Advice for Resurfacing Composer (Patreon)

I got an email from a composer who has been out of the business for 7 years, and is looking for work. Here's my take on cinematic composition today.

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Dear S;

The music business has changed a lot in the last 7 years.​

​There aren't that many opportunities to write music because there is so much good music out there. ​

There was a time when people manufactured nails by hand. The nails were pretty good, and they could be made to suit any purpose.
Now you can buy a box of nails for $1. Even if someone offered to make custom nails for me for free, I'd still buy a box of nails for $1. The pre-made box is so much easier.

​If you're looking for work, you need to get your nails into that $1 box.​

​Check out AudioBlocks, Audio Jungle, Pond5, etc.
Here's a list of places I found on the Google: https://www.wyzowl.com/best-royalty-free-music-sites/​

​Not all of those sites accept new music. Getting your music into any one of them is not going to be easy. They have pretty high rejection rates.
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​If you want to work for someone directly, maybe look into Reddit and find films and video games people are working on. You can offer to write music for them. That's a big way I find things to work on.​

​As a warning: the rejection rate is VERY HIGH. Even if you're offering to do great things for free, most people never respond. Most of the people who do respond say 'no'. ​

​Giving away art is hard, and may require a lot of marketing knowledge.


Let me know how things go! I hope this is helpful.