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Yeet Some Tunes
ZOMG there's like a TON of ways to cram songs into your OnSong library. Pick literally any of these hot takes:
Yeet It In (DIY Edition)
This is where you get to flex your songwriting muscles—or just steal other people's work into a book. Your call.
- Make Something New pops open the Template Chooser so you can pick a vibe & start your masterpiece. If templates are ghosting you, OnSong just yells at you with the Song Editor & a blank canvas. Write ur bop, smash that Done button, & congrats ur library just got fatter.
- Raid Someone Else's Stash opens the Pick Songs menu so you can cherry-pick bangers to dump into your book. (Only shows up if you actually picked a book first, smarty-pants.)
The Lazy Import Route (AKA Most of Y'all)
Real talk: most songs end up in OnSong cuz you're too lazy to manually type 'em. Peep these sketchy-but-convenient hookups:
- Spy Cam Mode is an OnSong Premium power move that lets you point your phone's camera at a piece of paper & BAM—instant digital chart. We live in the future, people.
- Dropbox is that cloud thing literally everyone uses to hoard files. Works great if you're not a total dinosaur.
- USB Cables & That Whole Thing lets you yeet files from your computer using a cable & iTunes (ugh, Windows) or Finder (thank god, macOS). Doesn't work on Mac version of OnSong (lol), but you can manually drag & drop from Documents or Downloads with the + button at the bottom like a caveman.
- Files imports stuff from iOS storage services cuz Apple wants to control ur life. It's in the Files app if you care.
- Google Drive is another cloud dumping ground, except Google actually lets you edit docs online which is lowkey genius.
- The Wild West (Internet) is where chaos lives & chord charts breed. OnSong can hunt down tabs on websites if you tell it to. Pro tip: the Add To OnSong Safari extension is way less painful than doing it manually like some kind of peasant.
- Planning Center is church software for people who actually organize their life. Handles music coordination for your worship squad.
- PraiseCharts unlocks the whole PraiseCharts vault—charts, sheet music, backing tracks, the works.
- SongSelect is CCLI's thing with PDFs & text charts if you're into that corporate hymnal vibe.
- WorshipReady.com hand-crafts worship charts in OnSong format. Subscription-based so they can keep the lights on, obvi.
- WorshipPlanning.com makes planning services less of a nightmare. Dump your events, songs & backing tracks straight in.
- Everything Else is the junk drawer for weird remote sources using boring tech protocols.
Wanna add stuff that's not on this list? Tap the + button lower left & go wild. Depending on where u live, maybe try:
- LTC Asaph = worship charts for the French-speaking congregation squad.
Sharing Ur Stuff (aka Export???)
Yeah we know it's weird that export options live on an "Add Songs" screen. But here's the thing: these let u send entire books to the void. Pick a book, tap one of these, & it auto-selects every song in that book & opens Export or Email from the Share Menu. Wild, right?
Right-Click Chaos (Context Menu)
Long-press (iOS/iPadOS) or right-click (macOS) an import source & unlock secret menu superpowers:
Nope Out removes that import source from ur list. Oops. Add it back later with the + at the bottom right if u change ur mind. Only actual import sources go bye-bye tho.- Rebrand It lets you give an import source a cooler name so it matches ur vibe.