I love these listings but....... (grin)

[hummingbird]

Hehe every time I see one of these listings I cross my fingers and hope that something I've recorded somewhere on a cassette tape might fit the brief. But this one made me laugh. Original French songs in any language, written in 1960s or before? Let's assume you had to be at least 8 years old to pen this and had the forethought to have the work for hire for the people that helped you record it so you own the master.... *smiles*


VINTAGE FRENCH “CHANSON” STYLE SONGS with Male or Female Vocals in ANY language Recorded in the 1960s or before are needed by an A-List Music Publisher for Film and TV sync licensing opportunities. If you’ve got old recordings that sound like they could be on a playlist with the references they gave us, or anything that would have been a playlist with those acts, you might have exactly what this awesome publisher needs:

Dans le Port d Amsterdam Jacques Brel
“La Valse a Mille Temps” by Jacques Brel
“Milord” by Edith Piaf

You can submit old masters or demos for this pitch. The recording quality is not expected to be on par with today’s broadcast quality! Many TAXI members have been signed by this publisher with nothing more than good demo recordings! They’re much more interested finding music that sounds authentic to the time period!

This Publisher is the hot, go-to company for a long list of extremely popular TV shows and big Feature Films when they need music that is authentically from a particular time period. The Publisher pays you upfront for the master rights and the Publisher’s share of the copyright, and you keep the Writer’s Share of the publishing and earn income from performance royalties paid by your Performing Rights Organization.

This company often averages several placements per week, and many of those are TAXI members who’ve been signed with this company because they submitted to a listing like this! Dozens of TAXI members have signed buy out, cash-up-front deals with this company. Several have even received up front checks for $10,000 - $15,000 (or more!) Deal sizes and buyout amounts vary depending on the quantity and quality of the songs signed by the Publisher.

They DO NOT want material that was recently recorded and made to sound old. They can only use AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL, VINTAGE RECORDINGS, as long as the sound quality is reasonably good. This is a golden opportunity to make money with music you might have thought had no hope in today’s market!

Your name needs to be on the copyright. Your songs need to be original compositions (no covers), and you need to own or control the copyright and master recordings to submit for this pitch. DO NOT SUBMIT FOR FRIENDS! Please submit one to three songs online or per CD. Please include lyrics. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI and must be received no later than 11:59PM (PDT), on Monday, April 10th, 2017. TAXI #S170410VF

[Len911]

Hmmm, almost expected to get to the bottom and see a "must be received on April 1st,(April Fools Day)!

[Tunesmith]

Yes..that is pretty funny! It caught my eye for sure! Wonder how it would sound in Mandarin?

Linda C.