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Blub Blub! First, we at the updating team would like to acknowledge this update is both coming a bit late, and is not entirely complete.

There have been some challenges in our availability to keep the submissions process going for this project update, which we also have been prioritizing over regular submissions. In addition to that though, we have also been hard at work on ensuring a smooth transition to MuseScore submissions. This has taken a lot of staff time, but will help our ability to keep things going after Finale support is ended (see previous site news post for reference).

To address the growing time gap since NinSheetMusic last added new sheets though, we decided the best course was to split the Aquatic Project in half. That way, NinSheetMusic updates resume for the first time since the summer, and it gives us a chance to make things a bit more digestible given the aforementioned availability challenges.

So, to those of you who still have sheets on the Aquatic Update project board, regardless of approval, rest assured your sheets will be considered for the Aquatic Update Part 2.

Anyway, I was planning to recommend sunscreen before diving into this watery update, but given the current month, it might not be a good time for a dive...

Hi everyone!

A couple of weeks ago, the company MakeMusic announced that the music notation program Finale is discontinued effective immediately. Any Finale users are being encouraged to migrate to other music notation programs. As you might know, all of the 5000+ sheets we host on our site are engraved using Finale. So what does this mean for NinSheetMusic?

Well, let's first start with what's not changing. All of the files we offer you today aren't going anywhere. Nothing is happening to the PDF and MIDI file formats. So for any users using the site to download sheet music or MIDI files, this has no impact at all. And for those interested in notation files or those who have arrangements on the site, discontinuation of the program doesn't affect the mountain of Finale files we've accumulated over the years. The Finale files will stay and still be usable by those who still have Finale running on their computers. We also will continue to accept submissions made using Finale for the foreseeable future.

What will change, then? As Finale slowly fades into obscurity, we are planning to do what some of our users have been requesting for a long time - start accepting sheet music made using MuseScore. It would be great to allow users to submit sheets made by any notation program of their choice, but that is not practical at the moment. As a first step, we will focus on adding support for sheets made using MuseScore. This is a natural direction to go since MuseScore is free, making it easier for newer arrangers to get started contributing, and open source, putting the fate of the program more in the hands of users. We are lucky to have many community members already intimately familiar with MuseScore to assist. We also plan on adding support for the MusicXML file type on the main site for users to be able to more easily use their program of choice. If this all goes well, we will continue to investigate adding support for more programs like Dorico, which MakeMusic is recommending as Finale's replacement.

All that said, it will take some time to put these changes in effect, so nothing is changing about the submissions process right now. There is a considerable amount of work to be done, including adding support for additional file types on the website and developing guidelines and tools to ensure that sheets created using MuseScore are visually consistent with the rest of our library. So for now, any arrangers submitting to the site should continue with Finale, following the submission process that has been in place for many years. But it may be helpful to start becoming familiar with writing sheets in MuseScore as it's become clear that using Finale is unsustainable long-term. For those MuseScore users who have been discouraged by the submissions process in the past, keep an eye out for when we will start allowing MuseScore submissions! We will keep you posted about developments as they come.

I think that's all for now; thanks for making it this far! Feel free to ask any questions you may have!

Hey y'all. It's... been a while, yeah? Seems like there's been a lot going on around here, and I'm ecstatic to see things continuing on as they have been. If you've been present in this community from before fall 2023, you know me & my antics. If you don't know me, I apologize that we never got the chance to meet.

For a long time, I thought this day would never come. I thought I would be content to stick around this community as a staff member for a long time, years to come. But, life had other plans for me, as it would happen, and I ended up deleting most social media and related platforms. Turns out, when you make the decision to want to start being intentional with your immediate surroundings, there are unseen sacrifices that come up, like having to take a lighter role in communities like this one.

You all have been a fantastic community over the years I was a part of it. In fact, I would say this place was incredibly influential in molding me into the person I am today; I wouldn't be half the musician I am, half the storyteller I am, half the creative I am. So, I cannot begin to express how grateful I am for each and every one of you who played a part in that.

I still hang around and lurk, by the way, so this isn't completely good bye (even if I conclude this as such). I'm simply retiring from my role as moderator. Not being on Discord, nor being regularly on the forums, I don't feel as though I can wear the role responsibly. So, I am now E. Gadd Industries, Inventor of Grand Things and Staff Emeritus. It's been an absolute honor of mine to serve you all, and I know that the current moderation team is doing a fantastic job, so I worry not about leaving you all in their capable hands.

In the interests of not dragging this out much longer, I leave you with this parting advice...

Quoth King Solomon, the wisest man in the world:
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
A time to be born and a time to die,
A time to plant and a time to uproot,
A time to kill and a time to heal,
A time to tear down and a time to build,
A time to weep and a time to laugh,
A time to mourn and a time to dance,
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
A time to search and a time to give up,
A time to keep and a time to throw away,
A time to tear and a time to mend,
A time to be silent and a time to speak,
A time to love and a time to hate,
A time for war and a time for peace."

A season for everything, and my season on staff here at NinSheetMusic has come to an end. And that's how things should be. I wish you all nothing but the best, and for now...

Farewell.

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Additionally! I would like to announce these further staff changes:

Static will join me as a Staff Emeritus.

Libera will become a Ghost Updater (spOoOooOky!).

Sebastian will also join me as a Staff Emeritus.

It's been a joy to serve alongside each of you, and I hope nothing for the best for each of you as life carries you where it may.

Stay hydrated with this juicy collection of new sheets!

After our 5000 sheet milestone last month, we were hoping to get to 10,000 by the next update. Unfortunately we're not quite there yet, but here's a bunch at least!