Where are all the good listings...for me?

[geo]

Hey Joel, you seem to have figured it out, good luck and speaking as a 44 year old guy, you never have to be too old for anything buddy. Stay Frosty, Geo

[squids]

Ahhh, geo, you still a baby. You're 5 years younger than me!Love the saying under your avatar, btw. And Joel, sounds like a great plan! I hope you enjoy the heck out of what you're doing and I'll look foi ya when you come back.

[mazz]

May 24, 2008, 2:28pm, jmullins73 wrote:Wow, this is a lot of good stuff to think about! Thanks everyone for your input. It seems that if I'm going to get the most out of Taxi, I need to make writing and recording music for specific Taxi submissions my number one priority as far as music goes. But I'm just not ready to do that. I'm still gigging and recording and releasing albums and working my tail off to promote my band. So when I sit down to write, I'm trying to write songs for my band; I'm trying to write songs that turn me on and get me excited, and I'm not at all concerned with whether it's commercial or not. As long as I like it and my bandmates like it, then I'm happy. (But obviously, I hope others will like it too.) I could definitely see this changing at some point in the future. So it's possible that I need to wait a few years until I'm ready to take a break from being in a band and start spending my musical time writing music for specific listings. I would probably have a lot more time to write in that situation, which would be cool. Thanks again,JoelYeah Joel,My wife went through this same process a few years ago. She also writes for herself and her projects and just found TAXI to be frustrating for many of the same reasons you mentioned. Also she's trying to tour and promote, which takes a lot of time.I'm just the opposite. Gigging, etc. takes too much time away from writing and I totally enjoy writing for listings (I'm also not a songwriter at this point in my life). I prefer staying in my studio and cranking out music for Film/TV.The thing is, songs usually pay a lot more than instrumentals when they are played on TV, but there are usually only one or two spots for songs with vocals whereas instrumental music can be behind just about anything. So it's a tougher target to hit with songs than with instrumentals. When you get tired of the grind of gigging and when your back is tired from moving gear, you might enjoy a change and new challenge.Good luck!!Mazz

[jmullins73]

Yeah, when I'm recovering from my hernia operation, I should have plenty of time to write some film/tv stuff. I'm sure that'll be happening within the next few years. My gear is heavy. I definitely would appreciate the challenge. And I have a lot of little things that I've written that I've been unable to turn into complete songs, and I'd love to develop those ideas into instrumentals. Haven't decided for sure if I'm leaving Taxi or not. But if I do, I'll almost definitely be back.Joel

[mikehelms]

The thing I would say Joel'It's a gamble' this industry' all the things that go into makein it'No guarantees anywhere till yer there' and then it's only through hindsight' that ya see how ya done it' more brands in the fire I figure' besides I torture people all the time with my tunes' kinda cool payin a tich to know they gots to sit through it'