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Here's a track which have written in response to expired listing #S221008FN, details of which follow. I would be grateful to receive any advice and suggestions to help me improve on my track generally, in case a similar listing is posted in the future:

https://www.taxi.com/members/nwRU7pygQr ... tock-watch

Michael



Here's the listing:-

Lots of FINANCE & ECONOMICS INSTRUMENTALS are needed by a great Music Library with lots of success in Film and TV placements for a variety of TV, Film, Promotional, and Advertising opportunities.

NOTE: We previously ran this request as Dispatch Listing #D220810EN, but the Company is looking for more material, and they asked us to try again. If you submitted to listing #D220810EN, please send different material this time around.

This Library is looking for Mid-to-Up-Tempo Instrumentals in the stylistic ballpark of the following references:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Any views, information, or opinions expressed in the references are solely those of the individuals and media outlets involved and do not represent those of TAXI Music and its employees. It's all about the music and nothing more!

Bloomberg The Open (0:00 - 1:26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OakBofTbcjc

Wall Street Week (from 20:48 - 23:57)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XegFeyWbXfs&t=1248s

Bloomberg Surveillance (0:00 - 0:53)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM64Hx-sdOQ

Please submit well-produced Finance and Economics Instrumentals that could work well for financial business and news placements. Your submissions should have engaging rhythms, simple motifs, and polished production that conveys a subtle sense of urgency and tension. Instrumentation in the general ballpark of the references will suit your submissions best – think synths, strings, etc. Please be sure that any virtual sounds or samples you use are high-quality and fresh.

All submissions should be about 2 to 4 minutes long (give or take) with non-faded, buttoned/stinger endings. Do NOT copy the references in any way, shape, or form. Use them only as a general guide for tempo, tone, texture, and overall vibe. Broadcast Quality is needed.

This company offers an EXCLUSIVE deal. You’ll split any upfront sync fees 50/50. They’ll get 100% of the Publisher’s share, and you’ll get 100% of the Writer’s share. You must own or control 100% of your Master and Copyright. Since this is an EXCLUSIVE deal, please be sure the material you submit for this pitch is NOT already signed with other Libraries or Catalogs. Please submit as many Instrumentals as you’d like, online or per CD. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI. Submissions must be received no later than 11:59 PM (PDT) on Saturday, October 8th, 2022. TAXI # S221008FN

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It feels too soft and sad to me for a news piece of this type. Needs more hard hitting umph like the Bloomberg reference. Might be too minor key oriented.

JMHO
Casey

I agree with Casey, Your cue is for an 'Unsolved Mysteries' or 'Ghost Hunters' type of program.

AlanHall wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:23 pm

I agree with Casey, Your cue is for an 'Unsolved Mysteries' or 'Ghost Hunters' type of program.

Thanks, Alan for your post and Casey and Crash Gates for their earlier comments. I accept that my track may be out of kilter, strictly, with the references. Personally, I would see my music as being more akin to the type of cue which I used to hear on cable TV, where the broadcaster took a break, while the TV channels which took their feed, gave those other channels a couple of minutes to run their own ads, while the cable channel showed a ticker tape style of share/commodities/futures, etc. prices to a looped cue, until finally the main show re-commenced. I seem to have overlooked in error that this type of scenario was not at all intended to be covered by the references. I might say that I am confused by Alan's reference to "Unsolved Mysteries" and 'Ghost Hunters', though I accept that my music might be inappropriately targeted in this instance, in the sense that it might be out of sync generally with the requirements for modern financial cues and out of sync specifically with the references.

So, a genuine thanks for taking the time to listen and comment, and I am sure that I will learn something from this for future reference.

Cheers
Michael

I do agree that the references have overall a more aggressive feeling than yours, Michael.

Also, the listing asks for an instrumental, 2-4 minutes long. I think what you have here is a cue, and it's under two minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq_c-2M0rKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsRAc3w1TEI&t=1090s

=== another michael ===

I like it ....but not for this listing