Glad to take on one of the PDF’s also.
Dick H OlyWa On Jul 13, 2014, at 4:06 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
