Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution
You change it to be more like what your producer wants.
This is the real-life decision that Buster Alan would make. "However unfair
it may be, music is as much an industry as it is an art or craft," he says.
You realize that although you like the piece, your fans may not. You don't
want to risk losing your fans. You agree with your producer to record it in
a style similar to your past works.
The piece is still good, but it has a completely different feel to it.
You think that maybe you can re-release it in the future when money may not
be an issue, or you have become so successful that you can risk losing some
of your fans.
Alan gives a word of caution to aspiring music composers and songwriters.
"Quality does not make a song commercially viable, so do not be disillusioned
by rejection, or measure quality by what is marketed," he says.
"As the industry gets ever more competitive, the initial decision makers
-- the agents, publishers, and A and R reps -- look for songwriters as much
or more than songs. These are business decisions made by businesspeople
who all too often know little or nothing about music."