The Weird Way Musicians Can Benefit From COVID-19

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Dear Passengers,

The havoc the COVID-19 virus has wreaked on the entire planet is beyond measure. We’ll be feeling the effects for years to come—maybe generations.

- The unthinkable sadness families and friends feel when they lose somebody they love.

- The physical and emotional toll it has taken on the heroic and tireless healthcare workers and first responders.

- The stress the scientists are going through as they try to fast track a vaccine.

- The emotional rollercoaster and fear brought daily into our homes via the media.

- The lives ruined (and likely some suicides) caused by the unthinkable economic destruction. Businesses lost, jobs lost, and retirement funds lost.

- The emotional stress and loneliness of being isolated in our homes for weeks on end.

- The horrible toll it’s taken on our most precious and sometimes least valued generation, as they remain isolated from family and friends in their senior care facilities.

Those are more than just bullet points. This time, it’s not somebody else over there. It’s us… all of us!
 
Those are the real stories of real people. And much like what happened in the aftermath of 9/11, these stories will be told for decades in books, by word of mouth, on the Internet, and mostly by Hollywood.
 
Scripts were being written all over Hollywood as soon as this pandemic became our new reality. Hundreds of them. Some may have already gotten the green light, and casting is quietly being done over Zoom and Skype as I type this.
 
As soon as it’s allowed, socially-distanced directors will be shouting, “Action!” on movie and TV sets all over the world. And every single one of those productions is going to need music.
 
Yes, in a perverse twist of fate, musicians who are often at the bottom of the food chain, get to go to the front of the line this time around. “How?” you ask?
 
Because, you can start making music for the stories of the COVID-19 Pandemic right now! You don’t need to wait for anybody to green light your productions.

“But Michael, what kind of music will they need?”
Join me for a very special episode of TAXI TV on Monday at 4 pm Pacific Time, and I’ll tell you in excruciating detail! Have a notepad ready.
 
Together, you and I are going to look at every possible aspect of where, when, and how music will be used in the various types of TV shows, documentaries, and feature films.
 
We’re going to look at this through the lenses of screenwriters, directors, producers, music supervisors, and editors.
 
By the end of this episode of TAXI TV, you will know not only what to create for the coming onslaught of music requests, but you’ll also have developed an incredibly valuable new skillset that 99% of musicians never even think about: anticipating what kind of music will be needed before the cameras start to roll.
 
Clear your calendar and be in front of your computer, TV, smartphone or iPad at 3:59 pm SHARP on this coming Monday, April 20th.
 
Don’t be late. Don’t miss a minute of what very well might be the most important episode of TAXI TV we’ve done in more than 10 years of broadcasting.

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Don't miss this,
Michael

P.S. Watch the film Contagion before TAXI TV!