Hello all Csounders,

This email is meant to be both an announcement and a request/survey for
comments about the viability of the new software development services that I
am offering to the open-source computer music community.  I would appreciate
your feedback.
 
I have noticed in the last few years that there are somewhat regular posts
to the Csound lists where users are looking for a programmer to perform some
specific and usually brief task for them.  These requests range from asking
for a working Csound instrument to a new Csound opcode to writing a small
utility program for some compositional or miscellaneous computer music task.
Sometimes these requests are answered by a volunteer and other times they
are not.

I would like to offer my Csound knowledge and my programming skills as a
resource for hire to anyone who has a special Csound or computer-music-
related need along these lines.  I have worked as a volunteer developer for
Csound and related software tools for over 4.5 years now and I intend to
continue doing so.  But sometimes the immediate priorities of volunteer
developers do not meet the immediate needs of open-source software users.  I
would like to bridge this gap by allowing individuals to sponsor and direct
my development priorities on projects that I am already working on.  Or if
you have a special private need for a music-related software tool that needs
updating or that does not yet exist, I am available to update or create it
for you.

It is my intention that all of the development work that I would perform for
hire in this way will be made available to the entire community under an
appropriate open-source license.  So, my clients would in effect be
sponsoring the creation of new tools for themselves and their peers.

In order to make this service accessible, I am trying to keep the rates at a
level that I hope will be extremely reasonable.  I anticipate the average
task taking 2-5 days and I am aiming to make a job of this size affordable.

More information including examples of the type of work that I am able to
perform is available from this section of my personal web site:

http://services.anthonykozar.net/

Also, Sourceforge has recently opened a public beta of a new "marketplace"
for buying and selling open-source software services.  So I may soon be
listing my services on Sourceforge too.

I gladly welcome all feedback about the viability and usefulness of these
services, their pricing, and whether or not you would ever consider
employing this type of service.

Thank you!

Anthony Kozar
anthonykozar AT sbcglobal DOT net
http://anthonykozar.net/


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Thanks very much for your comments, Oeyvind.

Right now, I think that I will be happy if I can fill a small niche need for
individual musicians and artists -- and therefore receiving the "best
payment" is not a concern.  I certainly would not turn down
institutional-supported projects but I really do not know how to go about
finding jobs like that.

If you have any tips on how you have found "industry-type clients" that you
would not mind sharing with me (privately if you wish), I would greatly
appreciate your advice.

Anthony Kozar
Providing custom open-source software services for musicians:
http://services.anthonykozar.net/

Oeyvind Brandtsegg wrote on 10/22/07 5:13 AM:

> Anthony,
> Just my 2c of experience on this.
> 
> Yes, I think it will be useful for some to be able to hire programming help,
> e.g. pay you to prioritize "their" task before something else that you
> might find more interesting. I think that you might be able to find
> just as many customers outside of the specialist communities for music
> technology (e.g. here). I do occationally write software for other
> musicians or artists, and I do some csound/python for industry type
> clients. Obviously it is not the musicians and artists that gives the
> best payment, but it's often the more interesting assignments.
> I also think it is fair to release the results as OSS.


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