Finding musicians to play new compositions?

Question

I've been composing for most of my life. Lately, I've started to accumulate a rather large number of completed pieces. I recently realized that it may be time for me to start looking for musicians to play them. I would record them myself, however most of the pieces are for instruments I don't play, and those that *are* written for my instrument are too complex for me to play. ---------- I would pay people to play my music, but I can not afford to, as I have had a steady job for several years. I also do not have equipment of a high enough quality (I still have a computer with a beige casing) to create anything more then a midi file. ---------- I was wondering what kind of advice you guys could give me pertaining to this topic.

Answer 1

You can use digital samples and play all the instruments on a keyboard. Use high quality, real to life, sounding samples, not cheap poorly e.q'd samples. Or, find young fairly skilled musicians that are merely looking for the opportunity for "experience" recording. You will have to take more time, and be more patient, but if you don't want to hire proven pro's, that's really all you're left with. Many young, up and comers, are more than excited to record for free. Try your local High School or Community College in the Music departments looking for possible musicians to record your projects. If you write music that can be associated with a local Charity, or somehow is linked with a "Benefit" of some kind, you may attract accomplished players that way? If you are attempting pro level demos, or trying to get contract attention, you need to bite the bullet and hire pros. Make sure you ask for resume's and music samples first. If you are just doing it for fun, nothing to lose by recruiting young amateurs.