Okay, I think I’ll go non-excl first and see if the free market responds well to the 7 synthwave tracks I’ve made. If so, I’ll make some more. If not, I’ll try another genre for a while to improve my skills.
If an exclusive deal comes up, I’ll simply include as a stipulation that I can use my own work for self-promotion purposes (and a revision clause – no sense them holding onto something they can’t or wont sell). If I can get agreement on those two things, it’s more likely to work for me.
Or just get good enough at composing and workflow to write songs for myself as needed. Right now it takes like one week per track which is slow going.
Thanks for your help.