35 out of 72 and losing faith

[paolob]

Hi everyone.I’ve done a bit of math here and I must say I’m a bit disappointed. Here’s why. During the last one and a half year I’ve submitted tracks to 72 listings and I was forwarded 35 times.Out of these, not even one reply from a US company, yet, I mean, not one. And please note that I’m not chasing that million $ contract here: I mainly submitted to music libraries listings and maybe 7 or 8 to film music listings.I’ve actually had two replies, both from UK companies, of which the first resulted in nothing and the second is maybe leading simply to a couple of tracks accepted in the library with the usual 50/50 splits.Now, I’ve in the meantime submitted music to other companies by myself, simply searching with google and politely mailing them, and I’ve actually obtained slightly better results: 12 tracks with another UK company (which has already paid some money) and 5 tracks with a US one. All this without spending a cent!Sorry, but I must say this is not the way I supposed it’d have worked. I know everybody’s gonna say that one must try and try again, that it’s taking time and patience to succeed but c’mon, two 50/50 tracks out of 35 forwards…either the screeners are a bit too easy to forward or the fact that a track comes from taxi doesn’t mean that much to the company, after all.Actually there’s a third possibility that came to my mind: I’m from Italy, not from US. Do you think that could be a showstopper at all? Especially considering that the only two replies came from European libraries? Perhaps is more difficult for US companies doing business with peoples from abroad?Please forgive the negativity and thanks for any comments and /or suggestions.Ciao,Paolo