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> On Jul 19, 2014, at 6:48 PM, "Raymond Horton" <horton.raym...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I'm posting this again, abridged. The complete version is a week or > two back with the same subject. I have two or three fine gentlemen > across our great nation helping me but I don't want to ask too much of > them or extend my welcome. > > Hi listers, > > As many of you know I had a stroke at age 60 last October, and > followed that up with a bad fall on stairs in Feb > which injured the base of my spine. I can only sit for a few minutes > at a time without taking addictive > pain-killers. I have worked at my seated location for years, and > gotten pretty good fin chops (though now I have to learn 2014 > quickly). > > Plus, as I have mentioned in the last few days, I have had > major-league computer issues with my super-wiz-bang HP Windows 8 > machine. I am slowly typing this on my laptop, standing, but my > Finale chops on it are dismal. > > Meanwhile, I am in the middle of a deadline, I simply must get this > work done -choir needs most of it's music very soon. > > My point is that I could really use some help! When I was healthy, I > enjoyed nothing more than sitting and making quick arrangements in > Finale - did them all the time for others, even strangers on the > interwebs, and I am thinking there are users like me out there who are > still healthy and wouldn't mind taking a few minutes now and then to > pound out a file or two for me. Yes? > > I will list some things in this message, and will add more in the > coming weeks. The project is called "Searching For America" and tells > the story of K.L. Bates writing "America the Beautiful" in 1893 - for > singer actors, chorus, and chamber orch (strings, 2 fls, 2 trpts, 3 > perc.). I am making big-time use of folk songs and other existing > material, such as old sheet-music of obscure tunes that don't have > midi files anywhere. I'm also borrowing some from earlier works of > mine already Finale-yzed. Anyone who helps will get a credit line in > the final presentation - even put a short ad if you'd like! > > My plan is to give mostly straight-forward arrangements to the choir, > and contribute more originality to the instrumental and > narration portions before the premiere in November. No money to offer > - I am getting a little for the finished product, but not enough. > > Any type Fin file will do: > > 1. Type out this song: > <http://www.loc.gov/item/sm1871.02334/> > [I had a volunteer for this, but haven't received anything. NOT > complaining, just anxious!] > > My wife has already typed the words to the latter - I'll include that > in my next email. > > 2. same for some pdfs I can attach to private emails. simple stuff. > [Several of these have been done, but I have some more.] > > 3. A fin file, as simply scored as possible, of the Sousa arrangement > of "The Star-Spangled Banner" - midi files may be around for that. [I > found another version in midi I could use, but I'd love the Sousa. I > don't have music, but it's prob on one of the free band music sites > somewhere. I believe it's also known as the Marine Band version. If > you have music, please let me know.] > > A message with "I'll do 1" or whatever to the list will help avoid dupes. > > More later! Thanks for any help! > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
