To kick off our July $6.00 digital sale, we wanted to write a post about what our collective of composers/performers is trying to do with XY.
Publication in the 21st century is a grey area. What does it even mean to be a publisher or to be self publishing? Everyone at XY has played and purchased hundreds of copies of music from every type of publisher out there. We have seen the different styles of every company out there whether it be publishing works full of gimmicks and buzz words that people will grab onto, churning out the same piece of music over and over again, or adding colorful graphics and designs to works just to sell more copies.
Our goal at XY isn't to say that there is anything wrong with this type of music, but rather to allow composers who have a different voice, style, or audience to reach as many people as can be reached and have their works played as much as possible. With this type of thinking our published works tend to be completely different across the XYPublications website. Our hopes in the future is to bring more and more quality works from diverse sets of accomplished young composers as establish the website as a place where you can find pieces that are new, different, and most importantly of quality.