Am attempting to become a "wide" composer - most genres - rather than focusing on "classical" or similar. Good idea?

Welcome to my discussion.

I love most genres of music and am training to become a genre-independent composer.

Orchestral? Great! EDM? Wonderful. Ambient? Why not. Metal? Fun.

Anyone think this is a good goal to attempt, to try to be good across many genres?

I am embedding 8 pieces of mostly IMPROVISED music experimented with.

Made-up with MIDI keyboard with only the bassline pre-made:

nice.

2 hours ago, Musi Make said:

Anyone think this is a good goal to attempt, to try to be good across many genres?

Very bad idea if you want to be a professional. Great if you want to be a hobbyist and worth studying for the sake of the craft.

But if you want to be a professional composer, you don't want to be a jack of all trades.

A professional composer should be opened to various styles and genres. Although I am primarly a contemporary classical music composer I also write popular pieces, simple music for church services, also jazz. But I always try to maintain high professional standards, even in simple works.