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Producer Dashboard

Creating Projects

Projects are the backbone of how you stay organised in Producer Dashboard. Internally they’re called buckets, and you’ll see that term here and there in the app. A project is simply a container for a group of songs — think of it like a folder for an album, EP, mixtape, or any collection of tracks you want to keep together.

Why Use Projects?

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Without projects, your tracks page is a flat list of every song you’ve ever worked on. Projects give you structure:

  • Albums and EPs — Group all the songs for a release together
  • Client work — Keep each client’s tracks separate
  • Mixtapes and playlists — Gather songs around a theme or vibe
  • Experiments — Stash ideas and sketches you’re playing with

You can have as many projects as you like. There’s no limit.

Creating a New Project

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You create projects from the sidebar on the left side of the tracks page.

  1. Open the sidebar if it’s not already visible
  2. Look for the + button near the top of the project list
  3. Click it, and a new project appears with an editable name field
  4. Type your project name and press Enter to save it

That’s it. Your new project is ready to hold tracks.

Naming Your Projects

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Give your projects names that make sense at a glance. You’ll be scanning the sidebar regularly, so clear names save you time.

Good names:

  • “Summer EP 2026”
  • “Nike Campaign Q3”
  • “Ambient Album”
  • “Live Set — March”
  • “Collabs with Kai”

Less helpful names:

  • “Project 1”
  • “New stuff”
  • “asdfgh”

You can rename a project any time by double-clicking its name in the sidebar and typing a new one.

Assigning a Colour

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Every project gets a colour that appears as an accent in the sidebar and in the grid wherever that project’s tracks show up. Colours make it faster to visually scan and identify which project a song belongs to.

To set or change a project’s colour:

  1. Right-click (or long-press) the project name in the sidebar
  2. Select Edit from the context menu
  3. Choose a colour from the palette
  4. The colour updates immediately across the app

Pick colours that feel distinct from each other. If you have five projects all in blue, you lose the benefit of visual coding. Mix it up — use the full palette.

What Happens After You Create a Project

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Once your project exists, you can:

  • Drag songs from the grid onto the project in the sidebar
  • Use the bucket dropdown in the grid to assign tracks
  • Nest projects inside each other for more detailed organisation
  • Set a due date on the project so all its tracks inherit a deadline

A new project starts empty. Head over to Assigning Songs to Projects to learn how to fill it up.

Deleting a Project

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If you no longer need a project, you can delete it from the sidebar context menu (right-click the project name). Deleting a project does not delete the songs inside it — they simply become unassigned and still appear in your “All Tracks” view.

Tips

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  • Create projects early in your workflow. It’s easier to drop tracks into an existing project than to sort through a big pile later.
  • Use projects even for loose ideas. A project called “Sketches” or “Ideas Bin” keeps experimental work from cluttering your main views.
  • Projects are yours alone — they aren’t shared with collaborators unless you explicitly share individual tracks or links.
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