Song Book Program Options

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by singingfool04

I am in need of a new song book program. I have been using Music Book Deluxe and was relatively happy with it but I have never tried anything else and am now having lots of trouble loading MBD onto my Window 7 platform. What program/s are you using for your books? Any input is welcomed. Thanx

I highly recommend Hoster's Songbook Program. Not counting the fact that you only have to enter Songs/Disks one time, every change & edit you make are all saved so the Songbook will show ALL your changes. Add to that the numerous "Options" & "Hide in Songbook" feature, it saves TONS of extra work. I have done it both ways for many years, and this is definitely the quickest way to get a quality Songbook with exactly what You want your Customers to see. This feature alone was the main reason I chose Hoster when I first decided to go computerized 4 years ago.

[Lonman]

I like Hosters book maker, however I still prefer MS Access as Hoster will not list my laserdiscs until I figure out a way to make them work on the computer. I have more control over the over look and feel in Access. Downside is I have to hand type each song - but in that same process it does help me to get to know my library as I tend to remember seeing certain songs when I type them so when people ask, I can tell them quickly.

[singingfool04]

A big Thank You to all for what input you were allowed to give. Sorry for violating the code. Now I know better.

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by Lonman

I like Hosters book maker, however I still prefer MS Access as Hoster will not list my laserdiscs until I figure out a way to make them work on the computer. I have more control over the over look and feel in Access. Downside is I have to hand type each song - but in that same process it does help me to get to know my library as I tend to remember seeing certain songs when I type them so when people ask, I can tell them quickly.

Once your laserdisks are converted to mpeg's so they can be imported into Hoster - they are all listed in Hoster's database. I purchased a set that was already converted a couple years ago and that's the first thing I did when 4.0 came out, was to import all my Videos so they would show in the Songbook together with all my kma's. Prior to that I used a separate program also & had a separate book showing only my Videos.