Thank you so much for this and your sense of humor! I skipped a verse while performing and it really bothered me. You did a great job explaining the app.
Oh Boy ! found you! thank you, like yourself, I cannot recall everything, I'm 75 and instant recall just isn't there! Up to now my sets are on hand written bits of A5, with crayon highlights for chords, (no laughing at the back, we've all done it!) Anyway, to follow your excellent advice and move into the 21 century, I can purchase a tablet, (a phone screen would be too small for me to see) and the Lyric pad. BUT, how would I upload/load/transfer/put all my hand written notes on to the programme. How do I get them on there, OR am I facing days and days of work, rewriting them all? let me know. Excellent channel, thank you
hi, I'm afraid that you are in for some typing but once it's done it's done forever. If you look in the LyricPad folder (once you have your tablet, any cheap tablet should do, there isn't much cpu load,) you will find three .txt documents in the 'Lyrics' sub folder. These .txt documents are the staple of LyricPad. They are easily constructed using the "Text Document' utility so using the existing ones as a template create your own and save them all in that folder. There are text reading programs but my advice would be to bite the bullet and get typing. That way you can drop in the chords where you need them etc etc. Hope you are succesful. JG
.....I've been doing it the hard way for so long .....using a Window tablet but the touch screen stopped working so I had to use a mouse and used Word as my lyric sheet reader....I scrolled with a USB number pad with the up and down keys raised and all the other numbers taken out...it worked like a charm cause I'd spend a few hours putting all my lyrics together for my gig in order and then just scroll down with my foot as needed....ha ha.....crazy...now that's a thing of the past....just bought an Android 10.1 tablet and will buy Lyric Pad and awaayyyyyy I go....been waiting for this for a mighty long time....just bumped into your video John....well done! Do you have any videos playing the pedal steel? Is that Dwight Yoakam in the corner?
😄 There is my pedal steel set up video on this channel and also you could check out my 'John Greene Music' channel. Prob a good song would be 'Blue Sky Morning' on the 'West of the Rest' album.
Nice overview. I've used it for a while, and actually set up dropbox and drop sync to automatically back up. I also use another app that uses not only text files but PDF files. (I believe the next version of Lyric Pad will handle PDF files.) as a sax player/singer sometimes I need the dots. LOL, and the other app has an alphabet bar down the side of the screen, so it's easy to navigate to a particular area of your list. My current band calls a lot of audibles so I don't even bother with a set list now. ;) It's a great little app.
Hello John, thank you for this video. It was really helpful to get started. Can you please tell me how to get a log-in so I can use the same app on mutilpy devices? I can't find anywhere for that. Thanks, Arlene
John, I've benefited greatly from your Lyric Pad advice. Are you aware of the current kerfuffle about this program? As I understand it the Android op sys has been severely modified, so when LP3 users upgrade they are met with either lost or scrambled directories, songs lost, etc. More here if you want to know. Cheers from Australia.
Hi, No I didn't know that. I never upgraded to 3. I remember there being 'issues' when it came out so stuck with 2 which just worked. I'm glad I was able to help. Happy Xmas J😎G www.jogrn.com
Hi, thank you. I only have version 2.52 so there may have been changes but :- Options/Automation Preferences/Scroll Speed does the job. A 'screen tap' should stop and start the motion.
1 how much does it cost? 2 are you charged for each song you download from search lyric sites? 3 wil it work with a page turner pedal? Thanks for any reply.
Go to the 'Lyric Pad' folder, open the 'Lyrics' folder. In there are all your songs saved as .txt files. (As used by Notepad). Double click the song you want to edit and go mad 😄
I have all my lyrics and chords on MS Word format, Im using an ipad that apple no longer support. I can easily convert to Txt file does this app copy all the chords as well? Great vid BTW
Bought a cheap Tablet and downloaded the Lyric Pad. Converted my word docs to TXT and dropped them onto the directory in Lyric Pad. Hey presto! What a fantastic simple and easy way to get lyrics on stage! Amazing software. Thank you for the information in your video.
Hi, thanks 😄 Go to /Manage Lyrics/ Choose a song/Details/Type in required speed at 'BPM'/Update/ Now when you select a song normally the thingy will be there. Tap your foot !!!!
Just bought this app to use on stage,I have no idea how the files are stored onto my tablet! I can search for the lyrics easy but how on earth do you save them and access them ? It even says file successfully saved,but where are they and how once found do you put them into a setlist ???
Hi The song files are all individual .txt files, as used in Windows Notepad. You can use Notepad to make your own. They are stored in a folder called 'Lyrics' in the Lyric Pad folder. There is one there for Set Lists too which you will probably find useful.
Hello John , I simply want a variable scroll speed which lyric pad has and the ability to increase.decrease font size .. does lyric pad have the ability to increase/decrease font type and size or is that done on PC text files before sending to lyric pad.. many thanks
Hi, Go to /Manage Lyrics/ Edit Lyrics then open the song you wish to change. Hit the /Key/ button and raise or lower as required. It will alter any chords it finds. Then /SAVE /! Alternatively open the Lyric in 'Notepad' and do it manually. 😄
You Go like Everyone Else Straight to The Song Lyrics already being In there ! ( NOT HELPFUL ) How do you Get The Lyrics In there in the First Place I've Got the Lyrics I want But Nowhere is there a Save To Lyric Pad ICON Anywhere ? How did you get them IN THERE ?
Hi. I am having trouble moving my data to lyric pad after getting the X plore file manager app. It keeps telling me to use another file after following Ian's video step by step. Do you have any suggestions? I just tried using lyric pad after a year off, and noticed I no longer had access to my data. So, Ian's video said to get the X plore file manager and then follow his steps. This leads me to the issues I told you about at the beginning of this message. It keeps telling me to choose another file. It even gave me an option to create a file, but that didn't work either. Please help. Thanks
hi, i use Version 2.52(full) so my comments relate to that version only. i have no knowledge of newer versions but have heard problems exist. all data is written as ordinary .txt files, as used by 'Notepad' and they are stored in the 'Lyric Pad' folder. It is as simple as that. If probs continue i would save all .txt files somewhere else and uninstall/reinstall Lyric Pad. Then move your .txt files to the aforementioned folder. i hope this helps x
That is what I do. My android tablet is old and is of little use for anything else though 😉 I do keep a backup set on my phone but it's a bit small for my aged eyes 😳
Hi, I would suggest joining/following this group, many usefull tips :- facebook.com/groups/286351998558270 Also check this page out, might be helpful :- www.lyricpadapps.com/manual/lyricauto.html Good luck JG
Hi John I Currently play from a book and would love to buy a tablet and have a program that I can pick the songs that I want and just simply play them. Does this program allow you to scan your word Document sheets in to the program. Is the program user friendly for gigging?
Hi, Yes and yes 😀 The program uses .txt documents which are pretty much universal and can be easily created from .docs. You just add them to the 'Lyrics' folder. There are some small learning curves mostly to do with scrolling speed but nothing too hard. I strongly suggest getting the Mk2 version and not the newest one, he may have gone too far 😄 Good luck. www.jogrn.com
Hello John, have lyric pad on my old Acer tablet, and whgen I plag in into my computer, a littld phone like icon appears.I click on the icon and all the folders in lyric pad appear.I then selct lyric pad.This allows me to copy and paste any lyric from my computer into lyric pad, easy.I have just purchased a Chromebook on which I installed lyric pad, but when I connect it to my computer, it is not recognised.I cannot copy any lyrics as I have no recognition of my Chromebook on my computer.Am I doing something wrong here(The connection between my Chromebook and computer is by USB cable)I cannot get my lyrics into my Chromebook lyric pad and I can't figure out why.Can you help?
Sorry don't know much about chromebook. I would try hooking it up to a different computer and if you get the same result that would indicate that Chromebook is the problem. Check for 'connection' options on Chromebook also.
@@Jogrnarteden48 Thank you John, I will try that.Chromebook is NOT an android tablet, but it DOES accept android apps such as lyric pad.Dan Neilson, the man behind lyric pad said as much when I contacted him, and he sent me a link which tells you how to copy lyrics from lyric pad on one device to another device with lyric pad, but I just cannot get it done. I will have to contact him again it seems.
The method of adding songs simply involves creating a .txt file for each song and adding it to the Lyric Pad folder. Therefore you can write anything you want.
Hi Again John, I'm so new at this I feel like the ultimate dummy. I just started doing solo gigs at nursing homes , veteran homes etc. I play no instruments, just sing and that is with backing tracks, CDG and MP3. I have been using books of song lyrics that i have amassed and I am wanting to do the Lyric Pad for my Android Tablet, will the CDG and MP3 work with this app? Buy the way thank you for the reply to my last 2 questions. My stage name I have been using is Country Bill. Thanks for any help you can give me.
@@Jogrnarteden48 Hi, I have just tried this but it only increases the size of the song title not the lyrics themselves. Having no luck with getting mp3 files to work either. Guess I am just too old for this technology. There is precious little information out there and what there is does not seem to work for me.
@@kr-vx6je Check that it's 'LYRIC FONT SIZE' and adjust. It should say the current size (I use 22) It works for me !?! Have never used .mp3s in LP but there is a on/off switch for it in options. In fact there are a few things there you can mess with 😬 If it still doesn't work try uninstall and reinstall.
All I want to do is list a song selection on my tablet, click on it and the words and chords are there in front of me.This "Tutorial" doesn't show how to do this. It only shows how to back stuff up. Most disappointing, I've gone and paid for the bloody app now. Totally useless " tutorial" for me.
EXCELLENT APP....exactly what I was looking for ....Thank you so much
Thank you so much for this and your sense of humor! I skipped a verse while performing and it really bothered me. You did a great job explaining the app.
Thanks.
My music is at www.jogrn.com if you're interested.
X😎
Thanks John!!! Very helpful!!!
this is a great app. lots of work etting it up but its amazing to have in your pocket. to hell with shuffling papers. thanks for making a tutorial
You're welcome. Remember to keep back up copies of everything. 😳
Oh Boy ! found you! thank you, like yourself, I cannot recall everything, I'm 75 and instant recall just isn't there! Up to now my sets are on hand written bits of A5, with crayon highlights for chords, (no laughing at the back, we've all done it!) Anyway, to follow your excellent advice and move into the 21 century, I can purchase a tablet, (a phone screen would be too small for me to see) and the Lyric pad. BUT, how would I upload/load/transfer/put all my hand written notes on to the programme. How do I get them on there, OR am I facing days and days of work, rewriting them all? let me know.
Excellent channel, thank you
hi,
I'm afraid that you are in for some typing but once it's done it's done forever.
If you look in the LyricPad folder (once you have your tablet, any cheap tablet should do, there isn't much cpu load,) you will find three .txt documents in the 'Lyrics' sub folder.
These .txt documents are the staple of LyricPad.
They are easily constructed using the "Text Document' utility so using the existing ones as a template create your own and save them all in that folder.
There are text reading programs but my advice would be to bite the bullet and get typing. That way you can drop in the chords where you need them etc etc.
Hope you are succesful.
JG
My music is at www.jogrn.com if you're interested.
X😎
@@Jogrnarteden48 OH thank you for your prompt reply, OK, I'm committed , I'll start work this weekend, thanks again ! appreciated
.....I've been doing it the hard way for so long .....using a Window tablet but the touch screen stopped working so I had to use a mouse and used Word as my lyric sheet reader....I scrolled with a USB number pad with the up and down keys raised and all the other numbers taken out...it worked like a charm cause I'd spend a few hours putting all my lyrics together for my gig in order and then just scroll down with my foot as needed....ha ha.....crazy...now that's a thing of the past....just bought an Android 10.1 tablet and will buy Lyric Pad and awaayyyyyy I go....been waiting for this for a mighty long time....just bumped into your video John....well done! Do you have any videos playing the pedal steel? Is that Dwight Yoakam in the corner?
😄
There is my pedal steel set up video on this channel and also you could check out my 'John Greene Music' channel.
Prob a good song would be 'Blue Sky Morning' on the 'West of the Rest' album.
Ps yes it's Dwight. He keeps me honest 😎
Nice overview. I've used it for a while, and actually set up dropbox and drop sync to automatically back up. I also use another app that uses not only text files but PDF files. (I believe the next version of Lyric Pad will handle PDF files.) as a sax player/singer sometimes I need the dots. LOL, and the other app has an alphabet bar down the side of the screen, so it's easy to navigate to a particular area of your list. My current band calls a lot of audibles so I don't even bother with a set list now. ;) It's a great little app.
Thanks, good info.
Hello John, thank you for this video. It was really helpful to get started. Can you please tell me how to get a log-in so I can use the same app on mutilpy devices? I can't find anywhere for that. Thanks, Arlene
I don't think you need one.
I run mine on three !
You just have to copy all the songs to the new device.
John, sorry, forgot to ask, what is a good basic android tablet spec, ( my local Tesco has tablets at £50.00 ) ?
John, I've benefited greatly from your Lyric Pad advice. Are you aware of the current kerfuffle about this program? As I understand it the Android op sys has been severely modified, so when LP3 users upgrade they are met with either lost or scrambled directories, songs lost, etc. More here if you want to know. Cheers from Australia.
Hi,
No I didn't know that. I never upgraded to 3. I remember there being 'issues' when it came out so stuck with 2 which just worked.
I'm glad I was able to help.
Happy Xmas
J😎G
www.jogrn.com
Hi John, very nice video, Can you explain how to set/slow down scroll? Thank you
Hi, thank you.
I only have version 2.52 so there may have been changes but :-
Options/Automation Preferences/Scroll Speed does the job.
A 'screen tap' should stop and start the motion.
1 how much does it cost?
2 are you charged for each song you download from search lyric sites?
3 wil it work with a page turner pedal?
Thanks for any reply.
Hi
1/ basically free
2/ free
3/ Abso no idea 😜
@@Jogrnarteden48 thank you for your reply. Godspeed
HI John thanks for your help before. Have another question
How do you edit the lyrics? i.e. delete or add words etc?
Go to the 'Lyric Pad' folder, open the 'Lyrics' folder. In there are all your songs saved as .txt files. (As used by Notepad).
Double click the song you want to edit and go mad 😄
@@Jogrnarteden48 Thanks John 👍
I have all my lyrics and chords on MS Word format, Im using an ipad that apple no longer support. I can easily convert to Txt file does this app copy all the chords as well? Great vid BTW
Thanks.
The app just reads the .txt files as far as I know so should be fine. 😎
@@Jogrnarteden48 thanks ...simple is best! The ipad is a nightmare!!
Bought a cheap Tablet and downloaded the Lyric Pad. Converted my word docs to TXT and dropped them onto the directory in Lyric Pad. Hey presto! What a fantastic simple and easy way to get lyrics on stage! Amazing software. Thank you for the information in your video.
@@brouillacblues
You're so welcome 😎
It would be a terrific ap if I could only get the mp3 tracks wherever they belong so that they would play along with the lyrics. Very frustrating.
Sorry, I've never used the mp3 option. There is a very good user group on FB.
@@Jogrnarteden48 Thank you John.
Great tutorial John. I don't seem to have the little tempo icon at bottom of the screen. Where do you set that up? Thanks again for the Tutorial
Hi, thanks 😄
Go to /Manage Lyrics/ Choose a song/Details/Type in required speed at 'BPM'/Update/
Now when you select a song normally the thingy will be there.
Tap your foot !!!!
Just bought this app to use on stage,I have no idea how the files are stored onto my tablet! I can search for the lyrics easy but how on earth do you save them and access them ? It even says file successfully saved,but where are they and how once found do you put them into a setlist ???
Hi
The song files are all individual .txt files, as used in Windows Notepad.
You can use Notepad to make your own.
They are stored in a folder called 'Lyrics' in the Lyric Pad folder.
There is one there for Set Lists too which you will probably find useful.
@@Jogrnarteden48 Thanks for responding so quick,I will put a few hours aside this week and hop6crack it,rob
Hello John , I simply want a variable scroll speed which lyric pad has and the ability to increase.decrease font size .. does lyric pad have the ability to increase/decrease font type and size or is that done on PC text files before sending to lyric pad.. many thanks
Hi, yes you can easily do that.
Options/Lyric Display/ Text Size
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@@Jogrnarteden48 many thanks
how do you do a key change? thanks
Hi,
Go to /Manage Lyrics/ Edit Lyrics then open the song you wish to change. Hit the /Key/ button and raise or lower as required.
It will alter any chords it finds.
Then /SAVE /!
Alternatively open the Lyric in 'Notepad' and do it manually. 😄
@@Jogrnarteden48 Many Thanks
You Go like Everyone Else Straight to The Song Lyrics already being In there ! ( NOT HELPFUL ) How do you Get The Lyrics In there in the First Place I've Got the Lyrics I want But Nowhere is there a Save To Lyric Pad ICON Anywhere ? How did you get them IN THERE ?
Save the lyric as a 'text file' (.txt)
Copy that file into 'LyricPad/Lyrics' folder.
(Punctuation etc barely neccessary)
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Hi. I am having trouble moving my data to lyric pad after getting the X plore file manager app. It keeps telling me to use another file after following Ian's video step by step. Do you have any suggestions? I just tried using lyric pad after a year off, and noticed I no longer had access to my data. So, Ian's video said to get the X plore file manager and then follow his steps. This leads me to the issues I told you about at the beginning of this message. It keeps telling me to choose another file. It even gave me an option to create a file, but that didn't work either. Please help. Thanks
hi, i use Version 2.52(full) so my comments relate to that version only. i have no knowledge of newer versions but have heard problems exist.
all data is written as ordinary .txt files, as used by 'Notepad' and they are stored in the 'Lyric Pad' folder. It is as simple as that. If probs continue i would save all .txt files somewhere else and uninstall/reinstall Lyric Pad. Then move your .txt files to the aforementioned folder.
i hope this helps x
How do I transfer the lyrics from my song book to the lyric pad??
Hi,
Make text files (.txt) of each song and simply drop them into the 'Lyrics' folder. Lyric Pad will find them 😄
Hi John, Would you recommend that I only use my tablet for my song lyrics only?
That is what I do. My android tablet is old and is of little use for anything else though 😉
I do keep a backup set on my phone but it's a bit small for my aged eyes 😳
I wish i could figure out how to change the scrolling speed
Hi, I would suggest joining/following this group, many usefull tips :-
facebook.com/groups/286351998558270
Also check this page out, might be helpful :-
www.lyricpadapps.com/manual/lyricauto.html
Good luck
JG
Hi John I Currently play from a book and would love to buy a tablet and have a program that I can pick the songs that I want and just simply play them. Does this program allow you to scan your word Document sheets in to the program. Is the program user friendly for gigging?
Hi,
Yes and yes 😀
The program uses .txt documents which are pretty much universal and can be easily created from .docs.
You just add them to the 'Lyrics' folder.
There are some small learning curves mostly to do with scrolling speed but nothing too hard.
I strongly suggest getting the Mk2 version and not the newest one, he may have gone too far 😄
Good luck.
www.jogrn.com
All my word docs lyrics have chords just above the lyrics will these scan over as well.
Also which is the MK2 version
@@melarchuleta8886
Yep, It's a text file. It will display whatever is in the text file.
@@melarchuleta8886 'Lyric Pad'
Not Lyric Pad 3
Hello John, have lyric pad on my old Acer tablet, and whgen I plag in into my computer, a littld phone like icon appears.I click on the icon and all the folders in lyric pad appear.I then selct lyric pad.This allows me to copy and paste any lyric from my computer into lyric pad, easy.I have just purchased a Chromebook on which I installed lyric pad, but when I connect it to my computer, it is not recognised.I cannot copy any lyrics as I have no recognition of my Chromebook on my computer.Am I doing something wrong here(The connection between my Chromebook and computer is by USB cable)I cannot get my lyrics into my Chromebook lyric pad and I can't figure out why.Can you help?
Sorry don't know much about chromebook. I would try hooking it up to a different computer and if you get the same result that would indicate that Chromebook is the problem. Check for 'connection' options on Chromebook also.
@@Jogrnarteden48 Thank you John, I will try that.Chromebook is NOT an android tablet, but it DOES accept android apps such as lyric pad.Dan Neilson, the man behind lyric pad said as much when I contacted him, and he sent me a link which tells you how to copy lyrics from lyric pad on one device to another device with lyric pad, but I just cannot get it done.
I will have to contact him again it seems.
I mean John
Does it only copy lyrics or can it copy lyrics with guitar chords?
The method of adding songs simply involves creating a .txt file for each song and adding it to the Lyric Pad folder. Therefore you can write anything you want.
Mr. Green, I know you said lyric pad was for android, but, will it work on an apple tablet?
As far as I know it is Android only but you could check their website for the latest info. 😎
Hi Again John, I'm so new at this I feel like the ultimate dummy. I just started doing solo gigs at nursing homes , veteran homes etc. I play no instruments, just sing and that is with backing tracks, CDG and MP3. I have been using books of song lyrics that i have amassed and I am wanting to do the Lyric Pad for my Android Tablet, will the CDG and MP3 work with this app? Buy the way thank you for the reply to my last 2 questions. My stage name I have been using is Country Bill. Thanks for any help you can give me.
I'm afraid I have no experience of using the app with backing tracks but I am fairly sure mp3s work. There is a support group that may help you more.
@@Jogrnarteden48 thanks again
Não tem a versão em português?
It seems not. Sorry 😥
must you be connected to the internet to use the app
No, not to use it to read lyrics anyway.
If you are searching for and downloading new lyrics then obv yes
How do you increase font size?
Options / Lyric Display / Lyric Font Size. 😎
@@Jogrnarteden48 Hi, I have just tried this but it only increases the size of the song title not the lyrics themselves. Having no luck with getting mp3 files to work either. Guess I am just too old for this technology. There is precious little information out there and what there is does not seem to work for me.
@@kr-vx6je
Check that it's 'LYRIC FONT SIZE' and adjust. It should say the current size (I use 22)
It works for me !?!
Have never used .mp3s in LP but there is a on/off switch for it in options. In fact there are a few things there you can mess with 😬
If it still doesn't work try uninstall and reinstall.
All I want to do is list a song selection on my tablet, click on it and the words and chords are there in front of me.This "Tutorial" doesn't show how to do this. It only shows how to back stuff up. Most disappointing, I've gone and paid for the bloody app now. Totally useless " tutorial" for me.
Oh well, can't win them all 😎