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MICHAEL CLARKE
Piano

Mike is a self-described "basic musician, who sees the piano as pure fun." What could be better?...

"For years I browsed brochures about Clavinovas from Yamaha, and as soon as I got my first "real" job I treated myself to a Clavinova. I was soon forced to sell my beloved Yamaha and to fill the gap I bought a stage piano. This was great but lacked many of the features I had enjoyed on the Clavinova, so I went a'searching on the internet and found Notation Composer. I bought it the next day - I've never actually felt so happy parting with my money for software."

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DAVE FREEMAN
Community Choir

Dave's musical interests have taken him a variety of places in life. He currently sings bass for the Peterborough Singers...

"I spend a lot of time now producing individual part dominant CDs for the Peterborough Singers covering the repertoire for the four concerts of our yearly season. I’m also involved in producing classical music CDs as fundraisers for local organizations, and recently produced a 2 DVD set recording of Handel’s Messiah, sung by the Peterborough Singers. By accident I discovered Notation Composer, which I now use exclusively for my music production work"

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SHERRY CRANN
Bass Guitar

Sherry plays bass at church and with the band Z.P. She enjoys dabbling with lots of things musically related...

"I started doing some arranging for our church's worship team to accommodate our sometimes quirky instrumental groupings, as well as arranging music for some of the local schools. I ended up as an employee for Notation Software, mostly because I loved the software so much. I use it constantly for my personal musical pursuits - song writing, arranging for our church ensembles, practicing my bass, or just listening to new tunes that I find on the internet."

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JOHN RZENDZIAN
Guitar

John began his musical life singing along with the songs on the radio. He is the lead singer and plays guitar for Z.P....

"For the last ten years I've kept busy writing songs for a personal CD project called "Convinced" and five other worship CD projects using Notation Composer. In that time, I've had a lot of hands-on training in dealing with band issues and worship concepts. After much training, hard work and some good old fashioned failures over the last ten-years, I find myself in a position to do what I have always desired to do - play music with others and for others."

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JOHN LACCOHEE-JOSLIN
Multi-Instrumentalist

John's musical influences started early in life, developing into a love of music that still inspires him today...

"If you were to ask me what music is about, I think I would say that it is the mixture of two arts or maybe three. Music tells a story, paints a picture, and tugs on our emotional heartstrings at many stages of our lives in such a way that we never forget why we like a bit of music. I am glad to say I can still play and arrange thanks to Notation Composer which makes the whole job so easy."

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CHAZ GUNTER
Saxophone & Entertainer

Chaz is a modern-day one-man-band, but his technique is a bit more advanced than having all his instruments tied to him...

Chaz is a well-known, seasoned freelance musician, entertainer and soloist. When he does a solo show, he is a One Man Band, DJ.& Soloist-using state of the art high-tech equipment along with a laptop computer and iPod(tm)-sequenced mixer background tracks and Notation Composer. He performs all styles of music from classical & new age to hip hop and dance tunes on sax, flute, guitar, keyboard, and vocals. In his words it's "just good clean family fun."

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Want to Have Serious Fun with Music?

The fun starts with Notation Musician or Notation Composer. Imagine being able to see the notes roll across your PC screen as you hear them. You can have your own private jam session with "the band", improve your musical skills, or learn to read notation.

Plus, with Notation Composer you can also edit the sheet music to add your own special flavor to a song. Find out for yourself — get the free trial or buy it now.

ALEX YASKO AKA "KOMBRIG"
Accordion

"Staying Alive" on the accordion? It must be Kombrig...

Alex, better known as "Kombrig", has a penchant for arranging music for accordion that is not typically thought of as "accordion" music. "All my life I dreamed to have a band which completely understands what I wanted to hear from their playing. Now, MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE!!! Thanks to Composer, I can put in to the midi-file any accompaniment I need and it'll never let me down."

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RON CHANDLER
Music Pastor

Ron uses his formal theological training and his love of music to mentor the next generation with their own musical gifts...

"Tim (our youth pastor) has established a training program for Junior High students in our church who would like to develop their musical skills with a view to becoming worship leaders. I use Notation Composer to modify MIDI files that I find on the web. Tim wants to find or write harmony parts as the musicians become more developed in their skills. Composer is a great tool for that purpose."

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LLOYD JOHNSON
Keyboard

Lloyd's improvisations around chord progressions for his church praise band led to his writing his own songs...

"Notation Composer allows me to connect my electronic piano to the computer so that what I play is entered into a musical score. I like the ability of having the program then play the completed score through my keyboard. My plan is to put all of the music I've written into piano scores and copyright them. Getting the copyright electronically isn't that expensive, and I've already copyrighted one song."

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BONNIE WOODRUFF
Piano Teacher & Performer

Bonnie is a world-class Sacred Concert artist and high-tech piano teacher. She has authored 17 piano books...

From the cold of Alaska to the steam of Florida, Bonnie has been teaching and playing her way through life. She uses her Digital Keyboard with PC and Notation Composer to make her arrangements for piano as well as for her piano lessons. She likes the faithful transcriptions of the notation "which print out perfectly, just like I play them."

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KEN BRISCOE
Music Therapy

For Ken and "The Sheddies", making music together is a self-administered prescription for feeling great...

"I am retired and a full-time care-giver for my wife who has just recently joined a music therapy group and is attempting to learn and play the Bongos at our local resource centre. Notation Composer is helping me to produce separate instrument staves to assist them in learning to play their instruments and do key changes. As I have little or no knowledge of music, it is also helping me to learn."

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TOM SPILLMAN
French Horn

Tom started playing french horn when he was young, and then took a decades-long hiatus until just a few years ago...

"One of my neighbors played in a local community band. I had never heard of the community band concept, but it sounded interesting. When I felt I had reached the level of ability that would allow me to play, I joined the same band, Band of the Hills. I have enjoyed it thoroughly. I thought there should be some software that would help me. After several missteps, I found Notation Composer and I have found it to be invaluable to me."

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How to Turn MIDI Files into Sheet Music

Just follow these three simple steps:

  1. Install the free trial of Notation Musician or Composer.
  2. When the program starts, click Search the Internet for MIDI Files and choose from a vast selection of FREE music files to download.
  3. Open the MIDI file and watch it instantly get converted to sheet music!

Did you know that you can edit this sheet music with Notation Composer? You can also print it, rearrange the score, and much, much more.

GRACE KNAFEL
Keyboard

Grace has long played piano by ear "from the heart." Now she has a way to write and print sheet music for her songs...

"I purchased an electronic keyboard and felt led to record some songs I had learned at church some years ago. I could not read music at the time, and I needed a software application that would notate the notes as I played them. After surfing the web, I found Composer. The Users Forum is so 'user friendly', and I got a lot of good help just by reading the forum chats. I still struggle with reading music, but I love to play from my heart."

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FRED WINTERLING
Saxophone

Fred began composing as a teenager and played saxophone in many bands in the company of excellent musicians...

Fred was a prolific and talented composer of many genres of music. His first song was called "Saxophone Rock", which he described as "three chords and a cloud of dust". His composition "Funky Salsa", a "south of the border funk", was rated #1 on the American Idol website. Fred passed away January 28, 2008, but it was very obvious that right up to the end, Fred was really enjoying making music. He was a tremendous inspiration for us all.

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MARK PURINTUN
Harmonica

Mark has played harmonica for years, and has put together a fun and informative website called Harpin' an' a Whinin'...

"I use Notation Musician to tab out MIDI files for my website and I've been using this software for about 8 years now. I can "swap out" the melody line of any MIDI file by inserting my own preferred instrument - harmonica! I can also change the tempo and save the revised MIDI to a .mid file for the visitor to play. Sometimes I rachet up the volume for the harmonica part so it's easier for the visitor to "hear" the harmonica instrument. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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M. G. JACOBS
Flute

From the Reds to Rubenstein, M.G. enjoys a variety of pursuits, with music being just one of many...

"I found a program that would allow writing music and I used it to write what became the third movement of my first symphony. Then the search for something more sophisticated was on. I found a couple that were better--one quite good--and finally found Notation Composer, which I have used since. Without it, I would still be copying, changing, and recopying the shortest thing I have written."

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MARJI HAZEN
Folk Music

Marji Hazen, prefers making live music to "sitting around the radio keeping quiet." She continues to make plenty of it...

"My current musical projects include notating the approximately 150 songs I've written over a lifetime, the public domain music I've arranged for dulcimers and their friends, and some good old hymns I've arranged for preludes and postludes for church. Notation Composer does what I need done, smooth as glass, and without a glitch. And that's the best compliment there is for a piece of software."

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NEIL RYDER
Tuned Percussion

Neil, the founder of Boomaring, wants folks of all ages to experience the fun of making music...

"Notation Composer allows me to teach children from 4 years to adult to read music and perform as a group. The software allows us to play backing tracks that we can edit, but the best feature we have found is the Easy Notes option. This feature allows the music to be accessed by anybody - young, old, even those with special needs. If the participants can read the letters from A to G, they are able to play the melody line to the song."

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