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Dave Carlson
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Signing off
Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT
The Sibelius Software team, receiving the Queenâ??s Award for Innovation
in 2005. (Click for a larger version.)
Today is my last day of employment at Avid, and this will be my final
post here on the Sibelius blog.
My first day of employment with Sibelius Software was Tuesday 4 May 1999,
when I was an Oxford music graduate of just 22 years of age, and I was
splitting my time between singing as a lay clerk at Ely Cathedral by evening
and answering technical support emails, letters (yes, real actual letters!
Imagine that) and phone calls by day. And, of course, answering questions on
the Sibelius chat page (as it was known then) at all hours of the day and night.
Some things havenâ??t changed in the intervening 13 years â?? until
today, Iâ??ve maintained my habit of answering questions on the forum at all
hours of the day and night â?? but many other things have. Iâ??ve been witness
to Sibelius Software growing, moving to larger premises twice within two years,
opening offices in Australia and Japan, being showered with awards, being
acquired by Avid, surviving the trials and tribulations of the fortunes of its
parent company, and now going through certainly the largest changes in its
history.
I started the Sibelius blog just over four years ago, in October 2008.
The Sibelius Software of old was rapidly being absorbed into Avid, and staff
were laid off as the company struggled to streamline its operations. With fewer
people dedicated to Sibelius inside Avid, I decided to set up the blog and run
it in my spare time, with the aim that the stories about the amazing things
that Sibelius users were doing with the software could continue to be shared
with the world, and to provide tips and tutorials for using the program. Over
the intervening four years, Iâ??ve written nearly 450 posts on a wide variety
of topics. Iâ??ve heard and shared some wonderful stories, and regular readers
have hopefully learned something along the way.
Now that I am leaving Avid, I am handing the reins for the Sibelius blog
over to Philip Rothman. Philip is an expert Sibelius user based in New York
City, and in addition to being a professional composer, orchestrator and
copyist, which you can learn about through his business web site, he has also
run a number of acclaimed training sessions on Sibelius.
Philip has committed to me that he will continue to run the blog in the
same spirit in which I first began it, and I am very grateful to him. I hope
you will stick around and enjoy the great stories and tutorials I know he will
share here in the weeks and months to come.
Of course, there is also a new official Sibelius blog on the Avid web
site, which will feature guest posts from other prominent Sibelius bloggers as
well as posts direct from the mothership, so you can check that out, too.
Thirteen and a half years after I started at Sibelius Software, I am a
few days from my 36th birthday, and itâ??s finally time to say goodbye.
Me and my bride, walking by the Tiber in Rome on our honeymoon, four
years ago.
Although I am sad to be leaving this part of my life behind, I will be
carrying so much of it forwards with me. I met my beautiful wife Sarah through
Sibelius, and together we now have two amazing children, Amelia and Ayrton. I
have made many great friends, and there is a strong bond between the people who
were a part of Sibelius Software that abides even now. I have travelled to a
number of countries and met countless talented and interesting people,
including several of my musical heroes. It has been quite a ride â?? filled
with ups and downs, of course â?? and there are few things I would change.
It has been my privilege to be the steward of the software born more than
25 years ago of Ben and Jonathan Finnâ??s unique genius, and I have always
tried to embody the spirit of their creation in each feature and version I have
designed, in collaboration with the most remarkably talented team of
programmers and testers you could ever hope to find. Now itâ??s the turn of a
new team within Avid to take Sibelius forwards, and to do their best to serve
the needs of musicians all over the world as I and my colleagues have done for
all these years. I wish them luck.
To everybody who has expressed support and concern for me and for my
colleagues over the past few months, thank you. It really has meant a lot to us.
If you would like to stay in touch with me, Iâ??m easily found on
Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Until we meet again, so long.
The Finsbury Park office, Sibeliusâ??s home for 10 years, now stands
empty. (Click for a larger version.)
Related posts:
a.. Sibelius 7.1.3 update now available
b.. Sibelius is a cog in The Listening Machine
c.. Sibelius training at The Juilliard School in New York City on 20
July
d.. Advanced selection techniques in Sibelius
e.. Celebrating a support success story
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