I think this screener just plain does not like me!

[jpenner]

Ahhhh.... I have been thinking of posting about this for a while but have been hesitant because I did not want to come off the wrong way. I just got some listing results today and the issue was refreshed in my mind. I have been a taxi member for a little over a year and a half and have submitted close to 100 songs. My forward rate currently stands at about 70%... I know that I should have no reason to complain about this. However, of the 30% of the songs that have been returned almost half of them are from a single screener.80% of the submissions I have made that have been reviewed by this particular screener have been returned.It feels like every time I get a return, I look down and see that same number.... over and over again. It happened again today.So, I guess what I am getting at is this;Am I a total pre madonna if I request that this screener no longer reviews my submissions? I can't help but feel like I am throwing away $5 and missing an opportunity when my stuff ends up in his/her hands. I don't expect everyone to like my songs/voice/whatever, I just want to have the best chance for success (like I'm sure everyone here on taxi does!).What do all ya'll think about this?Have you experienced anything similar?Kisses,-Jess

[horacejesse]

Jessica, maybe this screener has more suggestions for you than the others. It would be interesting to know what they are. Out of 19/20 submissions, he/she has returned about 15 of them. If even half of those were critiqued, you could get a pretty good grasp of why this person is returning you more than his/her peers.Maybe there is something in it for you. A better reason than screener animosity can probably be found in the critiques.

[aubreyz]

Quote:Ahhhh.... I have been thinking of posting about this for a while but have been hesitant because I did not want to come off the wrong way. I just got some listing results today and the issue was refreshed in my mind. I have been a taxi member for a little over a year and a half and have submitted close to 100 songs. My forward rate currently stands at about 70%... I know that I should have no reason to complain about this. However, of the 30% of the songs that have been returned almost half of them are from a single screener.80% of the submissions I have made that have been reviewed by this particular screener have been returned.It feels like every time I get a return, I look down and see that same number.... over and over again. It happened again today.So, I guess what I am getting at is this;Am I a total pre madonna if I request that this screener no longer reviews my submissions? I can't help but feel like I am throwing away $5 and missing an opportunity when my stuff ends up in his/her hands. I don't expect everyone to like my songs/voice/whatever, I just want to have the best chance for success (like I'm sure everyone here on taxi does!).What do all ya'll think about this?Have you experienced anything similar?Kisses,-Jess Jess,As a fan of your voice/talent/creativity--- (and what I've heard has always been produced well too) --- I'm interested in the answer to this. My guess is that, as mentioned, it's a style or genre thing, but if not and a screener just doesn't "get" you, I would be surprised.It would be interesting to have some examples of actual listings and the submissions. I've actually started keeping a log of screener numbers for the same kind of comparisons, though I don't have near the numbers you do yet.If this is an issue with a particular screener, I bet that Taxi would not only like to know about it, but will also take care of it!Aubbtw--- did anything ever come of that "groundhog day" kid movie song you got forwarded for many moons ago? I keep expecting to hear you on the Disney Channel

[jpenner]

Some very good points here, thank you everyone!I was looking at the listing this screener has screened and they range from pop-rock, modern-rock, alternative-rock, straight pop, and R&B-pop. So he/she gets around!The only negative remarks he/she has made have been about the need for more "musical' hooks (he/she says I have plenty of vocal and lyrical hooks and that everything else is very good). I can agree with this and have been incorporating more in my newer projects... Most of these submissions were Dispatch so I don't have a critique to look at.you guys inspired me to dig up the critiques and they are surprisingly positive. I just don't get forwarded at the end of them!!So here is the real question:if I am submitting older material for listings (songs I have submitted several times for several listings) and I know what the response will be from this particular screener then I am I really benefiting by having it screened by him/her again as the comments will be and have been the same? The same songs have been forwarded many times by other screeners, so I know that most people like them enough to send them through.Ahhh, I'm chuckling right now.This isn't tearing me up inside or anything!For Aub:You know, it's funny. It got forwarded and I didn't get a call or anything about it... BUT a couple months later I scored my first library deal with that song (outside of Taxi). I was pretty excited. And then a few weeks later four songs off of my last record "the casualties of casual" got picked up by a different library on the east coast. So, things are indeed happening... just not as a direct result of taxi... yet.Thanks again guys,Jess

[jay10music]

Hey Jess,I would defo recommend calling Sebastian at TAXI and talking to him about it. 1-800-458-2111.Jimi

[sgs4u]

Jimi, is it OK to bribe screeners with a bottle of scotch, or flowers? And when your baby due?

[jay10music]

Baby is due beginning of November, I just hit my seventh month this week....phew!Bribing screeners doesnt help, sorry.

[sgs4u]

Quote:Baby is due beginning of November, I just hit my seventh month this week....phew!Bribing screeners doesnt help, sorry. Well the most stressful time is over. Now it's just re-learning how to walk/waddle. love to your family, from mine