Re: Fwd: You Made Our List: The 50 Best Music Tools Online

[David Kastrup]

Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:

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> From: Jason OConnor <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 3:47 PM
> Subject: You Made Our List: The 50 Best Music Tools Online
> To: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
>
>
> <http://www.clickitticket.com/best-online-music-tools/>
>
> Hi Han-Wen Nienhuys,
>
> I wanted to let you know that LilyPond made our list of *The 50 Best Music
> Tools Online <http://www.clickitticket.com/best-online-music-tools/>.*
> Congratulations.
>
> We spent a lot of time coming up with this list and many great music tools
> were considered, so you ought to be proud!

Well, they did not include Ardour.  That's sort of a puzzler since there
is not much of an alternative if you are looking for free software in
the DAW area.

> We hope this gives you a bit more exposure (and it's always good to
> get a third-party endorsement!)

Well, the exposure is a bit limited, given that their list is not
accessible from their home page and is not even listed on their site
map.

I am somewhat afraid that at least currently this does not look like
much more than astroturfing.  Even so, we made it to the first 50
targets of this particular compaign (given that it's not linked to
anywhere, it is hard to guess how many others there might be).

But then there is actually hardly a list of free (as opposed to gratis)
software for musicians where LilyPond isn't mentioned.  So while I am
not especially thrilled about this particular honor, that doesn't mean
that I don't consider LilyPond to be in high public standing.

All the best

-- 
David Kastrup