Song Suggestion List

[kevinmpeters]

Hey All, how do you create and track suggested songs?  I've done it previously with prepending something to the song name, but there has to be a better way to track them and the state they are in?  For example, accepted, rejected, learning, etc?

[arlo]

Setting the song to a particular color is good for this. Or you use tags if you are already using colors for something else. In either case, you can then make a smart list that shows only the suggested songs, and another smart list that shows all the songs except the suggested songs.

[kevinmpeters]

I've done tags and colors previously, but was hoping to manage one larger list that was separate from the Repertoire/Songs.  Probably go back to a prepended and then moving declined songs to inactive unless there are better suggestions.

[arlo]

I'm not sure what you are looking for that the previous suggestions wouldn't offer. When  you say "manage one larger list that was separate from the Repertoire/Songs" that sounds like a smart list.

[kevinmpeters]

It will do it yes, I was thinking more of a document and not cluttering up the song list with suggested songs that weren't accepted yet.  I have done it that way in my other project and we end up with a super large number of songs and it gets a bit much, but it isn't an unworkable solution - just wanted ideas on how others may have done it differently in case there was something better.

Thanks for the validation Arlo, appreciate you and the team.

[arlo]

Another idea is to keep them in a separate project, but I didn't say this earlier because it could end up being more work than is needed.

Personally I use a color for this and it has never been a problem. When adding songs to a set list, I can sort by color and then it's easy to ignore the songs with the "suggestion" color.

[JerryK]

I use 4 Tags for song suitability, e.g. @B.El - where @ keeps this flavour all together, B contains Backing, El Electric or Ac Acoustic guitar.
Similarly, I've used a Tag to indicate state of readiness.  And/or whether a song is in a "Homework" setlist.