What do you submit......

[CHuckmott]

If I am submitting to libraries directly, and I am writing a track, I am finding that I tend to want to submit everything. I hate spending a lot of time on a track only to have it not go anywhere and it is rare that I don't submit my stuff. Not a dig at Taxi, becuase I am seeing the same thing in the library world, but I will submit stuff to some listings/libraries, only to have it reurned, while other libraries the same tracks have helped me get my foot in the door of what I believe are fairly choosy libraries. ANyway, trying not too go off on a tangent. But how do we decide what to submit and what to hold back? Especially knowing this is a numbers game to a large extent? For Example, give it time snd return to see what to submit. FInish it off to the best of your ability and let the market decide?

[CHuckmott]

STuff with deadlines, aside, my answer to this is to sit on things for a couple weeks before submitting. My perspective gets better as I work on other stuff and after I step away from awhile. Listening to one I wrote earlier this month that if I would have submitted it anywhere, would possibly be jumping off a bridge right now . Hence the original question. There are a few floating around I would rethink. Probably some others where folks are listening and daying "You submitted that huh?". But if I second guessed myself all the time I'd probably never get anything done. So what can you do. So was inteerested to see if other folks had systems around that. One reason I have Peer to Peer listen to most anything. The other answer is to give myself time away for some objectivity to return. Guess this is a bump to see if anyone else wants to chime in. Maybe one part of the question is at some point does your inner quality barometer improve with your writing skills?

[cassmcentee]

Hey Chuck...
I've decided not to submit ANYTHING without the Peer to Peer feedback first...
We have so many talented ears around here!
...with regard to inner quality...we all get better the harder we work at it...
...but we do get BETTER FASTER when we have great coaches and a humble spirit!

[hummingbird]

This is a good question for discussion. Deadlines aside, I would wait to listen again with fresh ears a few days later, then post on Peer to Peer. Speaking personally, once something got a Forward or a 'this is a good track but off target' from TAXI then I felt confident submitting it to the Libraries I already had relationships with.

One thing I do is listen to a wav of a track I have signed, and then listen to the new track. I ask myself how well I mixed the new track compared to one that has been placed.

On the other end of the scale... I have gotten so frustrated with a track I'm working on that I just delete everything but the mp3 just in case there is some little gem in some bar that might inspire something in the future. A few days later, listening to the mp3, I go "oh my god I was almost there why the hell did I delete it all???"

So it pays to keep everything intact and step away from it for awhile

[CHuckmott]

The other part of the equation is also, if workin gwith a entities/libraries, where to submit these . I spemd too much time thinking about this stuff. Seems like a lot of folks will work on a track, submit to a favorite library, then if it doesn't work submit it to a royalty free....U think the overall poin tis for me, I'm tryin gto get out of the write/ submit quickly and come up with another method once I get a fresher perspective, say like in a month.

[Casey H]

I think you need to do a mix of 2 things... (1) Submit tracks to libraries you already have a relationship with. (2) Submit tracks via Taxi listings to seek out additional library contacts.

The nice part about submitting to libraries you are already working with is it's clean and easy. However, you do want to branch out and expand your library list.

Casey

[CHuckmott]

Nice thing about Taxi is they screen it before the library has a chance to listen. My other situation is I kind of want to put my best foot forward with a library I am just starting to develop a relationship with, and don't want to sour them on me by sending questionable tracks. And again, sometimes giving it a couple weeks, maybe a month, so I can decide what to send where is something I am thinking about.