Case Study – “You Were Always Beautiful” by Mandy Williams
Case Study: Arranging and Production process from Solo Vocal line to complete master recording
Case Study – Arrangement and Production, “What I Love About America”
Case Study: Music arranging and production of "What I Love About America" for vocal, choir, and rhythm section.
Case Study – Imagesongs Production Project
Case study: From solo vocal track demos to master recordings, we arranged and produced a project for Imagesong Presents.
Importing Finale into Logic Pro X | Article on the Finale Blog
Begin by recreating your Finale session in Logic Pro X - then mix in a much more robust production environment with plugins and live recording.
New Site Launch – Finale Classes Online
We're pleased to announce the publication of our new site, Finale Classes Online, using Web Conferencing Technology with Screen Share.
Using MainStage 3 as a Finale Output Device (Mac)
Connecting MainStage 3 to Finale adds a DAW extension to Finale, giving access to a huge palette of sounds widely used on stage and in Musical Theater
Article on the Scoring Notes Blog – Using Finale’s “Tempo Map”
We wrote an article about tempo editing issues in Finale software. It's been published on the Scoring Notes Blog, with solutions, techinques and workarounds.
Case Study – TV Theme
We did an arrangement for a TV theme, starting with a transcription of a demo track, arranged in Finale, and finished in Pro Tools.
How to Mark Up a Music Score for Revision
Good Markup is essential to the revision process in music arranging. This article presents examples, potential problems and best practices in musical markup.
See Our Work on SheetMusicPlus.com
Some of our work is available now on Sheet Music Plus - Score and Parts pdfs with "Look inside," Video links, Score previews, and full-length audio previews.
Arrangerforhire’s New Post on the Finale Blog – Aria Player in Logic Pro X
We did a how-to article, using MakeMusic's Aria Player with Finale's Human Playback as a multi bank in Logic Pro X
Logic-to-Finale Transcription and Arranging Services
Need a score and parts from a Logic session? We’ll transcribe, edit and arrange as needed to create professional parts and score for live performance and recording.
Video Release – Beyond the Sunrise
“Beyond The Sunrise,” an original composition by Jon Burr, is a ballad written for jazz Tentet featuring piano, woodwinds, and muted brass
New Sachal Vasandani Release Features Arrangement by Jon Burr
The new Peter Drew release features an arrangement by Jon Burr of Arrangerforhire.com, sung by Sachal Vasandani
Jon Burr’s Arrangements Performed by the MCoE Band on their Christmas Show
The MCoE Band at Ft Benning, GA commissioned 3 arrangements for their holiday show by Arranger For Hire chief arranger Jon Burr
New Article on the “Of Note” blog – How To Restore Finale Customizations after Upgrade
We wrote a guest post for the "Of Note" blog - "Restore Finale Customizations After Upgrade" Having upgraded from Finale 25 to 26 to take advantage of many improvements in application stability, speed, graphics performance, and articulation handling, we had to go through the moving process, dragging over all the
New Video Release – Pianist Kim Andersson
Pianist Kim Andersson commissioned this arrangement of selections from the underscore to Pirates of the Caribbean in the style of a piano concerto with orchestra.
Klezmer Version of “Nutcracker” Available
Klezmer versions of three selections from Tchaikovsky's beloved "Nutcracker Suite", commissioned by the New York Pops, is available for rental !
Article on the Finale Blog – Using Finale’s Human Playback in a DAW
Our first guest post on the Finale Blog is published, describing techniques and issues in using Finale's Human Playback data in Digital Audio Workstations
Our Music Arranging Work Goes Viral
This video has over a million views on Facebook after just a few days! Congratulations to pianist Kim Andersson and arranger Jon Burr for their success!
