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Philip Rothman founded NYC Music Services in 2007 with a mission to provide the industry’s best music services to professional clients. Since that time, NYCMS has prepared thousands of projects in all musical genres, and is the publishing agent for some of today's leading composers, providing music licensing, printing, shipping, and on-demand fulfillment services.

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  • Score preparation and production double-checklist June 6, 2026
    Score preparation and production, revisited. Six years after the checklist that launched this podcast, we work through it section by section — what the software has solved, what it hasn't, and what wasn't even on the original list.

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  • Score preparation and production double-checklist June 6, 2026
    Six years after our “Score preparation and production notes” episode — Episode No. 2 — essentially launched the podcast, 163 episodes later, Philip Rothman and David MacDonald return to the article that inspired the conversation: David’s score preparation checklist. The principles — respect for performers, readable parts, enough time for page turns — are as […]