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My sincerest congratulations to treehugger1995 for giving exactly the kind of advice we need, a.k.a. an advice based on personal subjective opinion, instead of arguing that any opinion is more objective or valuable than another! :) After all, any debate on objectivity of essence, if built upon even slightly scientific grounds, requires a rational theme in order to produce rationally useful results, and I think we'll agree neither music or true values are rational. That means any conclusively rational explanations of the true nature and values of music - are impossible. :)

Tokke: Thanks. Jcraner: It's utterly free. We do NOT charge for the services we do. We trust in the composers we work with and we believe in the works we publish! Ergo we think that there is a reason for these works to be published! Simple as that! At the same time it does mean that we are rather strict in how we decide which works get published, etc... On a personal comment: I find that it is brave, but at the same time it would be stupid not to do it. In order for EMF to launch there was no loan involved and all interested parties and involved collaborators have been fully paid! There is a great trust in the works we publish and even more to the composers we represent! It's music that, I, personally, love to listen to and perform! I've got CDs of the works in my car... :)

Hiya you grumpy SSC! ;) 1. This is different than advertising (as the bottom thread shows)... I just linked the thread in YC and nowhere else (though I kinda messed up the link... Must edit that). 2. You're not being really careful with what you're readin'. YOU keep the rights and your dealings with EMF stops in 5 years. If you like what we're doing you're most welcome to carry on publishing your works with us, otherwise you can just grab the scores and go (though we will keep all the copies until the stocks vanish). So in other words we are NOT locking your copyrights, and certainly not for 70 years after your death... 3. I actually agree with you in regards to the length of copyrights (WOW! we're discussing something), but at the same time I've been burned with CC license and I would suggest people who are serious about what they do to steer clear of such licenses... (and you may recall that my stuff used to be in IMSLP... And I still support IMSLP and what it does)!

After several months of hard work behind the scenes it's my great pleasure to present to you the Editions Musica Ferrum, the Music Publishing House which focuses on contemporary concert hall music. It is said that contemporary concert hall music is sometimes difficult to approach and remains inaccessible in some ways, not only limited to pricing and the commercial sense. Editions Musica Ferrum addresses those issues by funding interesting composers and publishing fascinating and accessible works; works that are beautiful, handsome scores that are worth owning, (with approachable prices) and materials that are readily available online or in music stores. Founded in Greece by award winning composer and performer Nikolas Sideris, EMF has a deep understanding of the needs and rights of the composer as well as the demands of performers in terms of score quality and clarity. Drawing on decades of experience in score development and preparation, all the elements of production, from physical elements such as paper selection and binding to visual elements such as layout and spacing, have been taken into account to be sure that every score that reaches our customers is of the highest order. Previews of each score are available on our website, and where available excerpts of recordings are also available, along with videos of the whole scores of selected works. Editions Musica Ferrum hopes to reach out to every performer, teacher, student, conductor, producer, composer and other music lover to help them to discover this treasury of new concert hall works.We are open to any questions, comments, or feedback you may have, and we strive to be always available to our customers and interested parties. Composers we represent include: Christos Sp. Anastassiou Nikos Drelas Barnaby Hollington Christopher G. Sahar Nikolas Sideris Jason A. Woodruff Subscribe to our Youtube channel, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. But most importantly visit our website to listen to excerpts of recordings, watch videos, contact us, read biographies, see previews of the scores and buy the scores we publish.

Here's what you do. Write, and the rest will come on its own. There's nothing to be afraid of. Trust me, I know what you're talking about. I'm constantly afraid of my future as a composer, and I have this terrible terrible fear that one day I'll run out of music, and i'll have nothing to write. But I put all those aside, and just write. P.S. Sometimes, fear can be good. Any emotion can be made into music, so if you have some sort of emotion that won't go away. Use it! why not?

Beg to differ. This logic would suggest that anyone could become Mozart or Mahler (or Lionel Messi, for that matter) with just enough training. Of course hard work is very important, as raw abilities need to be developed; but there's something beyond just that.

Talent without refinement and business skills is like a nice car without an engine: It looks nice but gets you nowhere.

Those ignorant to talent are those who don't have it.