TAXI Member Deals - February 2009

[taxidave]

Hey All,Sorry for the delay on the deals! Was stuck in traffic.... Nah, but seriously, still going through 150 deal e-mails, I have some catching up to do. I never grow tired of hearing them though! After posting your deals here on the forum, don't forget to e-mail them to ');// -->deals@taxi.com.Congrats to everyone here in the month of February! Keep up the amazing tunes guys! Member Deals 2/1/09 – 2/28/09Ruth Brock (California)-Ruthie’s band Gold Hill recently received a royalty check as a result of one of their songs being placed during the GAC cable network show, The Grand Ol’ Opry Live!, one of the most popular television programs in country music today reaching more than 39 million households. Ruthie mentioned that this placement was a result of attending the TAXI Road Rally.Ruthie’s band also signed 17 songs with a very successful Music Publisher that has placed many TAXI members music in major film and TV projects as a result of handing a CD to the president of this company at the TAXI Road Rally.And as a result of a forward to a west coast Music Licensing Company/Library through TAXI, 14 Gold Hill songs were picked up.“Thanks to you guys, we had our ducks in a row. These are opportunities we never would have had, being a band of 50-somethings and not being commercially viable. So thanks for everything!”David Chong (Hawaii)-David Chong, TAXI member since 1998, recently reported that his song “Walk On Out The Door” was placed in the ABC daytime soap opera One Life To Live as a result of a forward through TAXI years prior. David has also licensed his music with numerous other companies through TAXI including: a Midwest-based Music Library/Publisher, a UK-based Production Music Library, the President of an established LA-based Music Library/Publishing company, and an Online Music Licensing company.“I got the royalty check from ASCAP back in July for about $XXX. That was the first money I ever made with my music. Thank you Taxi!!”Patrick Rydman (Sweden)-Patrick reports that his Jazz song “The End of the Rainbow” was placed in the February 12th episode of the NBC comedy series, Kath & Kim. This was the result of a forward through TAXI to a Music Publisher that specializes in Film/TV placements.“TAXI had forwarded some of my songs to ****, and they wanted to hear more. In the end they signed almost all of my Jazz material in a non-exclusive deal (using re-titling). Now, one of my songs, "The End Of The Rainbow" just got aired in the NBC comedy show Kath & Kim! You need a few things to succeed: talent, patience, persistence and someone like TAXI to connect the dots. Thank you!”Alfred Gruber (Washington)-Alfred recently updated us on his previous connection through TAXI with a Los Angeles based Commercial and Production Music Composer who runs a Music Library. So far Alfred has published 10 songs with them, and the Production Music Composer is now actively pitching his music to Cable TV Music Supervisors. Alfred is currently able to send them music whenever he creates new tunes.“BIG, HUGE (sorry for yelling ) props to TAXI for making all this possible. Your service has exceeded expectations!”Mike Mostert (California)-Mike recently reported that he had a song placed in a major scene on the NBC comedy series, Kath & Kim. This was the result of a forward through TAXI to a Music Publisher that specializes in Film/TV placements. Mike’s band Bigg Mouth has also signed an additional 9 songs for film/TV licensing.David Wilkinson (Spain)-After a forward through two separate TAXI listing requests to the same Music Supervisor, David was contacted shortly after he was notified he was forwarded and ended up signing 15 songs in the styles of Punk/Rock, Blues, and Jazz to pitch to popular reality TV shows.James Merry (Norway)-As a result of attending the 2008 TAXI Road Rally, James was able to grab the attention of the President/CEO of a highly successful Music Publisher and handed her his CD. Two months later, James received an e-mail from this Music Publisher offering a deal for his song “Right Track.”Geoff Chorlton (United Kingdom)-A Music Publisher who has signed several TAXI artists/writers and has secured dozens of great Film/TV placements recently signed 9 Dance/Electronica tracks from Geoff’s band, Saved By Zero.Doug Stronach (Canada)-As the result of a forward through TAXI to an established Music Publisher in Los Angeles, Doug signed his solo arrangement of “Amazing Grace.”Callie Cardamon (California)-Callie recently informed us that her Jazz/Swing song “California Dreamin’” was forwarded to an Independent Record Label with Major Distribution through TAXI, and they are interested in including her tune on a compilation CD, and even requested to hear more tunes from Callie.Michael Westbrock (Minnesota)-Michael connected with a UK-based Production Music Library for Film/TV placement opportunities as the result of a forward through TAXI. Michael signed 4 songs exclusively with them recently, and here’s how it happened in his own words:“With (company name withheld), I had a song signed by them a few years back via TAXI. I asked them at that time if they wanted to hear any others, but they said no. A few years later they had some new listings in TAXI and a few of my songs were forwarded. In all, they've signed four songs (exclusively).”“About a year ago Michael Laskow talked about TAXI members pitching music for film/tv. I watched the video series he suggested with Matt Hirt and decided to give it a shot. To that end, I composed a series of 6 rock instrumentals specifically designed for the film/tv market. I'm happy to report it was a success! I was recently contacted by two seperate libraries interested in signing my songs. Not only did all 6 of my rock instrumentals get signed, but they picked up a few more from my back catalogue, for a total of 8 in all.”“Thanks TAXI!”Michael Westbrock (Minnesota)-Michael recently signed a non-exclusive deal for 5 of his Instrumental pieces to a very successful Production Music Library as the result of a forward a few weeks prior through TAXI. Michael can also submit more material to add to their catalog whenever he creates more Instrumentals.Christopher Lagogiannis (Canada)-Chris’s Pop/R&B song “Be My Lover” was recently signed to a Los Angeles based Music Publisher as the result of a connection made through TAXI.Tomoko Fukuda (New York)-Tomoko signed a non-exclusive deal for his House tune with a Music Publisher with tons of Film/TV placements as the result of a forward through TAXI.Judson Lee (Virginia)-Judson’s most recent success consists of a few different connections made through TAXI. He recently signed around 50 tracks with a Music Licensing company run by a veteran of the industry, for various Film/TV placements.Judson Lee (Virginia)-Judson also made a connection through TAXI with a Los Angeles based Commercial and Production Music Composer who runs a Music Library and has also had many television placements on such cable networks as HBO, MTV, VH1, etc. The company signed 120 of Judson’s tunes, and they have already pitched 78 of his tunes to new VH1 reality TV shows.Judson Lee (Virginia)-Last but not least, Judson signed ALL 149 of his songs with an established Music Licensing company who provides content for major clients including Toyota, AOL, Google, Visa, Xbox, Adidas and more as a result of a connection made through TAXI.“In the past 2 months things have really exploded.”“Thanks, without TAXI I would have not created so many songs in only a year and a half and would not have improved so much!!!!”Michael Tauben (United Kingdom)-Michael recently reported that he licensed his song “Fedora” as the result of a forward through TAXI to an Independent Record Label who specializes in the styles of Muzak and various background music applications.Richard Hunter (Connecticut)-As a result of a forward through TAXI to a Music Supervisor, Richard ended up signing a non-exclusive deal for his uptempo Blues song “Minor Kill.” The Music Supervisor who focuses on placing music on reality shows also licensed another one of Richard’s Blues songs, plus Richard is now recording another 5 cues with one of the Music Supervisors in-house composers.Dominick Serpico (New Jersey)-Through a previous connection he made via TAXI, Dominick has recently signed 3 Italian Instrumentals to an Independent Record Label with established distribution, and they are wanting more tunes from Dominick. This label is also discussing being the publisher on his Italian music album.“Thank you TAXI. Been sending tunes in for a year now, had over 30 forwards. Things are picking up.”Larry Folk (Canada)-Larry’s Instrumental track “Nunca Mas” was recently signed to a UK-based Production Music Library for Film/TV placement opportunities as the result of a forward through TAXI nearly a year ago.Chris Welch (Washington)-Chris signed 3 tunes to a Los Angeles based Music Publisher as the result of two forwards through TAXI from separate listing requests. Two songs he signed were arrangements of “Hush Little Baby” and the other song signed was a solo piano Jazz tune called “Funghi.”Arthur Nix (United Kingdom)-Arthur reports that he just signed 4 songs with a Music Publisher who has signed and placed tons of TAXI songs in various Film/TV projects as the result of a forward through TAXI.

[tower888]

OK, I'm a newbie to the forum, so this is probably a newbie question... Why do the "member deals" stickies stop at February, when it is May now? Thanks for your time!

[taxidave]

Hi tower888,Welcome to the forum! Not a newbie question at all.The reason why the deals are a few months behind on this forum is because I'm still playing a little catch up on the 150 deal e-mails I'm going through. Simple as that really. But I will be posting the March and April deals soon enough. The May deals will be posted hopefully sometime in the beginning of June once I have finished writing them all.Thanks for your post, and be sure to keep an eye out on the updated deals. You can also view the few that we post here every month on our Success Stories page on TAXI: http://www.taxi.com/abouts/successdeals.htmlDavid LaidlawManager, Dispatch818-222-2464deals@taxi.com

[tower888]

I see

[tower888]

Happy 2010! Since these are so far behind, perhaps you should start again at "zero". Just start with 2010 deals?