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Here is the listing:A range of great "HIGH OCTANE" INSTRUMENTALS (no vocals) are needed by a U.K.-based Music Library/Publishing Co. for TV placement. This company ran numerous TAXI listings in 2006 (and signed many TAXI songs) and is now in need of more great material as their service has become very much in demand. Think high-energy tracks for sports highlights or car chase scenes - footage like that. Rock and Electronica-style tracks are preferred, but all instrumentation is OK, just so it's uptempo, energetic, and throat-grabbing. They don't want tracks that sound like they were obviously MIDI generated - authenticity and great performances are the keys. Both instrumentals with lead melody lines and basic backing tracks that serve as "soundbeds" are OK - they want both. All tempos are OK. Track length should be in the 1:00 - 3:00 range. At this point they work mostly with prominent U.K. TV channels such as the BBC and ITV, but also supply music to other production companies that broadcast worldwide. They offer non-exclusive, 50/50 deals. Broadcast quality needed [great sounding home recordings are OK]. Please submit one to three songs online or per CD. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI and must be received no later than Jan. 28, 2008. TAXI # S080128INHere is the track so far.http://www.taximusic.com/song.php?song_ ... tream=true I have been listening to some of the stuff on the libraries I have been forwarded to and I think i could develop this into something that would be as good.Any suggestions?

Hi jude,Sounds good. If I were to kick this one up a notch (raise the Octane?) I'd speed up the tempo and make the drums more aggressive. Maybe dirty up the synths a bit too.Great start!Mazz

I think this sounds good and definitely on target for high-octane. But, I have no experience with "High-Octane" listings so I could be totally off. Very cool track though. I can see it being used in fight and chase scenes.Heres mine if you want to take a listen: http://www.taximusic.com/song.php?song_ ... ream=trueI wish I could help you out a little more on this but its not exactly my genre of expertise.-Steve

Quote:Hi jude,Sounds good. If I were to kick this one up a notch (raise the Octane?) I'd speed up the tempo and make the drums more aggressive. Maybe dirty up the synths a bit too.Great start!MazzThanks mazzMore aggressive how?What are you monitoring on?I found my mp3 problem also. Somehow my setting changed from 192 to 160

Quote:I think this sounds good and definitely on target for high-octane. But, I have no experience with "High-Octane" listings so I could be totally off. Very cool track though. I can see it being used in fight and chase scenes.Heres mine if you want to take a listen: http://www.taximusic.com/song.php?song_ ... ream=trueI wish I could help you out a little more on this but its not exactly my genre of expertise.-SteveOk THanks anyway.After listening to 140 half the day your slower tempo seemed to drag but I am sure it was just because i listened to 140 half the day.

jude,Maybe make the snare sharper. Run some distortion on the drums in parallel (not an insert but a send) and bring it up underneath the main drum sound. See if that pumps it up a bit.I listen on Event Project Studio 8s. They're not Adams but I'm used to them. I also have a pair of Avantone Mix Cubes, modern day Auratones for checking midrange, although I didn't play your piece through them.Cheers,Mazz

"Rock and Electronica-style tracks are preferred, but all instrumentation is OK, just so it's uptempo, energetic, and throat-grabbing. They don't want tracks that sound like they were obviously MIDI generated - authenticity and great performances are the keys."Ok,I have a problem with this, after getting some rejects cause I had synth sound on another listing that had the same phrase in it I ask, how can one do Electronica without doing midi??

Quote:"Rock and Electronica-style tracks are preferred, but all instrumentation is OK, just so it's uptempo, energetic, and throat-grabbing. They don't want tracks that sound like they were obviously MIDI generated - authenticity and great performances are the keys."Ok,I have a problem with this, after getting some rejects cause I had synth sound on another listing that had the same phrase in it I ask, how can one do Electronica without doing midi??That's the "broadcast quality" thing that always comes up here... kind an elusive thing sometimes. Of course all electronica is midi generated but they want to avoid stuff that is REALLY obvious in its "midi" roots. I never consider that a music or musician issue but rather a small budget issue. This example of the difference is obviously extreme and over the top (to say the least) but they want electronica that sounds closer to this...10-second "authentic" midi examplewww.DaveWaltonMusic.com/PrivateArea/VenganzaDelDiabloAuthentic.mp3And not so much like this... 10-second "not-so-authentic" midi example www.DaveWaltonMusic.com/PrivateArea/Ven ... idi.mp3The only difference between the two is, honestly, not much more than a relatively small investment in a collection of quality virtual instruments/sounds. Both "versions" came from Sonar, straight out of my computer sitting in a little area between our kitchen and family room.

Okay, cant hear your songs though, maybe something I'm doing wrong.

Quote:Okay, cant hear your songs though, maybe something I'm doing wrong.Well, they're just regular MP3's in a standard link to my website. One thing is that I generated these MP3's directly from Sonar 7, something I usually don't do (I usually make my MP3's from a Sonar-generated WAV file using iTunes).They come up fine here using the links above but maybe if anyone else wouldn't mind clicking quickly to see if they have problems.