Lurker finally introducing myself
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:55 pm
Hi folks, I've been a Taxi member for a couple of years but really haven't gotten the full value of the membership (entirely my fault) and I'm hoping to change that now. I recently attended the Road Rally and was just blown away by the information, the quality of members music and the community.
So a little about me. I've been playing guitar since my teens. Started using Cubase in the 90s when it was just a MIDI sequencer so I've been producing music since before DAWs were a thing. I did session work in LA in the mid-90s and played on a lot of jingles and other "sync" oriented work. I joined Taxi two years ago when I decided I wanted to get back into music licensing as a composer. But then a month after I signed up for Taxi I also joined a year long course called 6 Figure Songwriting that was amazing but all consuming, so I didn't really use my Taxi membership much.
This past year I've collaborated with a number of different singer/songwriters -- I just love producing, it's my true love. I'm starting a music production business (https://www.secretchordmusic.com) with a couple of my 6FS classmates who are both singer/songwriters, so they are my primary collaborators, but I'm always up for working with others.
I'm also starting to offer private lessons in Logic and Ableton, those are my two primary DAWs but I'm familiar with a few others. I've taught guitar lessons and worked as an IT software trainer, but it only recently occurred to me to combine those things!
I'm charging a rate comparable to a good voice or guitar teacher: $60/hour for a one on one Zoom session where we can share screens and really get down to business solving tech problems and overcoming road blocks! DM me if you're interested.
So that's me, I'll post some music in this thread later, this post is long enough! Thanks for reading. I look forward to getting to know you folks.
So a little about me. I've been playing guitar since my teens. Started using Cubase in the 90s when it was just a MIDI sequencer so I've been producing music since before DAWs were a thing. I did session work in LA in the mid-90s and played on a lot of jingles and other "sync" oriented work. I joined Taxi two years ago when I decided I wanted to get back into music licensing as a composer. But then a month after I signed up for Taxi I also joined a year long course called 6 Figure Songwriting that was amazing but all consuming, so I didn't really use my Taxi membership much.
This past year I've collaborated with a number of different singer/songwriters -- I just love producing, it's my true love. I'm starting a music production business (https://www.secretchordmusic.com) with a couple of my 6FS classmates who are both singer/songwriters, so they are my primary collaborators, but I'm always up for working with others.
I'm also starting to offer private lessons in Logic and Ableton, those are my two primary DAWs but I'm familiar with a few others. I've taught guitar lessons and worked as an IT software trainer, but it only recently occurred to me to combine those things!
I'm charging a rate comparable to a good voice or guitar teacher: $60/hour for a one on one Zoom session where we can share screens and really get down to business solving tech problems and overcoming road blocks! DM me if you're interested.So that's me, I'll post some music in this thread later, this post is long enough! Thanks for reading. I look forward to getting to know you folks.