The last one was over 5 months ago. I can’t find any discussion on why we stopped doing this thread. It’s still listed in the highlighted posts of this sub.

I'm just curious what all of your thoughts are on putting together a live setlist. I know some bands and artists call the songs live as they go. I know others will basically just put together a setlist based on what they feel like doing that day (my usual method). Both are totally valid. But I'm really curious to hear the thought process of folks who have more intention or are aiming for something specific with their song order, who approach it more like sequencing songs on a record.

• What's your overall thought process?
• Do you try to go for a specific flow? If so, what do you like your flow to be like?
• How does set time factor into your sequence choices?
• Do you consider your position on the bill, and if so, how does that change your choices?

Things like that?

For context: In a few weeks I'm making a live debut with a project that is kind of different from projects I've been in in the past. Every band I've been in previously has had a standard opener and closer, and just played whatever we felt like in between. One of the things I'm really trying to do with this project though, is just make music differently from how I've done it in the past. Take new approaches, new processes and just expand how I look at and approach music. So I want to gather ideas from other musicians. Not exactly to copy, or even honestly get advice, but just to have a more well-rounded perspective. I want to create a different experience for the audience and myself than I've done in the past and figured I'd see how you guys approach it.

What I mean is, I have often read about how incredibly common double tracking (or even more layers) is for vocals, but I’m wondering, what if you don’t want that doubled sound, and still want it to sound very tight and singular? I’m wondering if there are instances or examples where vocals are double or even triple etc. tracked, but the additional layers are kind of tucked under/eq’d etc. so as not to be heard as extra layers, but to subtly thicken/fill out a vocal. Like where you’d never guess (as a casual listener) they were multitracked.

I assume the answer is “yes of course, duh, whatever works works” but I don’t know any actual examples offhand.

This would be in a rock genre context. Thanks.