Young Composers Store - Product Wishlist

Young Composers will be opening a music web store, directly on this site in the next few months. We finally found a very large and versatile music distributor willing to work with us, who has over 60,000 products in their inventory. Young Composers can technically open up the store in 2 weeks, however there is work to be done on the store (mainly putting up the products, prices, product numbers, etc which takes time). Thus, the purpose of this thread is for all of you to create your "wish list" of products you would like to see Young Composers sell. Since we have such a large list to work off of, I'd like to put up for sale the most popular products first.

Please keep in mind, these are in no way affiliate sales. For example, you will not be taken to a store like Amazon, and the products will not be shipped from Amazon. We will have the ability to accept credit cards directly on this site via our merchant account, and because of our relationship with our supplier, we get discounts on purchasing.

So, please provide me with your product wish list, and I will work from your suggestions first (of course, if we have the products).

What sort of product categories are we able to consider?

• Software?
  
• Hardware
  
• Pro audio?
  
• Band instruments/accsessories?
  
• Print music?
  
• CD's?
  

I'm pretty sure all of the above, except musical instruments and accessories, and perhaps hardware. So I would say we'd be limited to educational books/theory, sheet music, software, CDs.

I'd just like to get a general idea of what people would be interested in purchasing.

I found one of the hardest things to find is manuscript paper with 16 staves and above. I always have to go to Chicago just to get it - which isn't bad considering I can also do other shopping there and make a day out of it *Weeee*

Definitely books. Orchestration texts, textbooks on counterpoint, harmony/theory, reputable bios on composers, music history texts, music dictionaries, libretto collections, symphony collections (scores), CDs, any college music textbook/workbook (so maybe students could buy their college books through YC, increasing YC traffic and hopefully giving us a profit, and them a deal.)

Definitely books. Orchestration texts, textbooks on counterpoint, harmony/theory, reputable bios on composers, music history texts, music dictionaries, libretto collections, symphony collections (scores), CDs, any college music textbook/workbook (so maybe students could buy their college books through YC, increasing YC traffic and hopefully giving us a profit, and them a deal.)

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Amazing idea. When I start college soon, I don't want to have to spend bags of money just on textbooks...

Variety of sheet music is what I'd look for. I'm more of a choral person, so I guess choral works from the most renowned composers (Mozart et al, Whitacre et al, etc).

I found one of the hardest things to find is manuscript paper with 16 staves and above. I always have to go to Chicago just to get it - which isn't bad considering I can also do other shopping there and make a day out of it *Weeee*

Yes. Manuscript paper for sure. Super-handy.

I'm going to third the manuscript paper request and also ask who's going to be managing the store? As you've said, there's quite a bit of price jiggling and such that I imagine will be required — are you handling that, or are the suppliers, or...?

Great idea though, I can't wait to see this up and running. :)

I'm going to third the manuscript paper request and also ask who's going to be managing the store? As you've said, there's quite a bit of price jiggling and such that I imagine will be required — are you handling that, or are the suppliers, or...?

Great idea though, I can't wait to see this up and running. :)

I hired a friend of mine to help me with purchasing and customer service. I have no time for customer service, and purchasing can get out of hand for someone with a full day job. I'll be in charge of marketing the store and putting up the products. My friend will be in charge of taking on inquiries and handling the orders. The prices will come from a huge catalog of 60,000 or so products to choose from :O I can use a csv batch upload (but I have to properly format it first) so even though there are many products to upload to the store, I do not have to do it manually at least, one by one! Once I figure out how to do this, the store should be set up in no time.

....This is going to sound super-lame compared to manuscript paper.... and maybe I'm just too lazy to go find them.... but I would totally buy guitar strings here :laugh:

*looks around front counter area*

• guitar stuff (capos, slides, winders, picks, stands, cables)
  
• drum stuff (sticks, brushes, practice pads, egg shakers, drum-keys)
  
• metronomes
  
• tuners
  
• folding music stands
  
• brass stuff (valve oil, slide oil, cleaning rods, mouthpiece pouches, stands)
  
• woodwind stuff (cleaning swabs, reeds/cases, neck straps, pad-paper, stands)
  

...

*looks around front counter area*

• guitar stuff (capos, slides, winders, picks, standsvcables)
  
• drum stuff (sticks, brushes, practice pads, egg shakers, drum-keys)
  
• metronomes
  
• tuners
  
• folding music stands
  
• brass stuff (valve oil, slide oil, cleaning rods, mouthpiece pouches, stands)
  
• woodwind stuff (cleaning swabs, reeds/cases, neck straps, pad-paper, stands)
  

...

and maybe some cleaning supply packs for stringed instruments. I buy a lot of polish for my violin, and I've gone to the closest music store( an hour's drive) and I always have to buy in bulk to lessen the inconvenience.

Some DOMINANT Strings would be appreciated as well.

I'll definitely keep instrument accessories in mind. I think most of the products we will start out with will be limited to books, publications, manuscript paper, music and software. I'll tell you what though. If we do well with this, I am sure my contact will refer me to the correct distributor for these types of accessories. Please keep naming your suggestions, this is very helpful.

Capos would be awesome! Especially the ones that actually fit classical acoustics! :O

Will members be able to place classifieds in the store? Like, adverts to sell their instruments and equipement? ....I'm sure this has been asked before, I just can't remember where.

Capos would be awesome! Especially the ones that actually fit classical acoustics! :O

Will members be able to place classifieds in the store? Like, adverts to sell their instruments and equipement? ....I'm sure this has been asked before, I just can't remember where.

We are going to add an auction, which will be separate from the store. I already wrote up the specs. I am just waiting for my developer to finish the network which is taking way longer than anyone had planned.

Ebay style? :huh:

Sort of. Maybe. But it will be integrated with the forum and we will have a reverse auction as well (people who want services done for compensation).

ISBN 0-7607-6243-0 The Encyclopedia of Music

ISBN 0-88284-728-7 Alfred Essential Dictionary of Music

ISBN 0534002455 Harmony and Melody (if it's still in print)

ISBN 0-517-88438-0 How to Read Music

ISBN 1-85828-846-0 The Rough Guide to Reading Music and Basic Theory

I'd suggest those if you don't have them. I mean, there are better specific suggestions than those, but I just happened to have those laying around in ISBN retrieving vicinity. :toothygrin:

If you have strings....how about Percussion? Woodwinds? Brass?

I would like to see some books on theory and composing styles and tips - stuff that would sell to people who are having trouble composing on this site, that would help them.

Also, like robin suggested tuners, metronomes and other important performance things for instruments.

You know what would be really cool? Composer fountain or dipping pens. Maybe even with a feather. Quills rock. We should sell Young Composers branded composer nib pens. :)

I've always wanted a quill! Lol that's a great idea, not sure if it would sell good though.

uh uh!!! I WOULD BUY IT!!! Get some old school style stuff with some parchment... I would spend ALL day being all Mozart.

uh uh!!! I WOULD BUY IT!!! Get some old school style stuff with some parchment... I would spend ALL day being all Mozart.

haha.

Umm...how about manuscript paper? I'm sure that would be a good seller for composers to plan things out or compose on it.... :)

Instrument range books?

Technique books for those who do not know the techniques of instruments while composing...

Marius has a pretty awesome instrument range poster.

Posters are always a cool thing to sell.