Originally Posted by Fdemetrio

Now the idea is to have a finished product


Yep. When I think about "demos" and "pitching", I think about sending a demonstration recording of a song to someone who might shop it to an established artist who might be interested in recording it. Today, I'd only do that if Rod Taylor dropped by to give me a ride backwards on his Time Machine, ideally a few decades ago.

Those of us who compose and perform have better luck these days selling the recording itself, and the market is in TV/Film cues. Sometimes a good song is perfect for a cue of 10 seconds, sometimes for background music, sometimes a cover of a song gets used in lieu of the original recording, for peanuts...and the peanuts go to schlepps like me screwing around with Cubase in my living room. I know a lot of folks from TAXI who spent the last decade focused on creating music to match the stated needs of the TV/Film industry, and many of them are fully self-supported now, with an ever-expanding library of "cues" that generate a little money here and there. Some of my friends are making six-figure incomes this way, and they drink scotch on weekday afternoons if they like. Their quarterly royalty statements are 20+ pages long, with a lot of small things adding up to a big return.

The vast majority of them however only make a little extra money from this, a few hundred bucks or so in the quarterly statement from ASCAP or BMI or SESAC. I got a quarterly statement recently for one song that was used on an obscure reality show and made $39.99.

But if I had to place all my chips in selling my idea for a song, or just a lyric...I would find a functioning, recording composer quick and partner up. No one is buying visions these days, they need the end-result.

That said, here's a great article on EQing reverb:

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/use-reverb-pro-1

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/use-reverb-pro-part-2

http://www.soundclick.com/MarkKaufman