Where to get music from – “fit to your ensemble”

            Today in our community music group forum discussion, I want to talk about POD services, those are Print On Demand services that take sheet music and make it available to print from any computer. Of course a purchase has to be made before you can print the music, but that’s not important at this time, unless!

            You are probably wondering why am I talking so much about the business side of community music groups lately and not the performance side of the industry. I am trying to develop an attitude of the complete community music musician. This can also be applied to the group of community music musicians.

            The movement is designed to foster and develop the art of being a musician, for the rest of your life. Attached to this attitude is a sparkle of fellowship; the getting together for the purpose of creating music together. The development happens when you start to include an attitude of business professionalism.  

            POD services have several strengths. One of its strengths is a 100% Guarantees policy. I was impressed with the issues covered in its Guarantees policy, which guarantees 100% that all transactions will be safe. There is also a 30-day return policy that is in place to makes consumers comfortable with the purchases of product.

            Another strength is its Viewing and Printing policy.  There are several considerations as far as the ability to access the product that makes this POD interesting. The buyer has the option to View and Print the product through the aid of Internet friendly players and sheet music applications.

            The existence of your community music group depends on quality of music performed. When it comes to getting your music library organized, take advantage of some of the POD sites that are out here. There are several PODs’ that cater to various ensemble configurations, and this is music written by talented composers and arrangers. Sometimes the big guys forget about the little community musicians groups that are thriving out here in “music world”.

“Repetition creates perfection,

the more you do it the better you get”