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

[Dave Robillard]

On Wed, 2005-07-09 at 09:27 -0400, Hector Centeno wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 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!

I have yet to meet a musician worth listening to who's in it for the
money.  Ask if you can create whatever sort of music you want with the
available tools maybe, but not if you can make money using open source
software - that's silly.

That aside, Autechre use Max very heavily.  Max/MSP isn't free software,
but free parallels/alternatives exist (Pd and Jmax)

Cheers,

-DR-