Because I've worked as a solo singer and picker for so many years I've rarely had occasion to get my repertoire put into sheet music notation form. Occasionaly I'll scribble out a chord chart, or lyric sheet for someone else to follow, but it's been pretty haphazard. Since the release of the new album, I've had ocassion to work with a number of fine players on stage, and I'd really like to put the material from my Folk-Legacy and Borealis albums into a small "songbook" so the others have a clue what I'm doin'. Nothing fancy, just a melody line and chord pattern, very similar to what Sing-Out USED to do. I've done some checking and the prices are astronomical. Some folks are saying that 100 bucks PER song is a GOOD price! I fully realize that the pros who do this kind of thing need to charge well for their services, but I gather that most of their clients are female pop and jazz singers, putting together a "book" for their niteclub gigs.
I could do it myself if all my songs were in C and G, but they're not. I'm a big believer in the barter system, so I thought I'd throw this out and see if there's any feedback. Music and leathercarving are the basic things I have to barter, and both have been well received, so I was thinking about trading some custom tailored taped lessons or hand carved instrument straps (or whatever) for some transcriptions. Any thoughts? (other than I should have learned to write in Bb, Eb, and F#!)

Rick