I've already done some paid engraving, but only with Finale and Sibelius (because i'm new to lilypond), first as a scholarship, I got paid to be the copist of my university's orchestra, and then I've done some freelance jobs. I think unless you are very lucky is almost impossible to become a professional engraver (as a full-time job). You mostly do some minor jobs here and there. As I see, Lilypond could be better used in other ways than the music industry (like for academic research) and be the "most famous" program in those areas, but this is another topic...
2010/2/5 Karl Hammar <k...@aspodata.se> > Michael J. O'Donnell: > > I am pondering offering engraving services with LilyPond. I wonder if > > there are people ready and willing to share information on the > > possibility to make modest money this way. > > Why not, it comes down to finding the customer. > A former teacher of mine did engraving, but that business went away > because the asians was to cheap. > > ... > > I have no idea how much they accomplish in one hour. I like the relative > > objectivity of a charge per note. > > The notes are the things that is most easily entered into the file. > The most time consuming is all the other things you have to have there. > In that sense you could just as well charge per page. > > If you are in a bigger project, charge by the hour, since there will be > changes. And the changes takes more time than the first entry. > > But, I believe you will always be underpaid doing engraving, so it > might be just as easy to set a fixed charge. > > > So, if there is enough interest (i.e., at least 2 other people), I > > suggest that we develop a discussion within the LilyPond Wiki: > > I suggest we stick to this mailing list. Discussions through a web > interface are more cumbersome for me. > > > If there's enough response, I'll join the Wiki, make sure that this is > > within it's scope, and provide a front page. So far, I have some > > examples to share, and a crude sed script for counting notes. > > Scripts for getting statistics from lilypond files would be useful to > have in the lsr. There are other uses for them than as charge meters. > > Regards, > /Karl > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Karl Hammar Aspö Data k...@aspodata.se > Lilla Aspö 148 Networks > S-742 94 Östhammar +46 173 140 57 Computers > Sweden +46 70 511 97 84 Consulting > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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