[linux-audio-user] Linux-Music and making a living...

[Jon Stutters]

Hector Centeno wrote:
> Yesterday I was having a little of a debate with a good friend about the 
> possibilities of Linux/open-source audio and music software in the music 
> market. What are your opinions about this? Is someone there actually 
> making money using Linux and/or open-source software? Is it possible to 
> be competitive in a market full of musicians/composers using 
> Win/Mac+proprietary software (Cubase, Reason, ProTools and  friends)? 
> Probably this has been addressed more than once previously, so sorry for 
> insisting... I think I need some encouragement!

Why would it not be possible?  The medium you're working in is sound and 
the sounds that come out of Free software are equal to those coming out 
of non-Free software.  There's already more than enough software on 
Linux to ensure that you're only ever going to be limited by your 
imagination and other intangible skills.

The only difficulty I could see is if you were attempting to work with 
clients using proprietary formats but that's a different question really.

Jonny
www.jeremah.co.uk