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Well, putting such a private side of yourself out there is humiliating, regardless of how satisfied you are with the composition. On premiering one of his symphonies Wilhelm Furtwängler commented that he felt like a little girl undressing in a room full of perverts.

Surely all that's needed is an 'advertisement'. If there were like 10 of the best pieces on a decent looking youtube channel and description of the site, then lots of people could flock to the site. I've seen lots of people posting their compositions on youtube without so much as one review: these are the people who would enjoy this site. :)

No thread in YC can be considered as complete without some kind of allusion at pedophilia. :huh: ... But there's something real about that feeling - a composer is sharing some of his spiritual intimacy and placing it before an audience. Luckily, music always retains some mysterious quality that allows for a composer to voice his own secrets through it without fear that they can be fully understood. As long as a composer remains true to himself, there's no way that his works can be considered as 'empty'.

I tend to get stuck when I'm too stubborn to change what I already have. Also, I sometimes don't want to bother experimenting with something new because it might be rubbish. What I often forget is if I don't try something, then how do I know whether its good or not? I feel at my most creative when I'm writing something without requiring it to fit in a specific place within the piece. Part of the skill is to fit these ideas and themes together seamlessly, which I find much harder if I always write the piece 'in the right order'. This might not be a good approach though, I've not been doing this long.. lol

thnx for the link. Well not necesseraly one-on-one repeats. but repeating it later in the piece for example. Somehow it bores me? to repeat it later if nothing new is happening to it. maybe i just have to get used to that.? Interesting you mention this. I happen to end almost all of the phrases on the V7 chord hahah. I have tried a lot of ways in my structure but the thing of keeping it interesting by variation and repeats is difficult for me.

First make sure your compositions are in a publishable state. http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Typesetting_Guidelines Then make sure someone actually wants your compositions. Chances are no one does, but it is not because your compositions are bad; it is because they don't know who you are. You have to do a fair amount of networking. Finally you can set up a website and sell your music out of there—either as printed scores or as PDFs. Your contacts from networking will hopefully include some musicians who want to play your music, and you can give them a link to your website. I can't think offhand of any publishers that accept submissions from randoms outside of competitions or similar. Mostly their job is to sign composers who are well known in order to make them more well known.

I get that kind of feeling regularly but I find if I just keep trying new things and honing the skills I am weak at I can overcome it and gain satisfaction again. If you are unhappy with what you previously felt to be good it means that your perception has changed and is a sign of improvement. Even though you don't feel happy you are in the stage that allows for the next level of growth as a musician and if you stick to the grindstone you WILL be able to improve. I think the idea that art is just self-expression and exploring your emotions is completely wrong, art is the field that requires constant dissatisfaction and humiliation to achieve any kind of greatness.

You have someone who would like to record your work in a studio and this is what you are worried about? (: First, so many people would love the opportunity to have their work recorded, but can't do it, so you should. Even if you aren't totally happy with the work. Second, don't worry about being totally happy with it, just finish it, and move on to the next one. That is how you grow. No one's early work is very good. Finish one piece so you can get on to the next piece, which will be slightly better. The next will be slightly better than that… Don't worry about it, just stay sitting in the chair until you have made something. The key to getting better is to make LOTS of work. No one makes one perfect piece. You make LOTS of pieces, and the good ones will be played and remembered, and the bad ones will be forgotten. History will sort out the good ones from the bad, but you need to keep writing so you can keep growing. And if you finish pieces, you can get them out into the world and get some feedback that will help you keep growing. Just keep going. Don't worry about it being perfect.

Twitter integration would be interesting... An official youtube page would also help the site grow. It could feature videos of YC's best pieces...

To drive traffic to this site could you use Twitter and do an automated link every time someone posts a new composition?