Lurker finally introducing myself

[tonys]

Hi folks, I've been a Taxi member for a couple of years but really haven't gotten the full value of the membership (entirely my fault) and I'm hoping to change that now. I recently attended the Road Rally and was just blown away by the information, the quality of members music and the community.

So a little about me. I've been playing guitar since my teens. Started using Cubase in the 90s when it was just a MIDI sequencer so I've been producing music since before DAWs were a thing. I did session work in LA in the mid-90s and played on a lot of jingles and other "sync" oriented work. I joined Taxi two years ago when I decided I wanted to get back into music licensing as a composer. But then a month after I signed up for Taxi I also joined a year long course called 6 Figure Songwriting that was amazing but all consuming, so I didn't really use my Taxi membership much.

This past year I've collaborated with a number of different singer/songwriters -- I just love producing, it's my true love. I'm starting a music production business (https://www.secretchordmusic.com) with a couple of my 6FS classmates who are both singer/songwriters, so they are my primary collaborators, but I'm always up for working with others.

I'm also starting to offer private lessons in Logic and Ableton, those are my two primary DAWs but I'm familiar with a few others. I've taught guitar lessons and worked as an IT software trainer, but it only recently occurred to me to combine those things! I'm charging a rate comparable to a good voice or guitar teacher: $60/hour for a one on one Zoom session where we can share screens and really get down to business solving tech problems and overcoming road blocks! DM me if you're interested.

So that's me, I'll post some music in this thread later, this post is long enough! Thanks for reading. I look forward to getting to know you folks.

[tonys]

Here's a song I co-wrote and produced recently. I'm particularly proud of this one because it's so different from anything I've done before. It wasn't written to a brief or anything I just heard a Mumford & Sons song and thought to myself, "I ought to be able to write something like that!" Went home, fired up Logic and started strumming chords on my acoustic and out popped this:

https://s.disco.ac/hshuvptzgcjn

[tonys]

Here's a song I co-wrote and produced recently. I'm particularly proud of this one because it's so different from anything I've done before. It wasn't written to a brief or anything I just heard a Mumford & Sons song and thought to myself, "I ought to be able to write something like that!" Went home, fired up Logic and started strumming chords on my acoustic and out popped this:

https://s.disco.ac/hshuvptzgcjn

Sounds good to me! I don't know the genre really, but if you can produce this, you should be able to find your niche here on TAXI, too.

Thanks! I've actually submitted to a couple of dozen briefs and gotten a few forwards but nothing has been signed yet. My work has improved dramatically over the last 2 years so I'm hoping things will start clicking for me soon.