Genre and general critique

[Tcounts]

https://www.taxi.com/members/E2c6jrxzRR ... chian-girl

Hello!

Fairly new to Taxi. I’m not doing a good job of getting my genres right. If you wouldn’t mind giving this a listen and sharing your $.02 I would very much appreciate it.

Thanks,

Tim Counts

[telefunkin]

Posted twice, and in both cases the link is incorrect. It helps if you help people to help you . [ EDIT: Thanks for fixing the link.]

What are you aiming for? If you're unsure of the genre of your own music then it gives the impression that you're doing your own 'thing' but aren't sure about where it fits. What genre do YOU think it is? Is it aimed as an artist release or for sync? If its a song then some of the lyrical requirements could be diametrically opposed (specificity and imagery vs generic and non-specifc). What sort of critique would help you - lyrics, prosody, structure, arrangement, production, sounds, mix, etc, and again, based on what expectations of end use?

For sync, music libraries not only need music that they can categorise, but they need to market it (using accompanying meta data) to their clients. Those clients will know exactly what they need for any particular show and will look for appropriate descriptors to find it. Therefore, an important part of the business is being able to pigeonhole your music in terms of genre/sty;e/mood/emotion etc. Its one reason why it is strongly suggested to compose new tracks for Taxing listings rather than attempt to shoe-horn existing tracks into them and risk them being square pegs in round holes. Nailing listing requirements is much more likely to earn Taxi forwards and library interest. Trying to get attention for your back catalog is a long hard road that could bring a lot of frustration and disappointment unless it happens be an in-demand genre with modern production.

For now though, please post a working link to your music and check that it works once you've logged out of your Taxi account. Also, to avoid two sets of responses it might help to delete the duplicate post.

[funsongs]

https://www.taxi.com/members/E2c6jrxzRR ... chian-girl

Hello!
Fairly new to Taxi. I’m not doing a good job of getting my genres right. If you wouldn’t mind giving this a listen and sharing your $.02 I would very much appreciate it.
Thanks,
Tim Counts

Howdy, Tim.
LISTENING as I type this. First - stylistically, I'd put this on a playlist with songs like Dolly Parton would make.
Genre: that pretty much puts in the middle - maybe a 'hybrid' - Old Country/Mountain Folk - based on the instrumentation.
Hope that helps.
2 cents from a lurker in The Peanut Gallery.
Peter

PS: that link worked for me.

[eeoo]

I'd say it falls under the giant Americana umbrella. Some possible ALAs - Like Peter said Dolly Parton, John Prine, Chris Kristopherson, Gram Parsons, Steve Earle.