Hi Everyone

This is not a music blog at all, but just something funny I wanted to share with you. I’m quite a fan of The Muppets Show and Sesame Street, and especially the Cookie Monster. So anyway, my nephew, Pierre, sent me this hilarious little cartoon, which I’d like to share with you guys:

Hi

I recently came across a new notation music programme: Musescore. Traditionally creators of music scores have either had to use Finale or Sibelius (or a well sharpened pencil, eraser and manuscript paper).

But there is now a new player on the scene, and the big attraction is the cost of the product: It’s free!

I have been trying this out, and to be honest considering the non-existent price tag, it’s an excellent tool to get started with. Considering all the aspiring musicians and music students at colleges out there, there is a ready made market for Musescore. The brutal fact is that most people who cannot afford it will somehow source a pirated, illegal version of Finale or Sibelius, so there is now a free entry level alternative, so to speak. Whether that will stop people from downloading pirated versions of Sibelius and Finale is another question, but competition can only be a good thing for the market place.

My question would be how long the $0 pice tag can be sustained, and if there will be a price increase at some point, if the market can really support three notation programmes, as, let’s face, music notation software is a very niche market.

Here is an introductory video for Musescore: