Sad Instrumental Submission

[LanceWalker]

Hello Everybody,

I wanted to run this 1st draft by you guys to see what you think. Sad enough for the instrumental? I'm glad they specified that it can be an instrumental or an instrumental cue. I'm still working on the cue thing lol! But any feedback would be much appreciated!
https://www.taxi.com/members/eIy30tvKSW ... -last-wish



SAD, MINIMALIST PIANO & STRINGS INSTRUMENTALS and/or INSTRUMENTAL CUES are needed by a NEW International Music Licensing Company started by highly experienced, successful founders!

TAXI TIP: This is a hot new Library that's BRAND NEW to requesting music through TAXI, so chances are you don’t have any material in their catalog yet! This company is all about "new, fresh music," so this is a great opportunity to get in first and create a new outlet for your music and begin a new relationship with an awesome new company!

This Company is searching for Instrumentals and/or Instrumental Cues in the general ballpark of these references:

"Reminiscence" by Ólafur Arnalds & Alice Sara Ott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktp2Tjfi5ko

"Compassione" by Cavallo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKWcfb4GsY0

"Into The Abyss" by Jackson Mullane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8HDPqVcuXw

Quoting the Company: "We are looking for greatly produced tracks with excellent performances that are representing the style and genre very well, while still staying within 'production music' rules."

Please submit modern, minimalist Piano and String Instrumentals (or Cues) with an overall sad sound and feel. Your submissions should have compelling melodies and a combination of Piano and String instrumentation. If you plan on using virtual piano or string instruments, they should sound like the real thing – anything that sounds synthetic, low quality, or obviously MIDI-driven won’t work for this request. Please be sure that your production is high-quality and modern, as well.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This Company offers an Exclusive deal, and has a strong preference for signing material from songwriters who have worked for libraries and licensing companies in the past and understand how standard deals work. If you don't have that experience and you don't know the drill on typical deals, they politely ask that you don't submit to this request.

All submissions should be at least 1:45 minutes long and no longer than 2:45 minutes, with non-faded, buttoned endings. Do NOT copy the referenced examples in any way, shape, or form. Use them only as a general guide for tempo, tone, and overall vibe. Broadcast Quality is needed.

This company offers an EXCLUSIVE deal. You’ll split any upfront sync fees 50/50. They’ll get 100% of the Publisher’s share, and you’ll get 100% of the Writer’s share. You must own or control 100% of your Master and Copyright. Since this is an EXCLUSIVE deal, please be sure the material you submit for this pitch is NOT already signed with any other Libraries or Catalogs. Please submit as many Instrumentals and/or Instrumental Cues as you’d like, online or per CD. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI. Submissions must be received no later than 11:59 PM (PST) on Wednesday, February 9th, 2022. TAXI # S220209SD

[irthlingz]

Really beautiful!

One thing is you could probably bring up the overall level quite a bit without risking clipping/distortion.

In addition, I would let the last note ring out a bit more. Even though it does ring out, it feels a bit snipped at the end.

Finally – and I'll be interested to hear from others on this – I wonder whether there should be more layering and instruments coming in and out. On the one hand it does say "minimalist". On the other hand, they want the piece to stay within "production music rules". So ...?

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Michael

[LanceWalker]

Really beautiful!

One thing is you could probably bring up the overall level quite a bit without risking clipping/distortion.

In addition, I would let the last note ring out a bit more. Even though it does ring out, it feels a bit snipped at the end.

Finally – and I'll be interested to hear from others on this – I wonder whether there should be more layering and instruments coming in and out. On the one hand it does say "minimalist". On the other hand, they want the piece to stay within "production music rules". So ...?

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Michael

Thanks irthlingz! I definitely feel you on the level. I just didn't want to risk clipping it like you said by raising the level. But I'm gonna go ahead and do that for sure.

As for the ending, I sometimes get scared about the "stinger" ending they're always talking about. I remember them saying that it shouldn't be too long. But for this song, it just doesn't feel right for the last chord to be too short, as you pointed out. I'm just gonna change that too because it just feels better.

The minimalist thing is what stopped me from doing too much with the instruments, so you're spot on with my mindset going into this honestly. I wanted to add orchestral percussion and all that, but they said piano and strings so I just kept it as simple as I could.

I appreciate that feedback sir, I'm about to raise the level and add a little bit more length to that ending right now!

Thanks
Lance

[LanceWalker]

Just raised the level a little and added to the end. The link is the same as above.

I hesitated to add and remove instruments as I'm going to wait for others to reply. Thanks again irthlingz!

[eandersonmusic]

Great piece Lance! Kept my interest throughout.
I don't think they are looking for a lot of layered tracks, really simple is, I believe, what they want.
There is certainly enough movement which keeps it evolving, I wouldn't change much if anything.
Just my thoughts..

[LanceWalker]

Great piece Lance! Kept my interest throughout.
I don't think they are looking for a lot of layered tracks, really simple is, I believe, what they want.
There is certainly enough movement which keeps it evolving, I wouldn't change much if anything.
Just my thoughts..

Yo thanks for the comment and love Erik. I'll wait a little bit to see if anybody else has anything that they can see as a problem before I submit, but it sounds like I may be on the right track.

Thanks,
Lance

[JaredAbrams]

Hi Lance,
As it currently stands, I wouldn’t change a thing. I think you are spot on for this request and I gladly listened all the way through because you kept it interesting throughout. Nice work IMHO and Good Luck!!!

[LanceWalker]

Hi Lance,
As it currently stands, I wouldn’t change a thing. I think you are spot on for this request and I gladly listened all the way through because you kept it interesting throughout. Nice work IMHO and Good Luck!!!

Hello Jared,

Thanks for that feedback man! This helps me solidify that I'm on the right track. Thanks for taking time out to listen and comment!