Do you have any job skills that are now obsolete?

[PJMcK]

383. About 20-25 years

There were many projects that I wrote by hand. Compared to today, it was ponderous:

1. Composer/arranger would write a song, usually in pencil in shorthanded notation.
2. A copyist would re-write the song in proper notation with page turns, etc.
3. The publisher would have an editor review and/or re-notate the copyist’s work for publication.
4. This version would be sent to a print shop where the music would would be typeset using a specially modified manual typewriter.
5. There would be several back-and-forth between the publisher and the print shop till the music was to everyone’s satisfaction.
6. The “plates” (really just camera-ready sheets) were then sent to a printer/distributor.

Today, there are half as many steps that can occur in a third the time.

My work has evolved more into rights management and I haven’t had to copy music in a while.