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This is just a general announcement about a partner site of ours that may be of interest to the music composers and producers on this site. The new site is called Free Use Music and its purpose is to be a collection of legally free to use music tracks that media makers of all types can then download and use in their projects, so long as they credit the composer.
The Freelance Music Composer Directory is committed to providing independent music composers of all types a promotional source on the internet. In the digital age, more and more people are producing high quality music, and this music is in demand more than ever, but composers need to be found online to get work. In order to make your listing on this site as visible and successful as possible, here are some suggestions to follow.
The issue of whether you should work for free is one that will come up often if you are trying to become a film composer. If you are aiming to use the internet to start a career full time or at least part time as a film composer this will most likely mean working for free in the beginning. Most people willing to let someone less experienced score their film will not be offering money for the job, but this does not mean that they are not offering value. This is how you have to analyze the problem; are you getting value in return for your services?