No, never. Only administrators can see how much each member is being paid.
Yes, by default we use the term member or musician, but you are free to change it. Some popular choices are performers, artists or entertainers.
Yes, this is an option when editing a member on the event page. Simply select no when it asks whether you want this event visible to the member.
Yes, you can different status and permission levels per account user. You can learn more about this here.
From the calendar page you can link Band Pencil events straight to your Google Calendar, Office 365 Calendar Apple Calendar and many many more. If you're a member you can do this from the Member Portal dashboard. There's a blue button in the top right which says "Link to Personal Calendar". Read the help article to learn more. Please note, it may take up to 24 hours for your calendar to reflect changes made in Band Pencil.
No, they're included in your plan. You can have as many members as you like and access to the Member Portal is completely free.
Yes, this is an option when editing a member. If you enter a dietary requirment, we'll flag it when you assign a member to an event.
A lot of Band Pencil's features are built on requests! Please send us them in by emailing the support email address and we'll take a look. There's no promise we can get it on the site, but we'll try our best. We're written a handy blog post on how we handle requests.
Yes, as long as you have an internet connection we will work. For best results use Google Chrome. We also recommend you use Band Pencil on the largest possible display you have. For the Client and Member Portal, we have optimised this to work best on a mobile.
There isn't an app on the Google Play, or Apple App store yet, but you can do everything from a browser. As long as you have internet you can use Band Pencil.
Yes, you can upload this using our import tool to import multiple records at once. You can also import songs and events. We store any sensitive information as an encrypted value within our database.
No never unless we're sending them a reminder (you can turn this feature off in your event settings), or transactional email based off an action built into one of Band Pencils features. We don't send them marketing emails, or feature updates.
Navigate to your settings page and there will be a tool for you to download a backup. If you need a full account backup please contact support.
$ - USD, $ - CAD, $ - AUD, $ - NZD, £ - GBP, € - EUR, Kr. - DKK, Kr. - SEK.
Band Pencil Pay only accepts certain currencies, if yours isn't here, contact support and we'll add it in!
We display dates in either standard, or American format: mm-dd-yyyy, dd-mm-yyyy. Times are displayed in either 24 or 12-hour clock.
You can store distance in either Miles or Kilometers.
You can export documents in A4, letter, legal, ledger, or tabloid.
No software can ever say they are "the best" as each user has their preference, but unlike other software on the market we are development first, meaning we can bring features to you much quicker. Our app offers great functionality and is used by thousands of members and bands worldwide.
Band Pencil was originally built for musicians (band managers) and agenices. Now we have all sorts of users in the music and entertainment industry.
Yes! We have loads of individual or freelance musicians using Band Pencil to help manage their bookings.
Yes! We have loads of non-professional groups using Band Pencil to manage their rehearsals and gigs. You can just turn off all the payment options in your event settings.
A magic link is a passwordless login process. We send you a custom link in an email which you can use to login. Read here for more information.
Yeah, you're able to download your invoices and receipts we automatically create for you.
Only the person who added you to Band Pencil can see your information. All sensitive data is stored as encrypted values in our database.
Yes, there's nothing to stop you. You'll just have an account and a Member Portal access (but so do a lot of our users).
Yes, the system is designed for you to be apart of multiple accounts, they will all be display from the one portal - the record is 11, let us know if you beat it!
Band Pencil is still small, at the moment there are no job vacancies, but keep an eye out in the future.
Band Pencil was developed in the amazing city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It's now run in London, United Kingdom.
Okay no problem, contact us here.
No, unless you submit a support ticket and it requires us to access your account. Where possible all sensitive data is encrypted in our databases so we can't see it even if we wanted to! Check out our Privacy Policy which goes in to a little more detail about this.