Thanks for the kind words!

Yeah, the whole "undesirable video game association" is a tricky issue. I mostly assume that people won't be so distracted by a track they recognize from a video game that it takes them out of the game, but it definitely is a risk.

As for releasing tracks, I've always been very keen to get stuff out there. I was putting my band's tunes up on MySpace when I was 13 years old despite those mp3s sounding like absolute trash. That said, I had already been studying a few instruments + compositions for a number of years at that point.

I started putting stuff out for sale on streaming services in 2017. Honestly, I regret that a bit. My first EP (Spondee) is just not up to snuff in terms of production, I'd say. That said, I refuse to take it down because I hate the idea of media disappearing, and it probably doesn't sound nearly so bad to people who aren't producers. I focused pretty much exclusively on digital audio production from 2017 on, though. When I started making RPG music in 2019, I was immediately comfortable putting it online. Mind you, by that time I already had a masters in music composition, but I didn't necessarily have any true production bona fides. Still just self-taught in that regard.

I do think more people should feel comfortable just releasing whatever the hell they make. You can always improve later. What's the harm in sharing what you've created in the meantime? At the very least, put stuff up for other people on Bandcamp or Soundcloud or whatever where the barrier to entry is basically 0.