Taxi's A & R

[Casey H]

Oct 28, 2008, 6:48pm, bwrenhewmach wrote:Hey Casey/ groover and all the way I see it The way the screeners work they Taxi has a customer that is looking for the perfect song /songs to fit their needs. The screeners listen to all the songs submitted to them from us the Taxi artist. They filter through the songs until they hear what they think will be perfect for the customer. That is there job like a real estate agent looking out for both parties interest. If the screeners send the customer’s songs that do not fit what the customer wants to many times that said screener becomes unemployed. So it stands to reason to me this is not a personal transaction but a total business transaction. If we the artist are sending them songs that they judge does not fit the bill they would be incompetent if they sent the customer the songs anyway. My point is we the artist need to be mindful that it's not a personal putdown to have our songs returned but a business transaction.On the other hand if they were returning perfect good songs for the job they would be very stupid and maybe mess a chance of making Taxis customer very happy. Therefore it's only logical to me if we have problems getting a song forwarded its because the song does not fit the criteria. Plain and simple. We need to find out why. This is where I got more than my moneys worth out of Taxi because I communicated with the screeners via the custom critique route for a year them helping me hone my music and my music quality to where it was worthy to be forwarded and then the forwards came for me. It dam sure wasn’t because they liked me better than anyone else. If we are not willing to spend time and yes money to become a asset to the music industry they have no need of us and we are just spinning our wheels. Mild BillYou said it very well Bill... I do think that when OCCASIONALLY someone gets a review whereby something is obviously out of whack (not talking about just being disappointed about the return), you should contact taxi. If you reserve this for those occasional times and not make a pain of yourself on every return, I'm sure you will get a courteous and helpful response. It may not be the answer you want, but they will look into it. When I say "obviously out of whack" I mean a situation like was posted a few weeks back. A screener said a song sounded distorted when it clearly wasn't. The member contacted taxi and it was re-reviewed. Once in a while I've seen reviews that an instrument sounded too synth, but it was real. (That still could be a problem caused by the production & engineering). In some situations, that could merit an email. I do wonder sometimes when someone has been having concerns for years but never has contacted taxi. Before I would complain that any service isn't giving me my money's worth, I'd at least give contacting them a shot... Especially when it's as long as 8 years. Groover did say he contacted taxi (glad he did) but I got the impression is was recent in his 8 year membership. Not attacking Groover, but that's a long time to say nothing to them.My morning thoughts... COFFEE STAT!! Casey

[Casey H]

Oct 28, 2008, 6:41pm, groover wrote: Also keeping long term members songs on file for listings that better suit the song would be simple. Just add a few keywords and note them in a database. Synth manufacturers do the same thing now to access 10's of thousand of sounds by noting mood.timbre and such.Take a look at Native Instruments Kore Library.GrooverFirst, no suggestion should be considered stupid or bad. If no one had ideas, nothing would happen anywhere. Open brainstorming has produced some great things in the world.You made the suggestion that taxi keep songs in a database with keywords for searches on future listings. I don't see this as part of taxi's business model. Let me explain... Yes, there are databases and software out there for this. Film/TV music libraries keep many thousands of songs, tagged with mood, tempo, genre, lyrical theme, sound like artists, etc. But that's what Film/TV libraries do. It's their business model. For better or for worse, taxi's model works on entirely different concepts. An improved means to provide some screener feedback is not outside the scope of their business model but this really is.Taxi runs hundreds of listings a year for Film/TV music libraries who do exactly what you suggested. So they are providing a portal by which your songs could possibly be placed in the very situation you would like.If your forward ratio over 8 years isn't very good, even if you assume a few oddball returns, your music probably isn't going to be on file for anyone's future needs anyway, with or without taxi. Best Casey