CUTS! I'm actually a songwriter now!!
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CUTS! I'm actually a songwriter now!!
It's all official! I just got my first cut!!
Our publisher just emailed that a song I wrote a couple of months ago just got released with this huge Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2.
I'm so stoked!
I've been working towards this goal for the past 5 years.
When Roar came out I fell in love with pop music. I'd known about this guy Max Martin, but that song got me hooked.
I started working on some of my own songs.
Soon I heard about Taxi. I didn't really have the money to become a member, but after about a year of trying to write some good songs I decided to put down that 300 bucks and start sending Taxi some of my music..
I soon found out my lyrics were ridiculously bad, so I found 'LyricsMatter' here on the forum. Together we wrote some really cool songs, one of which just got used in a cool show called 'Good Trouble' on Freeform.
I did a lot of cues and got a little lucky and a lot of cues started being used on The Kardashians an other shows. I got into a bunch of libraries not directly through forwards, but definitely through the Taxi community.
Then about two years ago I started getting into K-pop. Again a year later I met my two co-writers here in The Netherlands. Together we started writing one song a week. We found a publisher in Stockholm, and got really good feedback from these huge record companies in Asia.
About 3 months ago we started getting e-mails from Japan and Korea that these huge acts were interested in a couple of songs.
And now, our first cut!
And even better, we got 2 more cuts coming up with these HUGE acts in Korea.
We keep grinding and cracking out a song a week, and I'm sure we'll have a lot more releases coming up.
I'm so proud that I can finally call myself a 'songwriter' now.
Thank you so much Taxi, and the Taxi community. I learned SOO much from you all. I love Taxi and it's community. Thanks!!!
Our publisher just emailed that a song I wrote a couple of months ago just got released with this huge Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2.
I'm so stoked!
I've been working towards this goal for the past 5 years.
When Roar came out I fell in love with pop music. I'd known about this guy Max Martin, but that song got me hooked.
I started working on some of my own songs.
Soon I heard about Taxi. I didn't really have the money to become a member, but after about a year of trying to write some good songs I decided to put down that 300 bucks and start sending Taxi some of my music..
I soon found out my lyrics were ridiculously bad, so I found 'LyricsMatter' here on the forum. Together we wrote some really cool songs, one of which just got used in a cool show called 'Good Trouble' on Freeform.
I did a lot of cues and got a little lucky and a lot of cues started being used on The Kardashians an other shows. I got into a bunch of libraries not directly through forwards, but definitely through the Taxi community.
Then about two years ago I started getting into K-pop. Again a year later I met my two co-writers here in The Netherlands. Together we started writing one song a week. We found a publisher in Stockholm, and got really good feedback from these huge record companies in Asia.
About 3 months ago we started getting e-mails from Japan and Korea that these huge acts were interested in a couple of songs.
And now, our first cut!
And even better, we got 2 more cuts coming up with these HUGE acts in Korea.
We keep grinding and cracking out a song a week, and I'm sure we'll have a lot more releases coming up.
I'm so proud that I can finally call myself a 'songwriter' now.
Thank you so much Taxi, and the Taxi community. I learned SOO much from you all. I love Taxi and it's community. Thanks!!!
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Congratulations, Jan!
I am over-the-top happy for you!
I've witnessed this journey of yours almost from the beginning, and I know firsthand how incredibly hard you’ve worked to achieve this goal.
Glad to call you friend and proud of what we've accomplished as co-writers through collaboration.
The "first" of many more artist cuts to come, for sure!
Trisha
I am over-the-top happy for you!
I've witnessed this journey of yours almost from the beginning, and I know firsthand how incredibly hard you’ve worked to achieve this goal.
Glad to call you friend and proud of what we've accomplished as co-writers through collaboration.
The "first" of many more artist cuts to come, for sure!
Trisha
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Jan...so, so, so Wunderbar!!! Congratulations big time!! Great story and so happy for you, you songwriter!!!
Keep us posted and would love to hear the song and others!
Best,
Linda C
Keep us posted and would love to hear the song and others!
Best,
Linda C
Fine tuning a tune..Tenuto!
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Domo arigato! How cool is that?
CONGRATS & CHEERS.
Imagine what doors that might open for you...
CONGRATS & CHEERS.
Imagine what doors that might open for you...
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Big congrats!!
If that ain't validation I don't know what is!
If that ain't validation I don't know what is!
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Wow! That's amazing!
Way to go and put in the work. You story is a testimonial that it IS possible.
Way to go and put in the work. You story is a testimonial that it IS possible.
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Way to go! Congratulations! And I love the band name. Hope you get to hear them do it live someday - how cool would that be?
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Great Story Jan! Congrats!
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Wow, that is FANTASTIC! Congratulations all around! I'm sure your success will grow and continue!
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That's very cool! Have you stopped dancing yet ? A few months ago I was in SK for a couple months and it's amazing how huge K-Pop is there. Looks like your rocket is taking off. Congrats!
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