Bands and roles
A band is the shared workspace at the heart of Tabula. It holds your songs, your folders, your members, and your activity history. You can’t have a song that doesn’t belong to a band — and a band’s contents are private to its members.
Your personal band
Section titled “Your personal band”The first time you sign in, Tabula creates a personal band for you automatically, and makes you its owner. It’s a real band like any other — you can rename it, add songs, and invite people — it just means you always have somewhere to start, even before anyone invites you to a group.
Every member of a band has one of four roles. Each is a superset of the one below it:
| Role | Can do |
|---|---|
| Owner | Everything an admin can, plus billing and ownership transfer. There is exactly one owner per band. |
| Admin | Manage members and invites, change band settings, and edit songs. |
| Editor | Create and edit song content. |
| Viewer | Read songs and leave comments. Viewers never change the music. |
Owner, admin, and editor can all edit songs; viewers are read-and-comment only. Managing members and band settings is limited to owners and admins. See Inviting members for how to set and change roles, and transfer ownership.
Belonging to several bands
Section titled “Belonging to several bands”You can be in as many bands as you like — your main band, a side project, a friend’s band you help out with. Each carries your role in that band independently.
- If you belong to a single band, Tabula takes you straight into it when you sign in.
- If you belong to several, you’ll see a grid of band cards to choose from, and you can switch bands at any time from the breadcrumb at the top of the editor or song library — no need to go back to the start.
Creating another band
Section titled “Creating another band”From the all-bands view, use + New band, give it a name, and you’re in — as its owner. You can then invite members and start adding songs.