The app reads EPUB files: lightweight, they adapt to any screen and make sections stand out (verse, chorus…). You can create them two ways: with the online Studio, the fastest, or with your usual word processor.
The fastest: the online Studio
- Open the StudioIn your browser, nothing to install. Sign in with your musician account to save to your band.
- Paste your lyricsWith or without chords. The Studio recognizes chords written above the lyrics or in brackets, like [Am], and headers like [Verse] or [Chorus]. ChordPro is accepted.
- Detect the sections“Detect sections” finds verses and choruses. Once signed in, “Format with AI” also finds the title and artist.
- Check and completeFix the text if needed, set the key and tempo, transpose the chords.
- Add the song to your band“Generate the EPUB”, then “Add to the band's library”: the song reaches every musician's app, no file to send. Without an account, you can download the EPUB and import it into the app yourself.
Open the Studio →
Edit an existing chart
In the Studio, open the song from the band's library, fix it, generate the EPUB, then choose “Overwrite”: the new version replaces the old one for the whole band. If someone else changed it in the meantime, the Studio warns you first. You can also import an existing EPUB or PDF to rework it.
Labels the app recognizes
Write them alone on their line, in the Studio as in a document. A trailing number is ignored, so “Verse 1” or “CHORUS 2” work too.
CoupletRefrainPré-refrainPontIntroOutroSoloInterludeInstrumentalRepriseVerseChorusPre-chorusBridgeCodaAl CodaDa CapoDal SegnoD.C.D.S.SegnoFineRepeatVamp
With Google Docs
- Open a Google Docs documentOne document per song, at docs.new. Set the first line, the title, to the “Title” style.
- Write the lyricsEach section starts with a recognized label, alone on its line, then the lyrics below.
- Download as EPUBMenu File → Download → EPUB Publication (.epub).
- Import it into the appGet the file onto your phone via Google Drive, email or cable, then in Live Band Toʻere: Add a song → pick the .epub.
No Google account?
On Mac, the Pages app also exports to EPUB (File → Export To → EPUB). Otherwise, the free software Calibre converts a .txt or .docx file to EPUB.
Best practices
One song per file, to order them in a setlist and move between them live. No need to fuss over font or size: the app handles that. In the app, turn on Settings → “Highlight sections” so verses and choruses stand out while you play.
