Lazy Bee Scripts
Guidelines for Submitting Music for Publication

   

"It is quite untrue that the English people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes."
- Sir Thomas Beecham

A few words about copyright
Lazy Bee Scripts will not publish any material which is copyrighted by anyone other than the person submitting the work. If you have written lyrics to a Beatles tune, we may (possibly) publish the lyrics, but we will certainly not publish the music. If the copyright belongs to someone else, we will not touch it.
On the other hand, we will happily publish original music and original arrangements of music which is out of copyright. (This includes, for example, traditional tunes or the music of Gilbert and Sullivan.)
 
If you wish to submit music for publication with a script
First wait till we have accepted the script!
Music can be submitted to Lazy Bee Scripts in the following formats (however, see below)
  • Sibelius files
  • Enigma Transportable Format (ETF) - this is an export option from Finale
  • Midi files
  • Printed scores
  • Handwritten scores
  • Printed or handwritten scores as graphics files or .pdf files
  • Tapes
  • Audio CDs
  • .wav files or .mp3 files
The audio formats will add significantly to the length of the publishing process, as we have to use a transcription service.  "Significantly" can be read as "tending towards infinity".
 
The Guide to Getting Your Script Published will explain the submission process.