%title Business.
%date 2008-08-08 18:28:33
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So I've got myself four composers so far, plus myself, for an opening catalog of five composers with about 10-15 pieces among them.  This is almost more than I hoped for, considering I advertised with a single-page website, and that's it!  The problem I'm having, though, is that I'm getting a lot of very modern music (of the composers, two are college students, two are college professors, and one is a church organist), all of which is pretty difficult, with only two pieces at the level 3 of 5 difficulty, and the rest up at 4 and 5.

Should I start actively soliciting composers to publish for me?   Particularly, composers who I know can write some easier to perform music?  Part of me feels pretty awful soliciting anything, but the other part knows I should get over that if I want to be successful.

Is this the right time to start that?