It's always tough trying to catch all the bands at a music festival without missing your favorites, and coordinating the experience with your friends. So, to make life easier, the folks over at Coachella have created the Coachooser (Coachella + Chooser). It lets you designate which bands you are planning to see on each day, and avoid the ones you don't.

Now that you've got your very own custom schedule, don't forget to join your friends when headliners Jack Johnson, Prince and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters grace the main stage. Let's not forget about some of the other prime-time acts: Portishead, The Verve, Love and Rockets, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Death Cab for Cutie, M.I.A., the Raconteurs and Enter Shikari.

Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Then check this out: You can win V.I.P. tickets FOR LIFE to Coachella, and much more, by carpooling with four or more friends to the festival.

Next, take advantage of the contests Coachella has running on its Web site: There's the Jack Johnson giveaway, where fans can win a pair of three-day passes to the event — and even get to stand on the main stage with Johnson during his set on Friday! Or, if you'd prefer to sample every musician at the festival, enter the CD contest. The winner will get a CD from almost every artist at this year's festival.

You'd better hurry though – the deadline to enter both contests is Sunday.

We hope to see everyone there. The Buzznet crew will be doing interviews with top artists and armed head-to-toe with cameras for photo coverage, so be sure to keep checking back for regular updates.

(Check out our cornucopia of Coachella coverage right here, but don't forget to upload your own content to the Coachella group page.)


Take a look at the Coachella 2008 performers below:



(Coachella 2008 gallery: Friday)



(Coachella 2008 gallery: Saturday)



(Coachella 2008 gallery: Sunday)