would YOU spend the $10...? (listing & songs)

[tedsingingfox]

OK, so here's the brand new listing, just out this morning:New Listing Relaxing, MELODIC INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITIONS needed by Austrian Producer for compilations to be used in European Wellness Hotels. He wants smooth, flowing melodic music and says definitely "no jazzy elements, no solo piano only, no heavy drums and no loud effects". He said the most preferred lead instruments should be acoustic or soft electric guitar and piano. Please note: He wants to hear original compositions only and doesn't want to hear New Age sounding material for this particular listing. We are currently running a New Age Instrumental opportunity from this company as listing #Y090603NA. These instrumentals must be Broadcast Quality (really great home recordings are fine). Their deal is a non-exclusive license along with mechanical royalties paid per unit sold. Please submit one to three compositions online or per CD. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI and must be received no later than Monday, June 22, 2009. TAXI #S090622INAnd here are the two songs I'm wanting to submit:"Just Say It"javascript:playSong("/stream/120490/Just Say It _flute and guitar_.mp3","Just Say It (flute and guitar)");OK, that "short cut"/link is worthless. TAXI, PLEASE, please, please address this issue...please. It used to only take one click of a button to set up links to music ON OUR TAXI HOSTING PAGE. PLEASE fix this for those of us (read: "ME") who consider themselves having a good day just by being able to know how to OPEN a computer. Please. (OK, sorry. Down off the soapbox, Ted. Down, boy. Down, I say...)Which means this one will be, too..."Still the One"javascript:playSong("/stream/118174/Still the One.mp3","Still the One");Sorry to have to ask, but can I get a little help here? Either a link to my TAXI page or proper links to my songs?I'm so pitiful sometimes. Anyway, if I CAN get a little help...allowing some of you to give a listen... I'd appreciate your feedback.Both of these songs feature acoustic guitar leads (as per the listing), but they share the leads with flute (#1) and accordian (#2). Is it too much, or can I get away with it? Me, personally, I think they are both right up the listing's alley. So...would YOU spend the $10?And I'm thinking about sending them in as two seperate submissions. Why? Because they are very similar in many ways and I'd rather they each stand alone for the screener's ears. Does that make any sense?Thanks for putting up with this very long (and very NEEDY) post. Ted

[rld]

Just Say It (flute & guitar)Still the OneHa ha...Barry posted while I was writin'.

[tedsingingfox]

Y'all ROCK. Thank you.Sorry to say, I do NOT have any way to play with/edit the mix. No recording capabilities at home (YET), although I suddenly do have some equipment to start learning about how to use. (Anybody in the area willing to give me a few hands on lessons? PM me. We can work out some sort of trade... ) These are pretty much "take it or leave it" mixes.So, would you spend the $10 anyway?THX...Ted

[tedsingingfox]

And if I can ever tempt you with dinner (not necessarily pizza, either), I'd truly appreciate it if you could squeeze me into your startlingly busy schedule for a couple of hands-on pointers with this equipment I've suddenly inherited.(Repeating myself here 'cause you had already replied before I posted my slightly modified version. ) Thanks, Triple-B.

[tedsingingfox]

Well, mostly I was meaning to send them both in, but separately; so they won't blend together too much...so they can be heard as two distinct pieces of music.does that make any sense? Is that anything I should be worried about? Am I kvetching over nothing?

[rld]

May 15, 2009, 9:40am, heinsite wrote:BTW, the only link (thank Big Blue) that worked for me was going to the page he put up and finding the song...RLD, thanks for the try, big that big f-ing red X came up like the =true end stream does. i'm wondering if folks are doing like i did, right click copy shortcut, NOT anything else until you paste. i don't know. i bitched when i was a member, but have no bitching rights presently...I think it comes down to how each person has their computer set up to play mp3's.Both Barrys and my links work for me...others apparently not...but I think its on the user end, not TAXI's.By that I mean, the links will work if your computer is setup to open them.What that takes for different individuals...I'm not smart enough to say.

[allends]

May 15, 2009, 9:45am, tedsingingfox wrote:So, anybody have any feelings one way or another about the "two separate, individual submissions" idea, to hopefully help them stand alone? Will that matter?You never know Ted. I used the opposite strategy of purposefully sending different styles to a listing and I got one through. I have listened to both of your songs while working at my desk and I must say that I dearly love the second one with the accordion. Perhaps your screener will have a bias one way or the other or - like me - feel that you've scored a slam dunk with both! I can't get a read on a good strategy for you but I am here to tell you that these tunes really work for me at work. Both of them, for different reasons. Thank you for sharing and the best of luck to you, buddy!!Allen

[ibanez468]

Just ta' give these a try streaming using the alternative format I posted about on your other thread. These should work fine. Yeah, these bad boys started up on the first click of the link. http://www.taximusic.com/stream/120490/ ... One.mp3BTW -- After a listen, I think your tunes fall very well in the description of the listing. I hear 2 Fwds, myself. I think ya' got this one Tedster, no sweat! Good luck!ibanez468

[allends]

May 15, 2009, 5:08pm, tedsingingfox wrote:Thanks, V. Appreciate the listen. And the advice.I agree that the accordian is a little darker, so I'll be curious to hear what the screener has to say.TedI can't help myself... In Indian Classical Music, we revere and embrace the deep spiriuality of these "darker" tonalities. As a guy from Indiana, I tend to think of minor scales as sad, but as a lover of Indian music, I feel the peace, quiet joy, and gentle repose embodied in songs with close intervals.IMHO, your chances with the second lovely piece will hinge upon whether the screener evaluates your song from the cultural perspective of the Western world. I can't wait to learn how this works out for you, Ted. Best of Luck,Allen

[tedsingingfox]

Thanks, billg. Thanks Ibanez. Really appreciate your saying so.Allen, you are so DEEP! so this could boil down to an east/west thing? Hmmm... could be trouble, then, as the producer is from Austria. Just about equi-distant from each.