Reply To: Free Sonar Tier

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@superabbit Maybe I’ll look up Adobe later, but I do know that they’ve been very successful at the subscription model, and that’s both with the professional, enterprise, and hobbyist markets. It’s pretty much the dream of every software developer, as you know.

I’m sure when anyone shares their bio like I did, it’s a huge turnoff! Mmm.. huge ego!!! I am self-aware and realized, when I share a little of my bio, it can be a huge turn off. But I wanted to convey that this is part of my professional background, and a HUGE part of marketing strategy and I used to actually assesss potential acquisitons to determine their viability and potential fit with the Forutne 250 where I was a director. And I really enjoyed doing that, maybe more than marketing. But I went back into a marketing capacity when the job I always wanted — leading digital marketing for the company opened up, and I was told if I wanted the job, it was mine. The truth is, I was a workaholic at the time. Thank goodness, that changed after I had my first child. Hmm… overshare of the day.  I’ll go back an edit. I’m not a betting man, but let’s just say, if I were, I would  place a very big bet that Cakewalk Sonar will not exist in two years — because I feel 100 percent confident of that. I feel 90% confidence that it will be gone over the course of the next 12 months.

But more interestiing than that stuff, I didn’t know that you had a company that did stompboxes! That is really cool. I would love to learn more about that. While you made clear that your company doesn’t exist anymore, do you still make stompboxes for your own or select parties use these days? I actually just watched a video last week of an artist I’m a huge fan of — singer/songwriter/musician Madison Cunnigham sitting down for an interview with the the founder of a boutique guitar stompbox maker. While I was never a decent guitarist, and my tendinitis makes it not even an option (and still, I haven’t sold my guitars), I really enjoyed her talking about how she gets her sounds and hearing the guy who makes the stompboxes talking about his craft.

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