Band Mule: A calendar app for bands Anyone using it?

[Phil Starr]

We are having problems agreeing on a calendar app for our band and one band member is suggesting this one. Anyone had experience with it, or tried anything similar?

[Burns-bass]

We found Google Calendar was the best thing for us as it worked across all platforms and was simple to set up

[mattpbass]

Google Sheets also works really well, it allows for a more bespoke grid of information. We have the whole year planned out with gigs, potential gigs, rehearsals, meetings, and each gig has all of the info anyone needs; location, deps, fee splits etc. 

[warwickhunt]

Another Google calendar advocate but one band that I am in insists on using 'Timetree' app.  It does the job with no issues but Google is just convenient for across devices.

[pete.young]

Yes, I've used it. It's OK but not brilliant. Wheres The Gig was much easier to use but they started charging silly money for it.

 

It does some things that Google Calendar does not. The Availability screen shows at a glance when people are available or not for  a gig, provided that people fill it in and stand by it.

 

It does set list management and you can build up a library of songs that you can then drag into set lists. It has limited multi-band support but this may have improved since I last used it.

 

If someone suggests BAND, run away. We 'use' it in the blues band, and it's worse than useless.

Edited 9 hours ago by pete.young
BAND comment added

[Rexel Matador]

I used BandMule in my last band - the functionality is fine but it crashed on me all the time.

[Greg Edwards69]

We've used bandhelper and a shared google account for ages. I upgraded our bandhelper account to a higher tier a while ago that includes a scheduler. It does things that google calendar can't do such as availability checking, which is easier than messaging people on a group chat to check availability, but so far it's been met with resistance.

 

If you can get everyone on board, it's well worth the investment. Even only the lower tier without scheduling it's very useful for repertoire, set list and lyric management, along with midi features and attaching mp3s of songs for people to learn.

Edited 3 hours ago by Greg Edwards69