Arranging Continued

I'm in the process right now that I am arranging the piece. It is defiantly harder than I would have ever thought. Finale Notepad is a great program, but it takes a lot of time to put the notes in. It is extremely tedious. It may  just be because I am new at the program that it is tedious hopefully with time, I'll become a pro. It seems to take me close to an hour to do about a page of music. As hard as it is, it is satisfying at the same time. When I finish the amount of music I have planned out to do a certain night, I get to play it back and listen to the awesome creation I just did. It is amazing how much I am enjoying the tedious process.

Wise Conference

So one week ago I attended the wise conference. It was a great experience. To see people that are so devoted to wise in the same room is just so great. It was nice to hear some of the other student's wise project. It was surprising to hear that one kid is sky diving for his wise project. Just to think all the cool things any one can do for there wise project is amazing. I also enjoyed hearing past wise alumni talk about there wise project and the struggles they went through. They talked about how to deal with procrastination and just how to get your project finished. The thing that made the conference the best was asking Vic the founder of wise if he would like to come to my project. He said he would try his best to be there. It would be great to have the founder of wise at my project, it would just put the icing on the cake. All though we only stayed for two hours the conference was great. It just reminds me how great of a program I am involved in and how lucky I am to have it be at Somers.

Step 3: Start Arranging

Its time to dive in and start arranging. I think instead of planning it out I'm just going to do it. Some of the best things are made by accident. So hopefully just going for it will just make better.

I Found a Program

After an hour of searching the Internet, I found a program. Finale Notepad is a free program that fits all my needs. First of all Finale is a top music program company out there. They have programs that cost $600. I can put lyrics in Finale Notepad and it is just a real easy program to use. At least the second time was the charm.

I Need a New Program

All though MuseScore was free it doesn't have what I need. The song has lyrics and I can't enter in lyrics on MuseScore, I'm going to have to find a new program that supports everything I need.

Step 2: Find a Program

In this modern day of technology every thing is computerized even music. There are thousands of programs that you can compose and play music on. Some programs are really easy and some are so complicated that you have to learn them in a college classroom to use it properly. I want to find a program that is easy and has all the features I need to arrange this piece. The other thing about music programs is that they can cost up to $400. I would like to find one that is free too. I have used a program called MuseScore before that is free so I'm going to try it out and see if it fits my needs.

Another Version

My friend showed me this video. Hearing "Dog Days are Over" different ways helps me think of different things I can do in my version.