Frustrated musician

[Cymric]

At the risk of getting my head bitten off, why not release the music you consider worthwhile to a select audience who can appreciate the style of your work, and have them mull things over for a bit? You might consider it 'unfinished', but if you're stuck, someone else might give you some ideas to pursue further...?

[Cymric]

Karlos wrote:
I think this is generally the artists dilemma; you don't feel you can present work that is unfinished to others.

Of course. Note that I explicitly said 'a select few' so as to minimise embarassment. At some point the feeling of banging your head against the wall for a long time is sure to overtake the anxiety of waitinng for someone to talk about what you made. Right? (I aint no musician---I have a minor ear for music, but I absolutely suck at expressing myself that way. I am the literary man. Problem is that I'm not exactly rich on ideas. A small sliver of Neil Gaiman's idea stream would be quite welcome. In fact, make that all of Gaiman's ideas. However, the unfinished-work feeling is about the same, I guess.)