Hi Mr. Westlund,

   sorry you are feeling bummed! :< this is an interesting point and I've thought about it a bit too, as a fellow composer. I think we should keep creating music, and any at for that matter, because it's fun and exciting. If it stops being fun, that's probably a good time to take a break.

I think I get what you mean by feedback - it would be nice if more people offered constructive criticism (or not lol)- but if people keep downloading your music, that's a great compliment I would say! but as for trying to make some more profit from your work, maybe you could try having a Bandcamp, and offer certain music for free and for a price. I haven't made a lot by offering a pay-what-you-want option, but I've made a little. Also, I think it's probably a good idea to gain mastery of a variety of styles (even those electronic genres lol) to expand the usefulness of your compositional abilities. additionally, if you wouldn't mind, there are forums for other media like visual novels (i.e. lemmasoft) who have people looking for composers. I would definitely advocate posting some of your work here on OGA though; it's been extremely helpful in getting my work exposed (thanks Bart!)

good luck, and remember to have fun! if anything, compose first for yourself, then others. ^_^

@XenosNS,

    wow, that's great! thanks for using my music and letting me know :) 

Hi,

  yes, please use "syncopika" for credit. I'm glad you like the track, thanks very much!

hi BlueVortexGames,

    just in case you didn't get my email, here's my idea of a forest theme so far:

https://soundcloud.com/syncopika/071414forestthemeconcept

I tried to make it sound a bit mysterious at the end in an attempt to capture the wondrous feeling of being in a forest. I also applied some real nature sounds I recorded. 

    Other users who see this message can feel free to chime in with their opinions on the direction of the piece. 

  thanks!