"Self-publishing contemporary music is not at the glamorous end of the tide-pool..."

"...it seemed absurd to me to have to give up the copyright to my own creative work..."

"...To obsessive types like myself it brings enormous satisfaction in that I have complete control over every aspect of my work product..."

"...I decided to get up a Web page and offer my scores directly to the public..."

"...Would a score consisting of a random collection of cells, in the manner of playing cards, work, so that each ensemble could arrange the cards in its own unique way?..."

"...Today, armed with good music notation software, quality paper, a xerox machine...and Internet access, any composer can surmount the pitfalls of commercial publishers..."

"...Publishing isn't photocopying and mailing; it's marketing and promotion and a strategy for building a business and a livelihood..."

Panel at the "Composing A Career" Summit photo courtesy of the Women's Philharmonic

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