ScoreExchange? MuseScore? Something Else?

[gavbrown]

Hi all,

I have some works which probably do not fit in with the LKR store, but which I would like to try and publish somewhere. If you've done this, where did you do it, and would you recommend it?

Thanks for any replies,
Gav

[Joseph]

as long as you are going the self-pub route, why limit yourself? Use them all!

[gavbrown]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Joseph!

[gavbrown]

Well, I'm up on ScoreExchange, still working on MuseScore. ScoreExchange was relatively painless, although anyone navigating through the website will not easily find solo piano scores, unless I am missing something

[Joseph]

MusicaNEo and SMP are also viable options.

[gavbrown]

Thanks Joseph, I am on MuiscaNEO already, but haven't heard of SMP

[mikelyons85]

SMP Press sells more of my music than anywhere else. They are tied to Hal Leonard and have a huge world-wide distribution network. As you say, Score Exchange is not easy for customers to use. It's chaotically organised, but I still sell a few there. There's also JW Pepper, but I don't use them as they charge an up-front fee and I'd have to make a lot more than I do now before I could justify that expense.

[gavbrown]

Thanks Mike! I'll check out SMP

[gavbrown]

Am now on SMP, took a few days, they approve scores before they go live. MuseScore - I am having some mysterious trouble getting going with them. I think I might blow this one off anyway, a lot of their scores look junky. Saw one there that is literally one line long. Yick. ScoreExchange has a neat feature - you can see how many times a piece was viewed. 16 so far for two pieces.

[Kevin]

I have used some scores in MuseScore but generally as it is unregulated there are so many scores breaking copyright and poorly presented. Everything in it's place I suppose.

[gavbrown]

Thanks Kevin. Think I'm going to skip MuseScore for now. I may check my MusicaNeo account, haven't updated it in some years, might be time.

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Mike, have you been able to upload to smp from your phone? I receive error file not found. I have no troble with upload from windows machine but it is metered and my phone is unlimited.

Richard

[mikelyons85]

Hi Richard. That's not something I would ever have thought of trying! I've nearly finished the last of the Book 7 madrigals so I'll copy the pdf onto my phone and have a go (if I can remember my password! )

[mikelyons85]

Hi Richard, Just uploaded this morning. The pdf did seem to go OK, but typing on my phone is tedious at best, so I went into the site on my laptop and put in the details there.

[gavbrown]

Updated MusicaNeo. Working on Lulu. Apparently they do not allow simple download, you have to specify print dimensions, type of stitching, etc. Started an "eBook," but this is very involved and involves setting up the score for Kindle and other eReaders. I may abandon my Lulu site if I can't make it simpler. Nobody is going to order a print edition and wait for the mail to ship it I think. I'm putting up the same scores on every site, and charging a nickel difference for each site so that in case something sells, I can keep track of which site sold it.

[mikelyons85]

Lulu is OK if the music you write is capable of being kept as a book (piano music, solos with piano accomp, song books adn so on) unfortunately, not so good for band music!

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Jun 27, 2018 12:01:45 GMT mikelyons85 said:

Hi Richard, Just uploaded this morning. The pdf did seem to go OK, but typing on my phone is tedious at best, so I went into the site on my laptop and put in the details there.

Well,Mike, I also don't like phone typing. I learned touch typing in 1945 or 1946. But I have less data restriction on my phone.
I just discovered that I can upload with my Android device if I request the desk top version on my phone

Richard

[gavbrown]

Got Lulu up as an eBook, it was some considerable bother, but now I've figured it out. I have 4 stores now, that's enough I think.

[mikelyons85]

Yep, gavbrown, Don't want to flood the market! :-D

@richard - I forgot to say that's what I usually do. The mobile versions of websites don't have all the facilities of the desktop versions.