Weekend Music Findings
Posted in Bass Guitar, Local Music, Music Tech on March 17th, 2008 by RyanConfidential to one of the bands I saw Friday night: if you invite me to use the door during the intro to one of your songs, and you’re just not all that good, I’m gonna take you up on it.
Otherwise, I spent most of the weekend going through the score for the musical Victor/Victoria, for which I’ll be playing bass in April and May at the American Cabaret Theater. It doesn’t look too hard - it’s just been a long time since I’ve had to read through an actual score, so I’m trying to get as familiar as I can with it before rehearsals start in about a month.
I also had the chance to toy with recording MIDI to Sibelius, and the process was light years ahead of what I went through when writing the bass book about a year-and-a-half ago. It tracked well, looked good, and it only required minimal manual correction. Sibelius is my new best friend. It’s sad I’ll say that about software, but it’s true. I’m now looking for things to notate just so I have an excuse to do so.