Aloha, Bruce! I've gone to bed (EDT) but I'll see if I can forward something on my phone. If not - Monday for sure. Thanks! On Jul 14, 2014 1:09 AM, "Bruce Kau" <kaub...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> Hi Raymond, > > I'm am amateur, but been working with Finale for 15 years or so. I can > take one of the PDFs. > > Bruce > > > On 7/13/2014 3:15 PM, Allen Fisher wrote: > > Hi Raymond-- > > > > I'd be happy to help. I could bang out the first one there for you. What > version of Finale do you want it in (I've got one or two laying around from > my 17 years of use ;) ) > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Jul 13, 2014, at 6:06 PM, Raymond Horton <horton.raym...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi listers, > >> > >> As many of you know (I know how it is, you remember details about some > >> people, but not all, on a list like this) 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 (be careful going down stairs - 3 > >> in my family are dealing with injuries from a fall down stairs!). I > >> can only sit for a few minutes at a time without taking addictive > >> pain-killers and have worked for years, and gotten pretty good fin > >> chops (though now I have to learn 2014 quickly) sitting. > >> > >> 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 typing this on my laptop, standing, but my Finale chops > >> on it are dismal. > >> > >> Meanwhile, I am in the middle of a deadline, and even though I have an > >> extension I simply must get this work done -choir needs most of it's > >> music by the last week of July. It is quite adventurous, involving > >> research, narration, and PowerPoint. I have had good luck with some > >> great ladies at my church who are helping - typing my dictation and > >> doing the PowerPoint which I am a novice at. > >> > >> My point, and I do have one (thanks for reading this far) 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 know that I could have done some of these chores during the time > >> taken to write this message, (esp how bad a typist I am on this > >> laptop) but I am hoping that the detail will draw some people in to > >> sharing some of your skills with me, and interested folks won't need > >> the whole story with every request. > >> > >> 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 use found midi files a lot in this sort of > >> thing, but I don't even have the time to spend much time at that now). > >> My plan is to give mostly straight-forward arrangements to the > >> choir, and contribute more originality to the instrumental and > >> narration portions before the prmire in November. > >> > >> Many of you are pros, and have deadlines of your own, but some of you > >> may be able to share some work. No money to offer - I am getting a > >> little for the finished product, but not enough. > >> > >> If anyone is with me so far, here are my first needs. Any Fin file > will do: > >> > >> 1. Type out these songs: > >> <http://www.loc.gov/item/sm1871.02334/> > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> A message with "I'll do 1" or whatever to the list will help avoid > dupes. > >> > >> More later! Thanks for any help! > >> > >> Raymond Horton > >> Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra > >> Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC > >> Composer, Arranger > >> VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
