All, I realize that I was just keeping this information to myself, so I decided, particularly with the recent discussions about the future of LilyPond in and out of the commercial world, I thought I'd publish some of the results of the survey I launched last July. Here are the results of the first three non-font specific questions (if anyone is interested in the font-related ones, I can post those too):
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT'S YOUR AFFILIATION WITH MUSIC? (Select all that apply) Casual Musician (36/55, 65.5%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Listen for enjoyment (24/55, 43.6%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Professional Performer (21/55, 38.2%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Something else that's awesome! (21/55, 38.2%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Conductor (14/55, 25.5%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Publisher (11/55, 20%) XXXXXXXXXXX Historian (3/55, 5.5%) XXX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHY DO YOU ENGRAVE MUSIC? (Select all that apply) For the fun of it (37/55, 67.3%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX When I need to clean up someone else's score or transpose an instrument (36/55, 65.5%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I do it on the side (28/55, 50.9%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX It's how I make a living (15/55, 27.3%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Historical re-publications (14/55, 25.5%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT NOTATION/ENGRAVING SOFTWARE DO YOU USE ON A REGULAR BASIS? (Select all that apply) LilyPond (54/54, 100%) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Paper & Pencil (11/54, 20.4%) XXXXXXXXXXX Sibelius (8/54, 14.8%) XXXXXXXX Finale (7/54, 13%) XXXXXXX Something else (5/54, 9.3%) XXXXX MuseScore (4/54, 7.4%) XXXX SCORE (1/54, 1.9%) X Denemo (1/54, 1.9%) X -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know if there's anything for me to interpret from this being that it's such a potentially small number of people who responded, but it's interesting anyway. I'm definitely interested in hearing anyone else's thoughts concerning these demographics. Regards, Abraham
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