Import ChordPro files, a Spotify playlist or a spreadsheet

Most chord apps can export ChordPro, the plain text format with chords in square brackets, so this is the way in from almost anywhere, OnSong included. Choose ChordPro or text files and drop the files, or a zip of them, or tap the box to pick them. Each file becomes one song, so one file or a hundred both work, and the title, artist, key and length come from the file where it has them; a file without a title takes its file name. Stage Friend reads .cho, .chopro, .chordpro, .crd, .pro, .onsong and .txt files, and plain text with the chords over the lyrics works too. A zip inside another zip isn't read, so unpack it first.

If your band already keeps its repertoire as a Spotify playlist, that's a quick start. Choose Spotify playlist and paste the playlist's link: your own playlists and other public ones work, but private playlists and the ones Spotify makes, like Top 50, can't be fetched. Every song is added with its title, artist and length, without lyrics, and when you first open one, Stage Friend helps you find its chords. The playlist can become a setlist in the same order too. On the free plan, those chord lookups count as web imports, while adding the songs themselves doesn't. Links to single Spotify songs work as well, one per line.

Plenty of bands keep their song list in a spreadsheet, and Stage Friend reads it as it is. Choose A list in Excel or Google Sheets, copy the rows and paste them, or drop or pick a .csv, .tsv or .txt file with the list. Title and artist in two columns works, so does everything in one cell, and the title alone is fine too; a header row and numbering are skipped. Each row is matched against Spotify, and you can Swap a wrong match before the songs are added.

When your songs are on a piece of paper by the music stand, type them in as a list. Choose Write a list yourself and write one song per line, the title, a dash and the artist, like Wonderwall - Oasis. The title alone works too, and Stage Friend finds the song for you. Once your songs are in, make a setlist for the next gig, set up autoscroll or a page turner pedal, and invite your band so everyone plays from the same songs.