Starting a band
You don't need an existing band to get started on MusicXen — the
start-a-band wizard builds the page and posts your help-wanted ads in
one pass.
The three steps
- Name & genre — the band's name, genre, city, and a short bio.
Click Start a band in the nav or go to `/bands/wizard`.
- Roles needed — tick the common roles (Drums, Bass, Lead Guitar,
Rhythm Guitar, Keys, Vocals…) or instruments, or type your own. One
wanted ad is posted per role, and you can write one ad text that's used
for all of them.
- Review — check the band name, roles, and ad text, then hit
Create band & post ads.
You become the band's first member with the Admin role. From the
Members tab you can invite the rest of the lineup.
Wanted ads
Every ad runs for 30 days by default (you can set 1–90 days) and then
expires automatically, so the Musicians Wanted board never goes stale.
The Wanted link in the main nav shows every live ad; click one to see
the band. You can also post ads later from your band's Members tab and
close them anytime.
See also: Band roles & permissions,
Topics
- "Looking for" banner
- Account settings
- Advance vs door pricing
- Age restrictions and ID notes
- Age-gated messaging
- Animated social teaser
- Auditions
- Automatic posts when a gig is done
- Availability calendar
- Band calendar: rehearsals, gigs & deadlines
- Band free dates ("I'm free")
- Band one-sheet & booking templates
- Band roles & permissions
- Band Shuffle
- Bands looking for you
- Blocking & reporting
- Booking contracts
- Booking deposits
- Booking pipeline & soft holds
- Booking reminders & notifications
- Calendar export (iCal & Google Calendar)
- Cancelling a booking
- Cancelling and postponing a show
- Checking in ("I'm here")
- City Pages
- Clash detection
- Classifieds
- Comp Tickets, Guest Lists & Promo Codes
- Compatibility quiz
- Concert diary
- Confirm your band or venue
- Counter-offers
- Creator Marketplace
- Demo reel
- Dep musician pool
- Download your data
- Endorsements
- EPKs, riders & open dates
- Fan photos & approval
- Fan profiles & loyalty badges
- Fans overview
- Feed events and @mentions
- Flyer A/B testing
- Flyer maker
- Frequently asked questions
- Gear list
- Genre Explorer
- Getting started: new band
- Getting started: new fan
- Getting started: new musician
- Getting started: new venue
- Gig buddy finder
- Gig-bag checklist
- Global Search
- Graphic artists
- Group classes & recitals
- Influences
- Instructor lessons
- Invite codes
- Lineup builder
- Load-in instructions
- Match scores
- Merch table
- Merging and archiving bands
- Message upgrades: pins, voice notes, templates, read receipts, reply time
- Messages
- Multi-room venues
- Music Extras: Playlists, Lyrics, Tabs, and Discovery
- Music-industry glossary
- Musician map view
- Musician search filters
- My Bands' Gigs (fan feed)
- Needs boards: art & recording
- New to Town
- No-show reports
- Notify me
- On-tour date ranges
- Open jams
- Open mic event pages
- Pay protection & scam awareness
- Per-show printable poster
- Performance contracts
- Phone verification
- Planning a tour
- Post-show photo dump
- Practice log
- Practice rooms
- Preferred & hard-no genres
- Press kit
- Printable show poster
- Profile completeness
- Promote checklist
- Push notifications
- Radius clause & hospitality rider
- Recording studios
- Recurring residency slots
- Recurring unavailability
- Rehearsal polls
- Rehearsal spaces
- Reviews
- Saved searches
- Selling merch
- Selling tickets
- Setlist voting
- Setlists
- Settlement history & door counts
- Show Ops: Settlement, Schedule, Door View & Promoter Pay
- Show pages
- Show reviews
- Show setlists
- Show settlement
- Show tagging
- Signup wizard
- Similar Bands & Venues
- Smart Profile Links
- Sound curfew & noise ordinance
- Stage plots
- Starting a band
- Street-team tracker
- Themes
- Ticket links and RSVP counts
- Ticket Transfers & Resale
- Tonight Near Me
- Tour routing
- Trending This Week
- Tribute bands
- Trust & safety on MusicXen
- Typical pay
- Uploading tracks
- Venue blackout dates
- Venue calendar embed
- Venue draw estimate
- Venue Genre Controls, Backup Bands & Industry Tools
- Venue marquee text
- Venue photo tour
- Venue profile completeness
- Venue response-time badge
- Venue staff contacts
- Verified venues
- Video intro
- Wanted ads: expiry and bumps
- Weather overlay
- Who's going: RSVP and friend overlap
- Your MusicXen profile
