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forwards but not connection, is it normal?
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Ah, I haven't paid attention to this update. I just renewed my membership after getting the email.cosmicdolphin wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 1:16 amI believe the whole Dispatch thing is being rolled into the regular membership when they next increase the membership price
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They keep threatening to do it but it doesn't seem to have happened yet.EphJayMusic wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 8:08 amAh, I haven't paid attention to this update. I just renewed my membership after getting the email.cosmicdolphin wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 1:16 amI believe the whole Dispatch thing is being rolled into the regular membership when they next increase the membership price
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..meanwhile I left Taxi a while ago so I am not sure how I am even getting these notifications...lol good luck to you all!
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I'm curious. Was it a buyout deal whereby you get paid something upfront for each track?
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Re: forwards but not connection, is it normal?
Only 2 months since signing to Taxi? Taxi generally takes a month after a listing's end date to review submissions and then forward them. So even if the listing end date was the same date you signed up to Taxi, it would've only been 1 month since Taxi forwarded the submissions to clients. And it also takes a long time for clients to review forwards and contact the composer - generally another month here in my experience. So I would say there's still plenty of time to hear back from the other clients your works were forwarded to, if you did only sign up to Taxi 2 months ago.
As for whether it's normal not to get a connection after a forward, for me that depends on how niche the listing is. In my experience, the more niche the listing is, the more likely a forward will lead to a connection. For me that's anything described as industrial, cyberpunk, etc.
The forwards I've had that have not yielded a connection are for more broad listings like trailers and drones. This makes sense to me as these call for more generic instrumentation, so less scope to put your personal bag of tricks into the sound and stand out. There also will have been a lot more tracks getting forwarded for these listings and a lot more composers probably have tracks like these in their catalogue ready to fire off to submissions. So broader listings are likely just a lot more competitive and the clients have a tough job picking composers to reach out to. So yeah, from my perspective, how "normal" it is depends on the listing.
As for whether it's normal not to get a connection after a forward, for me that depends on how niche the listing is. In my experience, the more niche the listing is, the more likely a forward will lead to a connection. For me that's anything described as industrial, cyberpunk, etc.
The forwards I've had that have not yielded a connection are for more broad listings like trailers and drones. This makes sense to me as these call for more generic instrumentation, so less scope to put your personal bag of tricks into the sound and stand out. There also will have been a lot more tracks getting forwarded for these listings and a lot more composers probably have tracks like these in their catalogue ready to fire off to submissions. So broader listings are likely just a lot more competitive and the clients have a tough job picking composers to reach out to. So yeah, from my perspective, how "normal" it is depends on the listing.
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I've noticed that too. I often see non-dispatch listings, and then see the same wording used on a listing for dispatch, albeit often wanting a shorter length e.g. 1:30secs instead of 2:30-3mins for the non-dispatch listing. I got notifications of dispatch listings before signing up to dispatch; that's why I signed up to dispatch to be able to submit to them too. But I really dislike this tiered pricing model too, preying on the FOMO of extra opportunities. Seeing the same listings for dispatch and non-dispatch just with different length requirements feels like Taxi is manufacturing opportunities for dispatch members that don't really exist, which leaves a very negative feeling. Investing in a Taxi membership should get you the full experience without feeing like you have to pay extra to get all the opportunities.
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Not sure how this weighs in, but I have had a few more forwards from Dispatch than from regular listings.
Call backs and deals are- 1 from Dispatch and 2 from regular Taxi.
As an instrumental composer I like it, and will continue to include Dispatch with my regular membership until it is all rolled together.
Call backs and deals are- 1 from Dispatch and 2 from regular Taxi.
As an instrumental composer I like it, and will continue to include Dispatch with my regular membership until it is all rolled together.
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