Waitlist Exclusive
I’ve been looking forward to today’s reveal for a long time. It’s the culmination of what got us started down the long road of this project, and at last I get to show it to you.
You’ve seen the Compose app, where you can upload or create your sheet music and get it ready for your performers. And you’re familiar with the Practice app, which makes what we’re building all worthwhile.
But now it’s time to introduce that which links everything together. Folks, I present to you our new sharing features.
Sharing is daring
Because granting others access to your content is what creates that crucial connection, our plan is to make it both simple and accessible. You can share your music from practically anywhere you access your content: in the Compose app, on your Home page, and in the Content Manager.
In the Compose app, click the sharing button on the left while editing your document.
On your Home page, click the Share button for a title under My Content.
In the Content Manager, choose a title and use one of the sharing controls.
There are two types of sharing available based on what you know about your recipients.
Your music, by invitation only
If you know the email addresses of the people you’re sharing with, use private sharing. This will limit access to your document to only the people whose email addresses you specify.
When you confirm that you have the right to share the document and then click the Share file privately button, an invitation to view your document is sent to each recipient. They simply log in or create a free SmartMusic account to open your music in the Practice app.
Back in your Content Manager, you’ll see a list of your recipients. You can remove them individually and also add more. Maybe Phil’s going to be out of town for your gig, so instead you need to share the document with Lucy.
If you share your documents with the same people frequently, you can reuse the list of recipients from another shared document.
What if you don’t have the email addresses of everyone you need to share with? That’s where public sharing comes in handy.
Time to take this one public
In the Content Manager, click Public Share Link. After confirming you have the right to share the document, a unique link is generated and copied to your clipboard. Now you can paste the link in an email message, a written document, or however you want to give your musicians access.
With public sharing, anyone with the link can view your document, even individuals without a SmartMusic account (though we think they’ll want to create one to explore all the features an account gives them – it’s free, after all).
And just like that, we’ve bridged the content gap that completes the simple workflow first proposed weeks ago:
- The content owner creates or uploads a sheet music document.
- The content owner shares the document with their recipients.
- The recipient opens the document.
- The recipient practices using a practical and intuitive suite of interactive tools.
We’re working expeditiously to get this all rolled out to you ASAP. I’ve got a few more posts planned for you here on the waitlist, but the day isn’t far off where I’ll get to invite you to try it for yourself. Keep those eyes peeled!
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In his role as product manager, audio/notation at MakeMusic, Jon Tschiggfrie collaborates with the Finale development team to define and prioritize the work that goes into making Finale the best notation solution possible.Between his hours pondering the deepest mysteries of the music notation universe, Jon recently took up learning German, an effort he rationalizes by saying, “Mein Familienname verlangt es.”