Now that you’ve accepted the gig, the next step of the process would be to get ahold of the music. Normally, a batch of mp3’s is sent to me by email (however, for recording sessions, I might receive entire Pro Tools files via a service such as WeTransfer). I like to put all the music in a playlist form on iTunes. And if possible, I prefer to get a set-list order too. That helps me later on while trying to memorize the music. I’ll sync up my iPod (yep, still use one of those) so that I can take this music around with me on car rides, hikes, or plane flights.