Song Sheets to Software: A Guide to Print Music, Software, and Web Sites for Musicians [Paperback]

Elizabeth C. Axford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 17, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0810840723 | ISBN-13: 978-0810840720 | Edition: annotated edition

Song Sheets to Software is about learning and teaching music through new, stimulating, and accessible means -- computers and the Internet. A landmark resource for anyone who wants to know more about music, the book is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 is a detailed history of songs sheets, covering early American religious, folk and popular music in print, as well as songs in musicals, silent films, talkies, radio and records. Chapter 2 covers print music royalties, copyright laws, formats and terms, while the last three chapters consist of annotated listings of 600+ music software titles, 6,000+ music-related web sites for musicians, and Internet tech terms.

Editorial Reviews

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"Song Sheets to Software" is an eclectic sourcebook for using your computer as a music-education tool. -- Electronic Musician, December, 2001  

I can pick up this book, open it to any page, and have a really hard time putting it down. -- James Linderman, Muses News, May, 2002

This book is truly a grand resource for those in the music business. -- American Songwriter, January-February, 2002  

This highly organized publication is a very useful resource for those of us who teach and/or perform music. -- American Music Teacher, February March, 2002

This reference presents information on a variety of resources for musicians. -- Book News, 2001

What a cool book!! It's a very good idea and is very helpful. I especially like all the web info. -- Matthew Della Polla, LA Producer, July, 2001

From the Author

The entire Web site section of "Song Sheets to Software" is completely indexed in the front pages of the book in the Contents (including 48 sub-headings for the Web site section alone), and throughout the text itself, with centered headings separating the alphabetical listing of sections. A "back" index is not included as it would have been redundant to do so, according to my editors at Scarecrow Press. The reason for this is that the contents of the book itself are essentially an index. While many books listing URLs offer no annotations, this book offers brief summaries to help guide the reader, assuming they will visit those sites which interest them, and explore further once online. Again, the information presented is well-organized and alphabetized, without unnecessary repetition or explanation. This book is about learning and teaching music through new and stimulating means—computers and the Internet. It is intended for anyone who wants to know more about music. We can go to countless Web sites and use any number of music software programs to learn what this music stuff is all about. So, here they are . . . go for it!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 290 pages
• Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; annotated edition edition (July 17, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810840723
• ISBN-13: 978-0810840720
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,330,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Songwriter's Guide To The Galaxy, April 8, 2002

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This review is from: Song Sheets to Software: A Guide to Print Music, Software, and Web Sites for Musicians (Paperback)

"Song Sheets to Software: A Guide to Print Music, Software, and Web Sites for Musicians" provides both the aspiring and the professional musician, songwriter, and/or music publisher with a comprehensive, concise, and logically sequenced "roadmap" to the vast array of music-related and/or music publishing resources of the Internet. In doing so, it fills the "information gap" that has long existed between those who create music and those who are in business to exploit and/or promote it. As opposed to the more common, "hunt and peck" approach of any number of music publisher "directories" available for purchase on this and other bookseller web sites, this new, highly effective "tool" offers left hemisphere hope for those with right brain preferences.

After prefacing the motivation and inspiration that resulted in this vital work, the author begins with a brief, albeit thorough history of the relationship between the creative origins of songwriting and it's business counterpart, music publishing. This provides the necessary "foundation" upon which further knowledge of this and "all things music" can be acquired, utilizing contemporary computer-related technologies.

In the chapters that follow, readers are equipped with a music-related software glossary, indexed website address locations, and even an Internet vocabulary dictionary. This empowers the modern day equivalent of Shakespeare's bards, poets, and minstrels with apprehension-free and confident access to cyberspace. When seeking the services of a reputable music publisher, this wonderful reference work may just prevent many a
would-be tunesmith from becoming "Lost In Space" as well. And this, in this author's opinion, is a benefit to humankind. As Nietzsche pointed out, "Without music, life would be a mistake."