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Sorry for the delayed response. I wasn't aware of all the copyright stuff. I thought as long as the original author gave me permission it's okay. By the way, it's Robert Lamm, not Richard Lamm. I guess worse case scenario, it will be the Amish Paradise scenario. I can't say I didn't try to get Chicago's permission. I still need to convert the MIDI file to sheet music. I want to do it with the right time signatures. The guy who transcribed the Transcribed Scores book got back to me and said he could probably do the engraving for me, but he has a lot of stuff to work on. I told him I didn't want to pressure him into doing it, and I never heard back from him since. However, that was earlier this month, and since he's busy, he probably hasn't had time to see my message. So if I don't hear back from Chicago/the transcriber by the end of this month, I think I'll just upload the sheet music. I do however, want to make sure I get credit for it. Usually it's not that big of a deal to me, but this took a long time to do and was very hard to transcribe. I also have no idea which parts go to the left and right hand, so if I were to convert it to sheet music, it would all be on a single staff line. Sibelius does have the ability to import MIDIs. I just haven't tried it yet.

Thanks for the reply, and I'm glad I've helped you. I don't have the song in sheet music form, but I do have it as a MIDI file. And I do think you're right, that Chicago probably couldn't care less about me giving it out, but I don't want to take chances. I'm especially cautious because the band I'm in just produced our first CD. Again, I'll keep you updated. If they don't get back to me within the next few months, I might just go ahead and release it. Or if Robert Lamm dies. I mean, this IS 2016: Death of the Talented Musicians.

Hello, all. I've been following this post for a while, and I have some good news and bad news. Good news: I have in fact transcribed the piano intro (all 1:15 minutes of it from the original Transit Authority album) in its entirety. Bad news: I cannot release it... yet. I contacted Chicago's Facebook page asking if I could release the sheet music. They replied, asking for my contact info and they'd 'pass it on'. That was a couple months ago, and I haven't heard from them since. I don't know whether or not I'd be violating any copyrights by giving away the sheet music, but I am not taking any chances. Why did I even transcribe it? Well, a while back, I bought a book called Chicago Volume 2 (Transcribed Scores). DARKWTII was in it, and the book advertised that it had 'complete note-for-note' transcriptions. However, the song starts at the part where the brass enters in. Out of desperation, I e-mailed the guy responsible for the book's piano transcriptions. He replied saying he had the piano intro transcribed and that he'd send it to me the next day. However, when the time came, he replied saying he didn't have it like he thought he did. My excitement (as you can probably guess) diminished (NPI) and I got pretty enraged. I asked him if he'd want to help me transcribe it, and (as you can probably guess, again), his replies sounded like he just wasn't interested so I decided to leave him alone. This was an itch that would not stop, so I had no choice to do it myself. I *had* to know what exactly was being played. It took a long time, and I did 10-20 seconds of it a day and finished it by the end of the week as a MIDI file. I was hoping for a reply from Chicago, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get one, unfortunately. However, if I do, you guys will be the first(?) to know. On another note, out of even more desperation, I bought an extremely old book called Chicago Transit Authority (Complete Sketch Score). What they do is take a single staffline, and fit as many instruments into it as possible. I bought a copy, hoping the piano intro would be in it, but all it says is "Free form solo piano" with a multirest in it. And yes, this story seems crazy, but if nobody believes I transcribed it, I do have proof of it. Hope this helps, and sincere apologies if I disappointed anyone. Take care, God bless. ~Nick