Welcome to the blog where I share techniques that help you work faster and more efficiently with Sibelius, so that we can do less and do it better.
Hyper Key to Harmony
BetterTouchTool is by far the smallest app that does the heaviest workload, yet I spend the least time thinking about it. It’s an incredible bridge between input devices and the Mac, serving as both a macro app and a key ingredient in getting Shortcuts to work.
Template 103: Edit Instruments
As mentioned in an earlier post about templates, if you need to make changes to any instruments regularly, it's best to do it globally and, preferably, within your template.
Let’s explore what this entails and why it’s beneficial.
Deck the Clocks: Efficient Time Tracking with Stream Deck
With a Stream Deck in hand, you're ready to tackle one of mankind’s greatest questions: What did I actually spend my time on? Many people working in the music business are freelance knowledge workers, so there is a pressing need to bill for time. This is where my practice of time tracking began.
Window Wonderland: Setting Up Project-Based Finder Spaces with AppleScript
Getting from mundane tasks, emails, and the general frenetic pace of everyday life into a state of hyperfocus that allows you to concentrate on the project at hand is an art form in itself. There are many booby traps and siren songs pulling you away from the task, making you feel like you're on an escape room-style hunt for the right clues.
Bussed Transport
If you’ve ever found yourself juggling an audio file or stems while working in Sibelius, you’ve probably experienced the frustration of hitting ‘space’ only to activate the play function in the wrong application. Then, switching to the other app to hit ‘space’ again, you realize you’ve now got both apps playing simultaneously.
The Maestro Conducting
6 to 8 cups of coffee in New York, the average American single-person household spending on food for 2-3 days, and according to this list, a lot of good stuff, and most importantly, not even two months of a Sibelius Ultimate subscription.
It’s also the cost of Keyboard Maestro.
Templates 102: The Parts
After configuring the score settings, we now shift our focus to the individual parts. Choose one to begin.
Appetizer Menus Minipost
As a serious automator, your primary focus should be to use your mouse as little as possible. This is both because it is a potential source of tendonitis and because it can be the slowest and weakest link in the precision chain.
Templates 101: The Score
If this blog is about doing less and having more time for making music, cultivating a habit of creating and maintaining a template can streamline the process of setting up each score. It's about consistently approaching tasks in the same manner every time you start or finish a project, thus only needing to do them once.
The Wonderland of Export Automation
If Homer tripled his productivity by making two of three letters in the word 'yes' redundant, you can imagine the epiphany I had when the Stream Deck was released. Actually, nothing changed for me.