Frequently Asked Questions for Session Player.

What is Session Player?
Session Player is a cloud based software application that simplifies the life of session contractors, music librarians and session musicians.
  • Session Contractors can simply and reliably communicate with musicians and book them for recording sessions and other performances.
  • Music Librarians (music preparation) can load cue definitions from spreadsheets, MusicXML and Dorico files, then distribute cues amongst session dates and find the best fit based on musician size, cue duration and difficulty.
  • Session Musicians can quickly and reliably respond to session opportunities using the bespoke Session Player mobile app for iOS and Android with calandar and maps integration.
  • NDA's and release forms can be generated for individually generated for each musician based on a .docx or .pdf template supllied by the contractor
  • NDA's, release forms can be signed digitally by the musician and uploaded automatically
  • Session musician signin can be eachieved via a printed QR code that connects to the app
  • Session musician seat allocation appears within the mobile app and can also be printed ready for the session start.
How much does it cost for the Session Contractor?
Session Player uses a monthly subscription model for the contractor's' portal. The subscription cost depends on the number of sessions per yearly quarter and number of musicians for each sessions.
How much does it cost for the Session Musician?
The musicians Android/iOS mobile app is completely free. There is an upgrade path that contains invoicing features for a low cost monthly charge.
Does Session Player set prices?
No. That's completely up to the relationship between the musician and contractor.
How private are my projects and sessions? I don't want to be innundated with musicians asking me to add themselves to my roster!
Only musicians that you upload into the Session Player system can contact you through the system. Session Player is not a job search facility. Musicians can neither contact you through the system nor can you search for them. The relationship must already be in place external to the system - Session Player simply makes it easier to organise your musician roster.
How safe are my projects, sessions and musician details?
Session Player system takes security issue vey seriously and utilises a Best Practices approach. The surface attack area is very small (only web port 443 for the web site and the app API endpoint), authentication and authorisation use the best in class techniques and facilities.
How do I add musicians to the system? Are they private to me only?
Yes, and no. Musicians that you include in your musician roster are never shared with other contractors within the Session Player system - the system does not share musician details between contractors. However, if the same musican (as identified by their email address) is uploaded by seperate contractors then both can utilise the musican as part of their roster. Only the musician is aware that they are available for more than one contractor.
What if I need to collaborate with another musician contractor?
Session Player enables relationships bettween session contractors on a per project basis. At this stage, please make a request to the Session Player team to include a seperate contractor in your list of contractors. Additional contractors will each require their own subscription.
Can I subcontract portions of the required musicians to another contractor within the system?
Not at this stage, although it is being planned for in a future release.