everything to https://, Firefox is more subservient in that respect.

[PaulWarning]

we use a band google calendar, gigs and unavailability goes on it, it works fairly well, mostly.  

[Buddster]

1 hour ago, PaulWarning said:

we use a band google calendar, gigs and unavailability goes on it, it works fairly well, mostly.  

Yes, that's we're currently doing. 

It works, but you'd think there would be a better way 

[PaulWarning]

3 minutes ago, Buddster said:

Yes, that's we're currently doing. 

It works, but you'd think there would be a better way 

unless there is a way to read the minds of disorganised (or just don't care) bands members I don't think there is

[NJE]

There are 7/8 of us, we have a WhatsApp group and if an enquiry comes in it goes straight on the chat to see who is free. It works pretty effectively.

[YellowLedBetterBass]

We use a Google calendar for our bands email address. We email meeting invites for rehearsals, gigs, when people are away, etc. to that email address, and it comes up on the calendar for everyone to see.

[tinyd]

On 21/05/2025 at 18:40, tauzero said:

 

You have to make sure that it's trying to load http:// and not https:// - Chrome has an unfortunate tendency to change everything to https://, Firefox is more subservient in that respect.

It's probably fine because you're not going to be sending anything confidential, but in general I'd avoid any site that doesn't use https, especially if it has a login (like this one). If you sign up and use a password that's the same (or similar) to one that you use somewhere else then you're leaving yourself open to being hacked on those other, more important, sites.

[pete.young]

We use Muzodo for the brass band, which works brilliantly.

 

The blues band uses 'Band', which sucks water melons through elephants.

[synthaside]

We use an Ios / Android App called  Timetree ,  it allows shared calenders , appoints etc and allows people to use their existing logins with social platforms to register so its got a very low barrier for adoption.
https://timetreeapp.com/intl/en

It is reliant on the band member booking out their time and not forgetting .... The free level works great for us , this combined with a whatsapp group and a bit of google docs for document sharing works well for us.

Edited 3 hours ago by synthaside