[Trombone-l] Publishing

[Wayne Dyess]

I'll bite.

Sorry to be brief, but I'm working a LOT with Finale right now mah- 
own-self.

1)  Assemble the best musicians you can muster together, and record  
your works with the best recording equipment available.

2)  Do a little online research, or ask around (trombone-l is a  
valuable resource, of course), and find out what companies are  
publishing the kind of material you are writing.  Chamber music?   
That limits the number of publishers, but they are out there.

3)  Send a brief, one-page introductory letter that tells a little  
about you, and what it is you want from them.... along with a CD and  
a CD backup of your works.

4)  Sit back and wait for the rejections.

5)  When a rejection letter comes, go back to #3 and do it all over  
again.

Eventually, you might find a publisher.
Good luck!!!!

--Wayne Dyess




On Jun 4, 2008, at 9:39 AM, <thetubameister at adelphia.net> wrote:

Okay, I'm clueless...

I have been working on Finale of late.  In 1995 I spent the whole  
year doing brass chamber music arrangements - all in pencil  Now, I'm  
starting to get some of these into a "publishable" format, and I have  
no idea as to what to do next.

Self publish on ebay?
Find a Publisher (who?, more to the point, HOW?)

Any thoughts would be apprecieated.  I just have no idea what to do  
with these; I've been able to get some of the exnsembles I play with  
to play them, and they sound as I hoped, so I'd like to capitalize on  
my efforts a little bit if possible.

Thanks for any ideas y'all can offer!

J.c.S.

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Dr. J. Wayne Dyess
Professor of Trombone
and Director of Jazz Studies
P. O. Box 10044
Lamar University-Beaumont, Texas 77710