Yay! My First Forward! S240225UN
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:05 pm
Yay! I got my first forward ever and it was for the rhythmic piano underscore brief! It's my first time, so please excuse my excessive celebration.
Here was the listing
https://www.taxi.com/listings/S240225UN
And here's a link to the song that got forwarded:
https://www.taxi.com/members/ujrTCM1MTH ... underscore
After I submitted that one, I panicked because all my returns have been almost entirely for poor production (mix/master) value and I felt that mix was too muddy and at the last minute I submitted this copy where I pulled a little of the mid range out of each of the piano tracks to make them less muddy and ran it through Ozone 11 to bring it to life. I didn't make any real tweaks to the mix, just gave it an AI master, and for whatever reason, it got returned even though it sounds cleaner, at least to me. Here's that version.
https://www.taxi.com/members/ujrTCM1MTH ... underscore
I clearly still have a lot to learn about mixing/mastering, but I am so ecstatic about my first forward I will have to wait till I come down from this high and go back and look at all the comments to see if can tweak all my returns for the next opportunity. I realize it may not ever amount to anything but I'm happy to have a small taste of what this could mean going forward.
So.. the next question is... what do I do next? do I register the song with my PRO or wait to hear from the library? If I do hear from the library, what do I need to do right away? Is there a good resource I can go to that outlines the next steps for me?
Here was the listing
https://www.taxi.com/listings/S240225UN
And here's a link to the song that got forwarded:
https://www.taxi.com/members/ujrTCM1MTH ... underscore
After I submitted that one, I panicked because all my returns have been almost entirely for poor production (mix/master) value and I felt that mix was too muddy and at the last minute I submitted this copy where I pulled a little of the mid range out of each of the piano tracks to make them less muddy and ran it through Ozone 11 to bring it to life. I didn't make any real tweaks to the mix, just gave it an AI master, and for whatever reason, it got returned even though it sounds cleaner, at least to me. Here's that version.
https://www.taxi.com/members/ujrTCM1MTH ... underscore
I clearly still have a lot to learn about mixing/mastering, but I am so ecstatic about my first forward I will have to wait till I come down from this high and go back and look at all the comments to see if can tweak all my returns for the next opportunity. I realize it may not ever amount to anything but I'm happy to have a small taste of what this could mean going forward.
So.. the next question is... what do I do next? do I register the song with my PRO or wait to hear from the library? If I do hear from the library, what do I need to do right away? Is there a good resource I can go to that outlines the next steps for me?