do you ever release everything you record?

Well, probably I just inspired You to ask this question, so let's see how I would answer it...



Well... No.



I agree. So, nice that You start one (discussion)...



Speaking only for myself (who else):

Of course I post about an album I've released - few others would do that for me, I fear...

However, I also post about music by musicians I adore - as can be seen by many posts in this here forum (but much more on FB, actually). Some of these are famous anyway and probably don't need my little bit of praise; others are fellow artists of minor popularity. It's always hard to perceive oneself without distortion, but still it seems to me, that that "me me me" shoe doesn't quite fit me (just saying...).

Then, I also often strove to participate in all manners of discussions - in this forum and elsewhere - in the hope to add some meaningful, interesting or entertaining thought or other.
On such occasion, I observed that some fellow members apparently deemed themselves to noble to answer any of my different utterances directly, usually keeping the conversation just among themselves, largely ignoring (or on other occasions apparently deliberatedly misinterpreting) my input, and generally giving me a feeling of nonexistence, or better-not-exsitence (at least at this particular place).
While it's OK for me if someone does not enjoy to communicate with me, I still like to point out that such treatment does little to inspire me to take part in the general discussion...




Good question...




Yes. (Lots of it, actually...)



It would depend on how those sketches develop...



Just a quick question: is this still a question (or part of one)?

Anyway - it makes sense...



This seems to be a wise and tactful way to conduct Your musical affairs. Congratulations!

I wish I was up to behave always that disciplined (and in fact, in the cases of many projects which still grow over years in the backyard of my hard discs, I even manage to...).

Still, I get these WILD, UNCONTROLABLE impulses from time to time - usually when I had really fun recording something that came about spontaneously and I like the result - to immediately share that with people who might appreciate it (...I think of my admittedly small circle of listeners) as long as the excitement of the experience still lingers.

But that doesn't mean (oh, not at all!) that I just would share anything I record. That's simply not the case...

Of course, IF I do such a thing, I'm aware of the shortcomings of a recording that's in every way unpolished - usually I think of marking such a thing correctly (so I don't promise any "polished" experience where there is none) and also, I don't ask any money for it.

In today's case, by the way, the only reason for it to share the thingy via Bandcamp was that there's not enough space left on my SoundCloude account (which might be seen as a more suitable place to publish improvisations or sketches...).

Oh, and in fact: this recording is a continuation of a topic I posted about - only on FB, I admit - and for those who care to follow my posts, it might make actually some sense.

Well, this much discussion for the moment, I hope my degree of engagement was satisfying...

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All the time.

I release only a fraction of what I record. Why don't I release it? Easy. It's not worth releasing in most of the cases as it's just a sketch book entry, an idea but no finished piece of music.

Sometimes I record stuff for a possible release, just to find out that it has been superceded by better tracks while working on an album.

I only release what I deem worthy of a release -- the pickier I become, the longer it takes me to finish an album.



I can't help the impression that many people believe making music to be something you do en passant, it's like going to the toilet or whatever, it just so happens and oops, there's a new Album coming out.

If you are serious about what you are doing, it is not quite like this. If you're not... well.

Stephen

I record 60% of my music....I release 75% of my recordings, so a lot is lost....
Making sketches and keeping them for a later moment is not my system.
My music is a recording of how I feel at that moment, and how I translate that into a musical form. Keep recordings and glue them together is just not my thing.

Why keeping when the music is just crap and trying things... and not made for release

Besides that I think fans can choose by themselves when something is good, and buy that.

I do listen to my own music - I enjoyed it enough to put the effort in to make it in the first place.

But not all the time and generally when the mood takes me.