Rick (at left) and composer John Ottman recording the Astro Boy score at Abbey Road Studios in London, July 2009.
Finale User Spotlight: Michael Roth
Michael Roth is a Los Angeles-based composer, music director, orchestrator, sound designer, and pianist who first came to my attention through his work with one of my personal heroes, Randy Newman.
When music engraving was engraved
For some time, I’ve wanted to learn to use a sextant. I’m not a real sailor; I don’t have any real practical application for it, but I’m often intrigued by the old ways of doing things.
Finale User Spotlight: Jean Luc Ponty
Photo of Jean Luc Ponty by Imma Casanelles
Jean Luc Ponty is a French-born jazz violinist, bandleader, and composer.
Sharing Finale Files
If you have Finale 2010, you are essentially a superhero. You can leap tall buildings in a single bound AND open up Finale files created in all current and past versions of any Finale-family music notation program.