Where to begin?

Hello all,
Just wanted to pop in and say hi to everybody and let you all know my background. I also have a questions
I began writing because I've loved compositional music since my early years. Since then I have improved tremendously off my own self teaching. Check out my work so far. Adventure Orchestra

I want to really make this a career. I don't care about the money or the luxury. I want to do something I actually care about. This has been the only thing I've ever really wanted to do. Being self taught, I have a lot to learn, and I am signing up for classes this fall. I don't even know where to begin to get a contract or music job. My biggest problem is that I can hear the music in my head, but putting it into the daw proves challenging. I plan on getting Cinematic Studio Strings soon to help with the audio quality. What recommendations do you have?

My question is, assuming I spend all my time digging into this, where to I look for a job?
Lastly, does anybody here teach or tutor?

Thank you for your time.

On 5/24/2018 at 11:16 PM, AdventureOrchestra said:

I want to really make this a career. I don't care about the money or the luxury.

Well, if you're looking to make it a career, by definition: The money aspect is pretty important. 😉

How to get a job composing music? That's the eternal question. The money these days is in composing for film, tv, games, and other such media — heck, it's where I've got all of my composing work from. That being said, it's a tough market to break into and even tougher to be consistently employed.

But the truth is, after almost ten years of this...I've found it mostly boils down to luck. It's all about "who you know" and whether or not they like your music, but finding such people isn't as simple as attending conferences, film festivals, and certainly not spamming indie-gamer forums. You never know who you're going to meet that might require your services, or where. You never know where that project will lead to, if anywhere at all. One of my gigs came from meeting someone at a bar who was a game developer. A co-worker at a dayjob a number of years ago was in the film industry, as were his friends outside of work...

Most people get their start in this business by doing small-time, independent films, games, or (as is becoming increasingly rare) as an assistant to an established composer. Very often for little pay or none at all. However, it may be good that you're not in it for the money, as by no fault of their own, many (perhaps most) composers never wind up making a living at it.