About this podcast
We love music notation software and related products and technology, so that’s what we cover here. You’ll find timely news, in-depth coverage about the field, and honest reviews about products you use every day. You’ll learn about the interesting people in our field and find out our opinions on ever-changing developments in the industry.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 167 episodes
- Getting on the same page · 1 h 10 minOpening someone else’s notation file can take a little detective work. So can opening your own file from a year ago. After two 90-minute Q&A episodes, Philip Rothman and David…
- Q & A(gain) · 1 h 33 minYou sent more questions than one episode could hold, so we split them in two. Part one was brought to you by two letters: AI. This is everything else in the mailbag, from the…
- Q & A(I) · 1 h 33 minWe asked for your questions, and you sent so many that one episode couldn’t hold them. This is part one of two — and part one is brought to you by two letters: A and I. That…
- Half-time report: what’s new, and a call for your questions · 30 minPhilip Rothman and David MacDonald are back after a short break, and true to form, the conversation drifts from yard work and heat waves before landing on the actual business at…
- Score preparation and production double-checklist · 1 h 28 minSix years after our “Score preparation and production notes” episode — Episode No. 2 — essentially launched the podcast, 163 episodes later, Philip Rothman and David MacDonald…
- Richard deCosta gives your score a voice · 57 minWhat if your notation software could sing? At the top of this episode, we play a short clip, performed entirely in Dorico with NotePerformer handling the orchestra, and a plugin…
- Freshly pressed · 1 h 18 minAfter a stretch away from the mic with NAMM coverage and a few product launches in the interim, Philip Rothman and David MacDonald return for an episode that, as David puts it…
- NAMM 2026: An interview with Sam Butler and Joe Plazak · 37 minAt the 2026 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology. In this interview, we talk with Sam…
- NAMM 2026: An interview with Chris Swaffer · 29 minAt the 2026 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology. In this interview, we talk with Chris…
- NAMM 2026: An interview with Sebastian Murgul · 33 minAt the 2026 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology. In this conversation, we speak with…
- NAMM 2026: An interview with John Barron · 43 minAt the 2026 NAMM Show, we interviewed representatives from the businesses in our field of music notation software and related technology. In this conversation with John Barron…
- Perfect Pitch: Unlocking Jacob Collier’s musical brilliance · 32 minWe’re very pleased to bring you this episode, and more to come in the future, thanks to our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast that tells the stories behind the world’s…
- A Scoring Notes holiday shopping trip · 1 h 2 min‘Tis the season to be thankful for all of the products and services in the world of music notation software and related technology, and for the Scoring Notes audience who tunes…
- Cleo Huggins, the designer of the first music font [encore] · 59 minWe talk a lot about fonts on the Scoring Notes podcast. But there was a time when there were no music fonts. And then, there was one. Cleo Huggins, on the staff of Adobe in 1986…
- The lowdown on updates · 1 h 7 minRecent updates abound in Dorico, MuseScore Studio, Sibelius, and across the Apple operating systems. Whether you use all of these products or just one of them, we help you get…
- With freelancing comes responsibility · 1 h 20 minFreelancing is a kind of freedom. Freedom from a regular schedule, an office, or a permanent boss. But with freelance work comes responsibility. Part of your job as a freelancer…
- You have questions, we have answers · 1 h 11 minWe open the Scoring Notes mailbag, contemplate the musings of our audience, and try to leave no question unanswered in this fun and informative podcast episode. More from Scoring…
- Send us your questions! (plus a classic episode) · 1 h 5 minHave you ever listened to an episode of the Scoring Notes podcast and wished you could ask a question directly on the show? Two years ago, we opened up the phone lines directly…
- MOLA 2025 conference and tech fair wrap-up · 54 minHosted by The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the 43rd annual conference of MOLA: An Association of Performance Librarians ran…
- Daniel Spreadbury on Dorico 6: “Our largest release to date” · 1 h 19 minSteinberg’s product marketing manager Daniel Spreadbury returns to the podcast to discuss Dorico 6 and its bevy of features for music composers and preparers. Daniel talks…
