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Custom Songs

The Custom Songs page lets you manage songs that are specific to your tenant, separate from the shared song database.

Custom songs page

Overview

While Playout provides a shared song library imported from Song Treasures, you may need songs that are unique to your organization — original compositions, or arrangements not available in the global database.

Custom songs appear alongside regular songs when searching during an event, so your operators can use them seamlessly.

Adding a Song

Click Create to add a new custom song. Fill in the available fields:

FieldDescription
TitleThe song title
NumberAn optional song number for quick lookup
AuthorThe songwriter
ComposerThe music composer
ArrangerThe arranger (if applicable)
CopyrightCopyright information
YearYear of composition or publication
Original keyThe original musical key
VersesThe lyrics, organized by section (verse, chorus, bridge)

Editing a Song

Click on an existing song to open it for editing. Make your changes and save.

Song Comments

You can add comments to individual lines within a song — useful for musician cues, tempo notes, or section reminders. See Song Comments for full details.

Saving from the Playlist

You can also save a song directly from the event playlist. When a song is queued but not live, a Save as custom song button appears below the song editor. Clicking it creates a copy in your custom songs library — useful for preserving a shared song you've customized with comments or structural changes.

Deleting a Song

Click the delete action on a song to remove it. A confirmation dialog will appear before the song is permanently deleted.

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Custom songs are scoped to your tenant. They are not shared with other tenants and do not affect the global song library.

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