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How do you think Taxi forwards music?

Post by fusilierb » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:08 am

I know we (I) submit everything electronically to Taxi. Do you think they then burn these forwards to a CD, or do you think there is some sort of backend portal that allows the libraries to listen to what we have posted on Taxi's system?The heart of the question really goes like this, do you think, after something has been forwarded, if we upload a new version to Taxi, that the library gets to hear the latest version or the one that was listened to at the time of the forward. Just curious to see if we time to further work on stuff that is forwarded.B

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Re: How do you think Taxi forwards music?

Post by bigbluebarry » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:25 am

Mar 6, 2009, 11:11am, hummingbird wrote:Mar 6, 2009, 11:08am, fusilierb wrote:I know we (I) submit everything electronically to Taxi. Do you think they then burn these forwards to a CD, or do you think there is some sort of backend portal that allows the libraries to listen to what we have posted on Taxi's system?The heart of the question really goes like this, do you think, after something has been forwarded, if we upload a new version to Taxi, that the library gets to hear the latest version or the one that was listened to at the time of the forward. Just curious to see if we time to further work on stuff that is forwarded.BMy most recent info is that it's burnt on a CD and sent over to the listing party.I can vouch for this as I saw first hand a CD that was sent to a listing party as a result of a forward I had back in November. We actually met with the listing people in person and they had the TAXI CD laying out on their desk.So to answer your question B, if you upload something after the song has been forwarded, I don't believe the listing party will hear your uploaded version. I don't know when the CD gets made, but my guess is that the CD's are made prior to us receiving notification of the forwards. But I have no way of backing that up.HTH,- Big Blue
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Re: How do you think Taxi forwards music?

Post by t4mh » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:39 am

I also know this. If you submit a piece for a listing you cannot remove the piece from your homepage and upload a new one until the listing ends. I have tried to do exactly this and the server will not allow the song to be renoved or changed.Keith
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Re: How do you think Taxi forwards music?

Post by geo » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:57 pm

Mar 15, 2009, 6:39am, t4mh wrote:I also know this. If you submit a piece for a listing you cannot remove the piece from your homepage and upload a new one until the listing ends. I have tried to do exactly this and the server will not allow the song to be renoved or changed.KeithYou can use the edit button on the music page to update the mix up until the song is critiqued as far as I know.... I think they only burn CD's if forwarded.... or they have wasted a lot of time burning CD's for me! Peace, Geo

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Re: How do you think Taxi forwards music?

Post by hummingbird » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:53 pm

Apr 7, 2009, 3:57pm, geo wrote:Mar 15, 2009, 6:39am, t4mh wrote:I also know this. If you submit a piece for a listing you cannot remove the piece from your homepage and upload a new one until the listing ends. I have tried to do exactly this and the server will not allow the song to be renoved or changed.KeithYou can use the edit button on the music page to update the mix up until the song is critiqued as far as I know.... I think they only burn CD's if forwarded.... or they have wasted a lot of time burning CD's for me! Peace, GeoYou can upload a new mix anytime after submission, by going to your music page and clicking on "edit". HOWEVER, once the deadline has passed, there is no way of knowing which version the screener listened to.
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Re: How do you think Taxi forwards music?

Post by iceman » Mon May 04, 2009 6:33 pm

A while back, I wrote taxi and suggested they embed the MP3 file name on the critique sheet so we could identify which version of a mix was critiqued. Doesn't seem like it would be that big of a programming task. I never heard anything back. That causes me to suspect that the screening process may sometimes begin before the deadline.-Randy

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