Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Did you get a deal through TAXI? Lets hear about it!

Moderators: admin, mdc, TAXIstaff

Post Reply
User avatar
cantilena
Getting Busy
Getting Busy
Posts: 63
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:08 am
Gender: Male
Location: Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Contact:

Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by cantilena » Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:23 pm

Hey all! I'm so happy to report that I got my very first contract with a music library!

I heard from them about 24 hours after my tracks were forwarded. The owner was so excited by my music that he wrote to me on Easter weekend.

I've been working hard for a little over a year now, submitting music to TAXI regularly. I've composed and sent in over 70 tracks. I was prepared to wait longer for some success, but I'm happy that it happened now. :D

Here are my pieces, if you'd like to check them out:

Your Shoe's Undone
Trip to Tahiti

Onward and upward! (Or "excelsior", if you're a Marvel fan...)

User avatar
superkons
Serious Musician
Serious Musician
Posts: 1397
Joined: Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:08 pm
Gender: Male
Contact:

Re: Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by superkons » Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:23 am

Congratulations! No surprise those were signed, and I reckon you will not wait longer to know they have been used somewhere :)
Marco - Pianist, keyboardist, composer for film/TV/games/media

https://musicalwizardry.com
https://soundcloud.com/marcoiannello

User avatar
cosmicdolphin
Serious Musician
Serious Musician
Posts: 4450
Joined: Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:46 pm
Gender: Male
Contact:

Re: Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by cosmicdolphin » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:47 am

Very nice !

I really like your tracks...I can hear them on TV already. Great work and congrats.

Very minor piece of advice - Some databases/systems don't accept titles with punctuation/special characters in them so be careful with " Shoe's " if you have to enter the track titles yourself. Probably best to take it out if you have the option and just put the grammatically incorrect " shoes "instead.

Good Luck with it !

Mark

User avatar
cantilena
Getting Busy
Getting Busy
Posts: 63
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:08 am
Gender: Male
Location: Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Contact:

Re: Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by cantilena » Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:39 am

superkons wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:23 am
Congratulations! No surprise those were signed, and I reckon you will not wait longer to know they have been used somewhere :)
Thanks, Marco! My head is swelling already. lol. The library that signed them is putting together a whole album in this style. Apparently there's not a lot similar out there right now, so hopefully it fills a need somewhere.

~Andrew~
Andrew Gilpin, Composer/Arranger/Pianist / @CanadaComposer
Keys for Ukraine ~ Visit my site and help me send aid to Ukraine!
My TAXI Member Page

User avatar
cantilena
Getting Busy
Getting Busy
Posts: 63
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:08 am
Gender: Male
Location: Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Contact:

Re: Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by cantilena » Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:43 am

cosmicdolphin wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:47 am
Very nice !

I really like your tracks...I can hear them on TV already. Great work and congrats.

Very minor piece of advice - Some databases/systems don't accept titles with punctuation/special characters in them so be careful with " Shoe's " if you have to enter the track titles yourself. Probably best to take it out if you have the option and just put the grammatically incorrect " shoes "instead.

Good Luck with it !

Mark
Thanks, Mark! I'm glad you like them.

And thanks for the advice. I will keep it in mind for future titles. No worries on this one - the library owner is going to rename it in any case, so I think I'm safe! ;)

(Good thing, too - I HATE to see missing apostrophes in titles!! LOL. "shoes" could have soured the whole deal.)

~Andrew~
Andrew Gilpin, Composer/Arranger/Pianist / @CanadaComposer
Keys for Ukraine ~ Visit my site and help me send aid to Ukraine!
My TAXI Member Page

User avatar
Merryband1
Impressive
Impressive
Posts: 477
Joined: Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:52 am
Gender: Female
Contact:

Re: Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by Merryband1 » Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:55 pm

And now I see that they did both get signed!!! Congratulations! I'd have been surprised if they hadn't signed them, really!
Bravo and keep up the great work!

Merry :)

User avatar
Susanstunes
Committed Musician
Committed Musician
Posts: 611
Joined: Fri Jun 17, 2016 7:03 am
Gender: Female
Contact:

Re: Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by Susanstunes » Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:54 pm

Those are fantastic! Susan

User avatar
cantilena
Getting Busy
Getting Busy
Posts: 63
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:08 am
Gender: Male
Location: Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Contact:

Re: Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by cantilena » Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:24 pm

CTWF wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:32 pm
Congrats, Andrew! Nice retro vibe, too.

Tom
Thanks, Tom! Appreciate your kind words.

~Andrew~
Andrew Gilpin, Composer/Arranger/Pianist / @CanadaComposer
Keys for Ukraine ~ Visit my site and help me send aid to Ukraine!
My TAXI Member Page

User avatar
cantilena
Getting Busy
Getting Busy
Posts: 63
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:08 am
Gender: Male
Location: Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Contact:

Re: Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by cantilena » Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:26 pm

Merryband1 wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:55 pm
And now I see that they did both get signed!!! Congratulations! I'd have been surprised if they hadn't signed them, really!
Bravo and keep up the great work!

Merry :)
Thanks again, Merry! I'm still excited. lol. Now for the MD of the next "Simpsons" to pick one of the tracks for the theme song.......

~Andrew~
Andrew Gilpin, Composer/Arranger/Pianist / @CanadaComposer
Keys for Ukraine ~ Visit my site and help me send aid to Ukraine!
My TAXI Member Page

User avatar
cantilena
Getting Busy
Getting Busy
Posts: 63
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:08 am
Gender: Male
Location: Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Contact:

Re: Plucky strings landed me my first deal!

Post by cantilena » Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:26 pm

Susanstunes wrote:
Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:54 pm
Those are fantastic! Susan
Thanks, Susan! Glad you like them.

~Andrew~
Andrew Gilpin, Composer/Arranger/Pianist / @CanadaComposer
Keys for Ukraine ~ Visit my site and help me send aid to Ukraine!
My TAXI Member Page

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests