[HANASHIR:14345] Re: more free sheet music online at totshabbat.com

[Adrian Durlester <adrian...>]

Maybe Transcon ought to consider an downloadable electronic subscription
(and/or fee for download) version of Shireinu and the rest of its music
library? Any thoughts on that, Joel Eglash?

Electronic format print music is the wave of the future. After all, here's
the next big thing-the MusicPad from Freehand Systems (and boy do I want
one-though it's a bit expensive right now.)

http://www.freehandsystems.com/

Adrian


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org] On Behalf Of Freedabet (at) 
> aol(dot)com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 3:26 PM
> To: eric (at) komarmusic(dot)com; hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:14343] Re: more free sheet music online at 
> totshabbat.com
> 
> 
> First, while you might infer that some markings were taken
> from a particular 
> source, it's really not appropriate to make a public 
> accusation without some 
> firmer basis, such as asking the people involved if they used 
> Complete 
> Shreinu as THE source, A source, or it's just a coincidence 
> that the chords 
> and markings match.
> 
> Nevertheless, even if you posted every public domain song
> from Complete 
> Shireinu on totshabbat.com, I'm not sure it would take a lot 
> away from 
> Shireinu.  There is nothing like having the book on your 
> shelf (even if it 
> falls apart after a month), not to mention Shireinu Chordster and the 
> lyric-only books.  It is mainly the collection that you are 
> buying, the 
> utility of the different versions, and the 'backward 
> compatibility' to the 
> previous editions, not each individual song.  And, it would 
> sometimes be 
> handy to have the songs that Complete Shireinu split on two 
> pages on a single 
> page, for instance.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
> -------- REPLY, Original message follows --------
> 
> > Date: Tuesday, 20-May-03 10:32 AM
> > 
> > From: Eric Komar               \ Internet:    (eric (at) komarmusic(dot)com)
> > To:   Hanashir Mail Server     \ Internet:    (hanashir (at) 
> > shamash(dot)org)
> > 
> > Subject:  [HANASHIR:14332] Re: more free sheet music online at
> totshabbat.com
> > 
> > Sender: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> > Reply-to:       hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> > To:     hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> > Friends,
> > 
> > While I applaud my good friend Robin Selinger's efforts
> leading to the
> > success of totshabbat.com, I must express my objection to
> the posting
> > of some of the free sheet music. Many of the songs are already
> > available in Transcontinental's "Complete Shireinu". What's worse, 
> > certain songs seen to be taken right out of CS: the articulations, 
> > tempo markings, and most of the chords are exactly identical.
> > 
> > Just because these songs are free of (c) restrictions, doesn't mean
> > the arrangements are. By posting this music, you are taking 
> money away
> > from Transcontinental, whose staff works extremely hard providing
> > Jewish music for people like us. Those who own CS know it is worth 
> > every penny it cost them. I would think that better use 
> would be made
> > of totshabbat.com by providing sheet music that is *not* available
> > elsewhere.
> > 
> > Perhaps I'm taking this issue more personally because these songs I
> > spent literally 14 months straight typesetting for 
> Transcontinental.
> > All the same, regardless of any legalities, I consider
> lifting songs
> > out of CS and posting them for free unfair and highly unethical.
> > 
> > - Eric
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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