TAXI Postings poorly formatted....

dougstronach · Post by **dougstronach** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 2:15 pm

Anyone know why most (but not all) of the TAXI postings are poorly formatted? No paragraphs, no indents or bullets for links to examples, etc. They are very hard to read and just one more unnecessary hurdle for us to jump over. Proper formatting should be expected in this day and age to make what they're asking for as clear as possible.

Any ideas? Taxi?

Thanks in advance,

Doug s.

lesmac · Post by **lesmac** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:50 pm

What side of the bed did you get out of today Doug? Ha Ha

ONLY JOKING!

I think you've got a point. What one person types a lot of people read and Michael stresses the importance of members interpreting the listings correctly.

The listings that have some of the features you mention are easier on the eye.

Russell Landwehr · Post by **Russell Landwehr** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 6:29 pm

are these in emails? or on the website? where are you seeing this?

lesmac · Post by **lesmac** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:18 pm

Message
Russell Landwehr
Reply with quotePost Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:29 pm
Re: TAXI Postings poorly formatted....
are these in emails? or on the website? where are you seeing this?

The website.

dougstronach · Post by **dougstronach** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 6:08 am

Two pics attached...one well laid out, the other not so. The not so one is the majority of ads I'm seeing.

Casey H · Post by **Casey H** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 6:17 am

Hi Doug
While I agree that some text layout issues can be improved, I just wanted to take a moment to focus on the positive. Up until recently, youtube reference links were not in most "regular" listings, they were only in the special emailed ones. Now Taxi is including them in all listings, when possible. So I want to give kudos there.

When I read a listing, my eyes go right to key things first-- genre, film/tv vs artist, exclusive vs non-exclusive, and the youtube links. So this hasn't really bothered me. But yes, some paragraph breaks are helpful.

Casey

Russell Landwehr · Post by **Russell Landwehr** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 6:44 am

I see what you mean.

I haven't been able to find the listings page for some time now. I just go into my account and click "submit music" and check out the listings there. Or alternately my email. Of course I have to parse the info sometimes.

dougstronach · Post by **dougstronach** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 7:49 am

I'm not trying to be negative...it's a positive thing in my mind to improve and constantly push forward. Isn't that what we're all here to do?

TAXI does great work...I send my kudos when appropriate. But these listings are often messy. Finding the details in these texts are the key to successful submissions.....that job is harder when it's a massive paragraph of jumbled text. A small thing that could be improved easily and could help us out. Why wouldn't TAXI want to do this if we all agree better formatted listings would help?

For me, I'm never looking at just one listing. I'm scanning a whole series of listings twice a month to find the ones that relate most to what I do. I'm also trying to figure out what listings are repeats, have I submitted to them before, do I have material now or could I write something in time, etc, etc. My mind is working overtime to make the best of these listings and my submission $$$$. The important parts of each listing should be easy to read.

Here's an example. The first block of text is TAXI's current ad. The 2nd is my formatted version....the text has not been changed...just formatted. Which is easier to find the important points of the ad?

New Listing HEARTFELT, ADULT CONTEMPORARY SONGS with Male Vocals are needed by a Major Record Label for Multi-Platinum, Chart-topping Superstar that's looking for great songs for his next album. They're looking hard to find vocally powerful, Down-to-Mid-Tempo Songs that could be found on the same playlists as artists like:Josh Groban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxrX42WcjQMichael Buble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edwsf-8F3sIRussell Watson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2oO558MPUkPlease submit well-crafted songs with meaningful lyrics, a great melody, and a big chorus that sounds like it's ready for radio. Please avoid overly moody or dated sounding songs for this one. The more uplifting and inspirational the better! Your overall production should be really solid to sell them on the idea of cutting your song. Please submit one to three Songs online or per CD, include lyrics. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI and must be received no later than 11:59PM (PST), on Wednesday, March 16th, 2016. TAXI #S160316AC

************************************

New Listing: HEARTFELT, ADULT CONTEMPORARY SONGS with Male Vocals are needed by a Major Record Label for Multi-Platinum, Chart-topping Superstar that's looking for great songs for his next album.

They're looking hard to find vocally powerful, Down-to-Mid-Tempo Songs that could be found on the same playlists as artists like:

Josh Groban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxrX42WcjQ

Michael Buble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edwsf-8F3sI

Russell Watson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2oO558MPUk

Please submit well-crafted songs with meaningful lyrics, a great melody, and a big chorus that sounds like it's ready for radio. Please avoid overly moody or dated sounding songs for this one. The more uplifting and inspirational the better! Your overall production should be really solid to sell them on the idea of cutting your song.

Please submit one to three Songs online or per CD, include lyrics. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI and must be received no later than 11:59PM (PST), on Wednesday, March 16th, 2016. TAXI #S160316AC

Russell Landwehr · Post by **Russell Landwehr** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:35 am

I've got a feeling this thread has been noted and listings will probably be consistently formatted in the future.

And while we are on the subject, here is something that I do to keep track of listings that I want to submit to. When I find a listing I like, I copy the text and paste it into a word processor, formatting it the way it would be helpful for me. Then I print it out. I use these hard copies to work from and keep track of upcoming deadlines.

Russell

hummingbird · Post by **hummingbird** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:45 am

+1 Russell, I do the same.