Feature Request: Checkbox in Song data to indicate "Is Ready" or "Needs Work"

[drthunderbutt]

Having a way to flag a song with some variant of "Is Ready" or "Needs Work" would be super helpful. We could then more easily identify songs that are Active but still need more work before they're ready to play out.

The main utility case, for me, would be that I could easily create a Smart List of songs before rehearsal so we could use rehearsal time more effectively. We wouldn't have to sit there in the rehearsal space and mentally re-interrogate our entire (100+) song list to try to remember whether any of us had flagged a song as needing some work. By centralizing, we could really focus every rehearsal itinerary before we met up. This would also optimize our at-home practice efforts by not relying on memory or ad hoc to-do notes of everybody's homework.

It would also be a helpful peacekeeper by saving us a lot of energy/time renegotiating whether we feel a song is ready every time we look at our list. When we all feel it's ready, we mark it, and that's that. Next!

Worst-case scenario is, we have a song that is Active, we forget that it needs work, we put it on a set list anyway, and then when we play it out and crash and burn.

[arlo]

I used to use song colors for this. Yellow meant new, orange meant needs work. Then I had a smart list that showed only orange and yellow songs, sorted by color.

Now I use a custom field named Band Practice where I can write in specifically what needs work (intro, harmonies, etc.). I added a second field named Band Practice Group where I can enter a category like "minor tweaks," "overall improvement" or "new song." And I have a smart list that shows only songs where the Band Practice field isn't empty, sorted by the Band Practice Group field.