Making significant $ with film/TV music

[cosmicdolphin]

Can I ask, is this story relatively standard? Are things likely to pick up? will I get a placement? Am I not churning out enough music perhaps? I am interested to hear that instrumentals do far better and perhaps should focus on that more.
I would love to know everyone's thoughts, personal experience and advise. Thanks

Your experience sounds somewhat typical, although I guess the question is whether it's typical of a successful member?

3 years and 158 submissions sounds you've given it a fair shot but I would ask how many of those submissions were made specially for the brief or are you pitching songss you already have because you think they might be a good fit? I ask because it happens a lot and it rarely works out well.

I would say the golden rules for getting anywhere in this biz are 1. Write to the Listing 2.Be Productive ( one track per week minimum ) 3. Keep Going

If you've done that for 3 years and the forward rate is low ( I class 30%+ as good ) then it might be time to get someone more experienced to have a listen to what you're doing who can tell you whether it's on target or not. Obviously some of it must be or it wouldn't have gotten a forward so that's good news.

Instrumentals get used a lot more so it's easier to make, sign and get them placed - Before Taxi I just wrote songs but I switched to Instrumentals as I don't sing well enough for sync...I still write the ocasional song for others to sing and have had some do well on TV but 95% of my earnigs come from instrumentals.

If you want to know my own journey ( and everyone's is different ) I post an update every year: nine-year-update-t152454.html

Mark

[telefunkin]

I would love to know everyone's thoughts, personal experience and advise. Thanks

Here's my advice: Are there common comments in your feedback? If so, consider what you are doing to get better and increase your chances of getting forwards and a library deal (placements are what happen after your music is licensed). Are you watching Taxi TV? Do you watch 'Matt's Music Minute' on Youtube? Are you gaining knowledge on all aspects of the business? Are you learning production techniques? Are you listening to the forwarded tracks to work out what got them there? Are you going to the Rally? Are you reading the forums and listening to the tracks others post for opinions? Are you listening to new music and keeping up with genres/styles? Are you seeking collaborators who could help you, or you could help them?

If you're doing all these things then its probably only a matter of time before you make something happen. If you're not, then maybe you ought to give some or all of them a go. You could continue without Taxi provided you know how and where to submit to libraries and are sufficiently driven to do so. Alternatively, staying with Taxi will keep you working for deadlines and provide routes to libraries that you wouldn't get otherwise. Yes, you'll keep paying, but that's good enough reason to make the most of what Taxi offers while you're a member, and think how far you've come already. Would you have learned all of that without Taxi?

Best of luck, whatever you decide .