Faderoom room notes · Original practical guide · 9 November 2026
A rehearsal list has a job.
A gig running order is about the audience’s experience. A rehearsal running order is about the work. You might open with a familiar song, spend most of the session on one transition, then finish with a complete run.
Write the useful details.
Song title, approximate length, tempo, key and one focus note are enough to begin. The Faderoom example has three original fictional songs and thirteen minutes of music. It is not a forty-five-minute set simply because that is the target.
Make time between the songs.
A list of song lengths is only the playing time. You also need count-ins, tuning, discussion and breaks. Leave a little buffer, and decide which parts deserve repeated focused practice.
Group the hard bits.
If two songs share a difficult change, work on that change before running them in order. Reorder the rehearsal list as the work becomes clearer. Keep a separate note if the eventual performance order differs.
Keep the notes small enough to use.
A short observation like “leave space under verse one” is easier to revisit than a page of criticism. Update the notes after a complete run, and make sure the band agrees on what to try next.