We’re very pleased to bring you this episode, and more to come in the future, thanks to our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast that tells the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.From electric guitars to
If you hear the term “forensic musicologist” and conjure up detectives with fingerprint dusters and a magnifying glass, well, metaphorically you’re not far off. The job of a forensic musicologist is to apply musical knowledge to questions arou
At the 2025 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology.This podcast episode is a conversation Philip Rothman had with John Barron, the international product spec
At the 2025 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology.This podcast episode is a conversation Philip Rothman had with Martin Keary, the head of software for Muse
At the 2025 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology.This podcast episode is a conversation Philip Rothman had with Oriol López Calle from My Sheet Music Trans
At the 2025 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology.This podcast episode is a conversation Philip Rothman had with Sam Butler, Avid’s director of product mana
This episode was written by Andrew Anderson.We’re very pleased to bring you this episode, and more to come in the future, thanks to our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast that tells the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and
Music scanning technology, or optical music recognition (OMR) if you like, has been around for decades, and yet in many ways is still barely out of infancy. But that could soon change as classic algorithm-based desktop programs converge with ne
‘Tis the season to be thankful for all of the products and services in the world of music notation software and related technology, and for the Scoring Notes audience who tunes in to hear us opine on them! We show our appreciation by bearing go
Music education isn’t just learning how to read alto clef and knowing your intervals anymore. The evolution of music technology education, the changing attitudes of students towards music production, and the importance of teaching foundational
Finale, the legendary music notation software program, has been discontinued 36 years after its groundbreaking release in 1988 from Coda Music Technologies. MakeMusic, the company that now owns Finale, has partnered with Steinberg to sell its D
The 2024 conference of MOLA: An Association of Performance Librarians recently concluded in Cleveland, Ohio, and by all accounts it was a rocking success.The conference began with the second annual Tech Fair, a gathering of librarians, product
Printing music is something that takes skill and attention to detail — both by the music preparer and the printer. When everything’s communicated well, it leads to print shop nirvana and the ideal result for everyone involved.Philip Rothman an
With music notation work often intersecting in some capacity with music production and scoring to video, it’s important to know when your software of choice is the best option for a particular need within a project, and when it’s not.When it c
We last visited with Steinberg’s product marketing manager Daniel Spreadbury on the podcast upon the release of Dorico 4 in January 2022, and more recently last summer in Berlin at the MOLA conference in a panel discussion with his colleagues a
At the 2024 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology.Today’s podcast episode is a conversation Philip Rothman had with Jack Sutton, Muse Group’s head of commun
At the 2024 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology.Today’s podcast episode is a conversation Philip Rothman had with Jason Wick, MakeMusic’s director of prod
At the 2024 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology.Today’s podcast episode is a conversation Philip Rothman had with Sam Butler, Avid’s director of product m
The 2024 NAMM Show was full of exciting news, products — and, most of all, the interesting people that create the news and products. Especially as it pertains to the Scoring Notes beat of music notation software and related technology, there wa
It’s easier than ever to publish your own music — but that doesn’t mean it’s a simple proposition. Even though a lot of music is made available digitally, there is still a significant demand for printed material. The logistics of printing physi
With the Muse Group acquisition of Hal Leonard, and Dorico, MuseScore, Sibelius, and Finale all freshly updated, 2023 is going out with a bang. We gather round the fire and discuss all the news, as we get ready for the year ahead in music notat
Black Friday is one of the best times of the year to get new stuff at low prices. But in the world of music notation software and related technology, it can also be a chance to reflect on the way you work and create, and to acquire the tools th
David MacDonald and Philip Rothman talk with David William Hearn, the co-founder and lead designer of StaffPad, about everything from product updates to what it was like making a live demo for Apple in 40 minutes, along with the implications of
To celebrate Halloween, we’re looking at scary things we see in the music notation software and score preparation process, and see if we can sweeten the experience with some tricks and treats. Philip Rothman and David MacDonald discuss the spoo
Notion is one of the oldest and most ubiquitous music notation software products available today. With its roots stretching back to Musicprinter Plus, a program invented in the 1990s, to today, with native apps on virtually all major desktop an