follow ups after forwards: how were you contacted

[dominic]

Im patiently awaiting a time when one of my songs that has been forwarded actually gets placed, or at least someone that it gets forwarded to contacts me about it.So id like some of you to share your stories of your first contact after your song was forwarded. ie, did the label/whomever call ya up and say "we'll take it" or what.I wanna know what to be prepared for..ThanksI appreciate the infoDominicwww.myspace.com/overthrowrecords

[ciskokidd]

Hey Dominic,First of all, the forward goes to the company involved and it may sit on their desk for some time, especially if they are busy with other projects. I've had songs where they have taken over a year to get back to me. That of course is not the norm, but it can take quite some time to hear back.There are also many times when you will never hear back from them. Either the song didn't meet their needs or they found what they wanted in one of the other forwards. That's just the reality of the business.My advice to you is to let it run it's course. Don't fret about when you will get that call, but instead start writing more tunes. This will help you in getting more forwards and in being prepared should they come back and ask for more music.It's important to realize that once you send your music out there you no longer have any control over the situation. What you can control is how you move forward.Write more!Best regards,Cisco

[yrrepy]

hey, dominic In my experience, I received a phone call only one time. A Music Supervisor wanted to use my song in an independent film. Sadly, my song never made it in to the final edit. When I signed a song with a music library, they contacted me by email. In fact, all of my correspondence with the music library was by email. I never once spoke to a live person over the phone. An independent Nashville music publisher wanted to sign one of my songs, which I politely declined (see 'yrrepy responds' for the full story) and all of the correspondence I had with him was via email. He never gave me his phone number. I have had numerous forwards, perhaps 15 or so, and about half of those were to major labels and/or publishers. Cisco is right. You need to be able to forget about your forwards and concentrate on writing. My advice to you is to meet and write with other writers, and to try and network with other industry professionals. Taxi is a good thing, but it's not the only thing.yrrepy

[tedsingingfox]

Hey, Dominic.I was checking my email one afternoon and noticed one from someone I didn't know, with the words "TAXI submission" as the subject/title. It was from one of the owners of a publishing house, telling me they wanted to represent my song "..which we found through a TAXI listing you submitted it for". they also asked to hear any other instrumentals I might have available to see if they'd be interested in licensing them as well.They signed three. And the contracts were attached to the email letting me know they wanted the three songs.That's how it happened for me, anyway.Ted

[gitarrero]

most of the times I did get an email. one or two times (out of ten) was by phone.anyway - cisco is right; you can't control what happens with a forward, BUT you definitely can control your submissions. so that's the point to work on.best of luck,martin

[stick]

First deal was by phone, the others by email.

[mewman]

My first and only contract offer (so far) was received by e-mail.

[hummingbird]

Everything to date has been email. Advice: whatever email address you use when you join Taxi should be an email address you will have for the next few years. You don't know how long it will be from 'forward' to 'contact',Hummin'bird

[reggiesnd1]

We all know that this business moves slow but i think we should get an answer yes or no by the label/company within a reasonable amount of time 4-6 months??? Hypothetical situation.... what if I submit a track to Taxi and they forward it to a company so the next step is to wait until I get notified well thats all good if I get that email or phone call. But what if I don't get that call??? maybe Ive waited maybe a year or so and then I ran out of patients and used the track for a different project???? then I'm at risk of not being able to use the track with that company I could have shopped the track too different companies...Being in limbo about your situation can get frustrating I found this publishing company that I submitted a track without using taxi and they gave me an answer the next day unfortunately for me they did not take my submission but at least I got an answer. I know that I can take a different direction with that particular track

[hummingbird]

Quote:We all know that this business moves slow but i think we should get an answer yes or no by the label/company within a reasonable amount of time 4-6 months??? Hypothetical situation.... what if I submit a track to Taxi and they forward it to a company so the next step is to wait until I get notified well thats all good if I get that email or phone call. But what if I don't get that call??? maybe Ive waited maybe a year or so and then I ran out of patients and used the track for a different project???? then I'm at risk of not being able to use the track with that company I could have shopped the track too different companies...Being in limbo about your situation can get frustrating I found this publishing company that I submitted a track without using taxi and they gave me an answer the next day unfortunately for me they did not take my submission but at least I got an answer. I know that I can take a different direction with that particular track Unfortunately, this is just how the business works & I don't think it will change anytime soon. Even solicited submissions will sit on a shelf until they have time to get to them. If you have already signed the forwarded piece by the time they call, all the better -- you can say, politely, "I'm afraid that particular piece is no longer available for licencing, but I have a similar piece I could submit to you for consideration" - and then you either submit your similar piece or bust a gut to create something similar and submit it & thereby add to your cataloque.H