Brian Ralph

Before LiveGig, I was sending people to my website to see my set list and then having them text me with requests through the website. This presented three problems: I had many strangers' phone numbers, it was very difficult to see the list of songs in one place, and adding or subtracting songs was a large effort.

With LiveGig, I have none of these problems.

LiveGig gives me:

• A stack-ranked list of songs in the order they came in, which I can mark off when complete

• A feature to freeze a song from being requested if it was just requested

• A link to my tipping options after songs are requested

• Ease of adding or subtracting songs (or making them inactive from being requested)

• Analytics to show me top requested songs over time, and my turnaround time from request to play

I signed up for the annual plan because it works out to be $1.60 per week, in my case, per show. This small investment has caused a great increase in tips. Because of the ease of this app, it keeps my focus on playing and not managing requests.