On Feb 4, 2006, at 12:16 PM, dhbailey wrote:
Small publishers have a very hard time in the major markets of band music and orchestral literature.
I have no trouble at all selling my orchestral *scores,* which are snapped up by libraries as fast as I can publish them. I have great difficulty getting anyone to buy the sets of parts however, even though I offer them for outright sale at prices similar to the rental rates of the majors.
In smaller niche markets such as specific ensembles, where it's easier to spread the word to potential customers, such as flute choirs, it's much easier to make a go of things.
Again, my string quartets, clarinet choir arrangements etc. go almost entirely to libraries, not performers. An aggravation and a pity, but what ya gonna do? Most of my sales to individuals are of keyboard solos, accompanied solos for melody instruments, and songs.
But trying to get your publications even known about in the band or orchestral world is next to impossible without very expensive mailings or getting your music sold at the big distributors such as JWPepper or Luck's Music Library.
I am in fact distributed by both J W Pepper and Theodore Front--but neither of them has any interest in my orchestral parts, just the scores!
Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
