Suitability for EDM listing #S221206QQ

[tpwmusic]

Hi Guys,

I have a bunch of EDM / Trance style tracks which I wrote back in 2002. So yeah, 20 year old music!

I was thinking of submitting them as they are for this listing:

https://www.taxi.com/industry#listing-S221206QQ

CUTTING-EDGE ELECTRONIC DANCE INSTRUMENTALS are needed by a Record Label that's distributed by a HUGE Dutch Electronic Music Record Label.

This Label is searching high and low for a wide range of EDM instrumentals that could be heard on a playlist with the following examples (and others like them):

"Hot In It" by Tiësto & Charli XCX

"Turn On The Lights again.." by Fred again.. & Swedish House Mafia feat. Future

"The Last Goodbye" by ODESZA feat. Bettye LaVette

"Highest Building" by Flume feat. Oklou

Although the references have Vocals, please submit Instrumentals Only for this request.

Please submit current-sounding Electronic Dance Instrumentals that could top the Dance charts! Your submissions should have energizing beats, catchy hooks, captivating arrangements with ton of great energy, and plenty of mainstream appeal. Stylistically, your tracks can range on the EDM scale from Techno to Trance to House to Bass to just about any popular EDM sub-genre in between! Instrumentation in the general wheelhouse of the references (and other top tracks in the EDM genres) will work best for this request. Including some non-lyrical vocal slices could work, as well – just don't over do it! Please be sure your production and any virtual instruments or samples you use are cutting-edge and high-quality. If you have tracks that are on the forefront of EDM, send them in!

Your production and recording quality needs to be clean, clear, well-balanced, and good enough to represent your Songs well. Do NOT copy the references in any way, shape, or form. Use them only as a general guide for tempo, tone, texture, and overall vibe.

IMPORTANT TAXI Tip: We recommend that you submit at least THREE Instrumentals per submission so they can see if you’ve got depth in your material.

Do you think any these are the right ball park, or are they long overdue being dragged into the recycle bin!

https://www.taxi.com/members/k42FZOv_Sp ... he-horizon

https://www.taxi.com/members/k42FZOv_Sp ... e-affected

https://www.taxi.com/members/k42FZOv_Sp ... e-equation

https://www.taxi.com/members/k42FZOv_Sp ... nown-theme

https://www.taxi.com/members/k42FZOv_Sp ... al-eclipse

Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Glenn

[Paulie]

You've got some really cool tracks there! I don't think they are a good fit for the listing, based on the references. BUT, keep them because you might eventually see a listing for 2000s EDM, or "retro vintage EDM actually recorded in teh 2000s." One of the most important things for composers to do, especially in electronic genres, is to sound current. Your music is quite good, genre specific and accurate... but not for the listing.

[tpwmusic]

You've got some really cool tracks there! I don't think they are a good fit for the listing, based on the references. BUT, keep them because you might eventually see a listing for 2000s EDM, or "retro vintage EDM actually recorded in teh 2000s." One of the most important things for composers to do, especially in electronic genres, is to sound current. Your music is quite good, genre specific and accurate... but not for the listing.

Thanks Paulie...that's good advice. I'll keep my eyes peeled for those 2000s EDM listings

[cosmicdolphin]

Those are good tunes for the time but things have moved on. Don't put them in the recycle bin but I don't feel they are right for this listing and it might be a long time before you see a 2000's EDM request.

I'm sure you would be capable of sounding more current as we have loads more tools available to us now , but best best advice is always " write to the listings " rather than trying to shoehorn in pre-existing material that rarely works.

Mark

[Paulie]

Thanks Paulie...that's good advice. I'll keep my eyes peeled for those 2000s EDM listings

I wasn't kidding. There are libraries that look for original period recordings... stuff "actually" recorded during the timeframe, not newly recorded stuff made to sound older. Keep them around.