Music Publishing Podcast

Alexandra Gardner is a great composer who, thanks in no small part to her time as an Associate Editor for NewMusicBox, knows a lot about the nuts and bolts workings of the concert music world. For this week, she and I sat down to talk about a wide range of practical considerations for composers. During our conversation, we touched on: Pricing your scores Comparing your prices to similar scores by other self-publishied composers or put out by traditional publishers Prices that reflect blood, sweat, and tears cs. those that reflect concrete costs of printing & binding Taking where you are in your career into consideration when pricing your scores Composer web sites Integrating your non-musical interests into your composer site to make it more interesting and engaging Making your site easy to navigate, and your materials/info easy to find Providing the information that performers and presenters need Information redundancies across your site Taking into account the Luddites in the concert music world when ma