Newb – on the right track?

[SY1000]

Hi All,
First post alert!
I hope you’re well and staying safe. Weird times. But also time to throw some serious attention at music. I haven’t picked up my guitar in 2 months or more. All I’ve done is revisit existing compositions and tweak arrangements or maybe remix some tracks. Also did some remote collaborations with vocalists. That’s a whole other story but can work well. I’ve been working on tracks and I’ve gathered 44 instrumentals together (and that’s not a lot compared to what you guys and girls produce!) where I think ‘they’re not A list but they’re not too bad’. I’m not a full time musician.
My favourite one at the moment is this one.
https://soundcloud.com/emale-1-1/boss-sy300-jason-and-the-argentnauts
It’s all guitar through a Boss SY300 guitar synth.
I’m wondering if it is ok as a piece of music? Does it sound good enough to appeal to people who use music with visuals? I write a lot of stuff but it’s to please me. I have never written to order and can’t imagine being able to do that. Consequently I tend to be all over the place with styles. I’m at a bit of a crossroad now. Utopia would be just getting 44 tracks somewhere other than my hard drive. I don’t feel like writing new stuff until I’ve let go of the old. I need new gear and I’d like to start afresh with a better attitude to being better at music!
This track is the result of an online collab with a vocalist.

I want to do more songs with vocalists too.
Thanks for reading this.

[s4urs]

Cool tracks!

[SY1000]

Thanks s4urs!

[MaxPower]

I love Shooting Star – I can definitely hear that being used. Have you tried submitting to any libraries?

[SY1000]

Thanks Maxpower!
I’ve submitted to about 6 libraries/publishers in the past month or 2. Only instrumentals at this stage. It would be ideal to get signed as an artist and give the library/publisher 44 tracks. My tracks are guitar based. Many of them tending toward to the heavier alternative end. I record guitars direct and work up arrangements with loops. Sonically they are not pro sounding recordings so I need to be realistic about whether they will be attractive to publishers/music supervisors. I reworked an old track a bit yesterday. This track is my one and only sync so far. Nearly 10 years ago! In the show Burn Notice, S5 E7. I get a miniscule royalty cheque every few months. I want the track used again as I still own it.

[TRex]

i like it….what libraries have you found to be interested in guitar heay alt?

[SY1000]

Thanks TRex.
I haven’t found any yet. Maybe there’s no libraries that deal in alt stuff specifically. Or they’re difficult to find.
If I do I’ll report back.

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