ng and discovering new talent, promoting an image and supporting an artist's first professional steps. Music publishers employ staff who spend time scouting for new composers by attending concerts, and monitoring broadcasts. They also examine scores and manuscripts for musical merit, a time-consuming and skilled task, particularly for classical music where the notation can be highly complex. This proximity to the new generation of composers is essential in keeping a creative flow of new talent and trends running through the music industry.
             Once the music publisher has recognised the talent of a particular new composer, he or she will decide to invest in the promotion of that composer's work. Generally, the music publisher will finance and produce demonstration CDs. In the music industry, these demonstration CDs are an essential prerequisite to securing a contract with a recording company and are consequently, a vital step for any new composer&
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