>> It's a possible sign that music -- the type many of us are involved in >> -- is losing in the greater culture war. It's not "LilyPond vs >> Sibelius vs Finale" but rather "Quality Music vs Cheap >> Entertainment." > > Uncompromising artistic discipline certainly has its pedagogical usefulness, > but when Orwellian concepts begin to creep in-- like a vague war > apparently dragging on for decades yet with heroes in perpetual danger > of defeat-- maybe it's time to come out of the woodshed.
No, that's not what I mean... Orchestras are going bankrupt, record labels are going out of business, bands have much less chance of making income now than before... Beatles were one of the top iTunes downloads 2 years ago. How is a musician of "today" with a vision -- of any type -- supposed to make it these days (unless holed up in a woodshed at some university, heaven forbid)? Cheap entertainment is ruining the industry, with streaming, downloading, piracy galore, etc. Unfortunately, the "cheap" is forced on many musicians now, since the $20000 required for quality productions just isn't worth it. Sibelius was good for us. Many of my students came to music because of software like Sibelius. A precious few came to LilyPond because of the music. This opportunism is a bit mis-guided. I think we ought to be fighting to save Sibelius as much as anything. > >> >> We're losing. > > War is Peace. :) > > -Jonathan > >> >> -- >> Neil Thornock, D.M. >> The recent premiere of ...and a bunch of other stuff: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQtvPet3k8c >> Assistant Professor of Music >> Composition/Theory >> Brigham Young University >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> lilypond-user@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> >> >> End of lilypond-user Digest, Vol 117, Issue 20 >> ********************************************** >> > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user -- Neil Thornock, D.M. The recent premiere of ...and a bunch of other stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQtvPet3k8c Assistant Professor of Music Composition/Theory Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
