Raymond, I've got time to help, just let me know if there's anything left needing to be done. I'm on FINMAC 2012. (Got 2014 but haven't installed it yet.)
On Monday, July 14, 2014 12:43 AM, Raymond Horton <horton.raym...@gmail.com> wrote: 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 _______________________________________________ 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
