Band Internal Workspace

Server structure

Overview

This is the band's back room, not a fan server. Nobody outside the band and its crew is in it. Writing is where songs start: #song-ideas takes fragments, a riff or a lyric line with no expectation that anything comes of it, while #songs-in-progress has one thread per song so a track being worked on for three months keeps its history in one place. #demos is where recordings go, and the channel topic asks for a version number on every upload, because the commonest argument in a band is which mix everyone was talking about. #lyrics keeps words separate from audio. Rehearsal covers the logistics that eat a band's time: #rehearsal-dates, #setlist for what is being worked on, and #gear-and-repairs. Gigs is the business half: #gig-offers where anything incoming is posted, #confirmed-shows, #logistics for load-in times and travel, and #settlements for what each show actually paid, which is the record that prevents most band arguments about money. Release Planning holds #release-schedule, #artwork-and-assets, #promo-plan and #press-and-contacts. Crew is a separate role for a sound engineer or manager who needs Gigs and Rehearsal but not Writing, because the demo channel is where a band is most exposed and least ready to be heard.

When to use it

Bands run on group chats where the demo, the gig offer and the argument about the setlist are the same scroll, so nobody can find which mix was version three and no one remembers what the last show paid. This layout gives songs threads, requires version numbers on demos, keeps a settlement record per show, and lets a manager or engineer into the logistics without seeing the unfinished writing.

What makes it different

• One thread per song, so three months of work on a track stays in one place.
• Demos require a version number, which ends the argument about which mix.
• A settlements channel records what each show paid, before it becomes a dispute.
• Crew see gigs and rehearsal but not the writing, where a band is least ready to be heard.

Recommended Vetox setup

• Reminders

  Set Reminders in #rehearsal-dates and #logistics so load-in times reach the whole band without one person chasing.

• Logs

  Enable Logs so edits and deletions in #settlements are recorded, since that channel is the band's money record.

• Suggestions

  Run Suggestions on #setlist so the running order is decided by a vote rather than by whoever asks last.