Everything in nGage revolves around your band — who is in it, how you present yourselves, and the settings other features inherit. Use Band in the main menu for the band dashboard; open Band settings when you need to change profile, members, travel defaults, or your public artist page.
When you belong to more than one band, pick the active one from the band selector in the top bar. Most features show data for whichever band is selected. If a page asks you to choose a band first, use Select band and click the card for the band you want — you land on that band’s dashboard afterward. Add band appears on that screen when your plan still allows another band.
Open settings from the band dashboard overview. The overview shows cards for Profile & sharing, Members, Carpool, Settings (currency and travel), Integrations, and Danger zone — each card links to the detail page. You need edit rights to change most of these; manage members rights are separate for the members page.
When you rename the band, update contact details, or upload photos, open Band settings → Profile & sharing. The band name drives your public URL slug (app.ngage.band/artist/…); rename the band to change the slug — there is no separate slug field. Copy link next to the public URL copies the full address.
Contact fields (address, country, phone, email, website) feed your public artist page when those fields are set to visible on the Public artist page settings screen. Music style is a searchable list; for Folk or World music an extra checkbox can share gigs with folkagenda.nl. Optional KVK and VAT numbers sit here for invoicing and paperwork.
Logo and photos upload as JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP (SVG accepted for the logo), max 5 MB each. Landscape photo supports a focus point for how it crops on the public hero. Demo material — tracks flagged on songs — can be reordered here by dragging rows; order saves automatically and each row links back to the song.
Short bio, long bio, press text, and social links (preset platforms plus custom rows via Add link) also live on this page. Save applies all profile changes together.
When you want a mini-site for bookers and fans, open Public artist page from profile settings or the settings overview. Turn on Show public artist page — when it is off, the URL returns the same 404 as an unknown band. Toggle each Page section on or off; help text under each switch explains what it shows. Contact visibility toggles (email, phone, address, website) control which profile values appear publicly without hiding them from the band profile itself.
Press kit lives at /artist/<slug>/press. Sections from other installed features (upcoming gigs, rider link, and similar) appear when enabled here and provided by those features.
When someone new joins or you need to tighten who can edit songs or gigs, open Manage Members from settings. Invite Member opens a modal for an email address — existing users are added immediately; new users get an invitation. Expand a member row to edit their profile (for yourself or non-owners you manage), assign instruments, or set per-feature rights. Save Changes at the top writes permissions and instruments for everyone in one go.
Each member can have multiple instrument rows (name plus optional note). Those instruments flow into technical riders — keep them accurate before you build a rider lineup. Owners cannot be removed; other members have Remove in their expanded panel. If you do not see Invite Member or Save Changes, your band lead has not given you manage members rights.
Click email or phone in the list header to copy the value.
When you plan travel for gigs, set up carpool groups before the first long drive. From settings → Carpool (or the overview card), Add Carpool Group names the route, optional description, driver, and start address. On the edit screen add members and set each person’s distance to the start point — gigs use those distances with your band’s cost-per-km setting to estimate travel cost.
Deleting a group removes it from associated gigs; confirm only when you mean it.
Band settings → Settings holds distance unit (km or miles), currency symbol, and cost per distance unit for gig travel calculations. The same page optionally configures SMTP for emails sent in this band’s context (host, port, encryption, credentials, from address). Leave SMTP empty to use the global mail setup. Test connection checks the settings before you rely on them for invoice or other outbound mail.
Integrations holds API tokens and keys registered by other features (for example a gigs feed token for an external website).
Your plan caps how many bands you can create. When you hit the limit, Add band is disabled with a short message. Remove unused bands or ask your band lead about upgrading if you need more.
Public page shows 404 — check Show public artist page is on and the slug matches the link you shared. SMTP or send-by-email failures — open Band settings → Settings, verify host and credentials, run Test connection. Missing manage-members controls — ask your band lead for manage members rights. For anything else, use the in-app feedback button or ask your band lead.
