Organization

Sibelius, Finale & PDFs: How to view your PDF parts in score order and using “Name Those Files” to keep them that way

Have you ever had a problem, then you find the solution and the next thing the sound you utter resembles ...
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Music Prep Tutorial: How to keep your PDF scores and parts from printing with wide margins (the dreaded PDF “shrinkage!”)

The great majority of charts I deliver to clients are now attached to an email and sent as PDFs. No ...
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How To Delete Email Addresses from Mac Mail Autofill

This has nothing directly to do with music notation but I will file it under organization because I think it’s ...
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About John Hinchey

John Hinchey helps his clients' projects sound beautiful with the notes he puts on paper.

John Hinchey is a producer, arranger/composer and speaker. He helps musical artists (such as Martina McBride), production companies (for cruise lines and theme parks), and independent singer/songwriters with musical arrangements, composition, music prep and trombone. In addition to arranging for Sting's Rainforest Benefit Concerts, he has also produced, arranged and/or composed music for the 2004 Democratic Convention, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, the critically acclaimed CD "Rewiring Genesis: A Tribute To 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" and more.