Songs overview

The library is every song your band can play. One row per song, with the metadata Loadout uses to build setlists, pace the stage view, and let the AI suggest sets.

The library list

Open Songs from the side nav. Every row shows:

• Title, artist
• Key, BPM, duration
• Energy (1–5), genre, tags
• Whether the song is open to audience requests

Search by title or artist. Filter by key or energy. Click a row to open the editor.

[screenshot: songs list with filter chips]

The song editor

Each song has two halves:

• Details (left) — title, artist, key, BPM, duration, energy, genre, tags, notes, the open-to-requests toggle.
• Lyrics & chords (right) — the chord chart in ChordPro format, with a live preview.

The transpose buttons above the preview let you check how the chart looks shifted up or down — they don't save a new default key, they're just for "what if" inspection. The per-gig key override is set on the setlist row, not the song.

If you've set the song's BPM, the editor surfaces a Practice with metronome button that opens the metronome popover pre-set to that tempo.

What metadata buys you

The more you fill in, the more Loadout does for you:

• BPM — drives the stage view's metronome strip, the per-song practice button, the AI setlist generator (it sequences tempo so the set flows).
• Duration — paces the autoscroll. Without it, autoscroll falls back to 3:30 per song.
• Key, energy, tags — what the AI generator uses to balance a set (key flow, energy curve, vibe).
• Open to requests — controls whether the song shows on your audience request page.

You don't have to fill all of this in to get value. Title alone is enough to have a song on stage. The features stack as the data fills in.

Tip: YouTube → ChordPro is the most metadata-rich importer today — it returns lyrics + a chord chart for a single song. The bulk YouTube-playlist importer only carries title and artist, so use it to seed the library and finish individual songs via YouTube → ChordPro after.

What's next

• ChordPro basics — the chart syntax.
• Importing — YouTube → ChordPro, YouTube playlist, BandHelper, OnSong.
• Transposing — when to use the editor transpose vs. the per-gig key override.