Year 1 Stats!
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:27 am
Hi Guys
Before I became a member I spent a lot a time thinking about whether to sign up for Taxi or not. I did a lot of looking around for other members stats to see what kind of forward rate/success rate people had, as I had no idea what to expect. Now I have come to the end of my first year with Taxi, I thought I would do a post with my year 1 stats so new members and anyone interested can see.
First a little about me. I have been writing and recording music for about 15 or so years. I've performed music for a good 28 years or thereabouts years (since I was quite young basically), but I've never really made a go of the writing and recording side of it till now.
To put my year in context; for the first 9 months of my first year of membership I was writing, recording and submitting 2 days a week. For the last 3 months of the first year I was doing it 4 days a week. I write songs and cues in all different styles from traditional country and chill out jazz to heavy metal. I also sing and play all the instruments myself.
So here are the stats:
Year 1 - Total Number of Forwards: 53
(9 Songs and 44 cues)
From these forwards, so far I have been contacted by 3 music libraries who between them have offered me contracts for 27 cues! Two of them contacted me within a month of submission, one contacted me about 8 months after submission. So far nothing has been placed or sync'd but I am aware that the process can be quite lengthy and this doesn't mean my tunes from year 1 will never be sync'd, it may just take time for them to get to their final destination. This is where the Taxi mantra 'write, submit, forget, repeat' comes in!
I think it's definitely worth signing up for Taxi. For me the key to more forwards has been keeping an open mind and having a willingness to learn. The screener’s advice has generally been really constructive, meaning I could go back and tweak the songs/cues that aren't quite right and also, to get it right first time-next time! Taxi TV and the forums are good resources too. It's reassuring to work with a company like Taxi who support their composers in the way that they do.
With that in mind, I am really looking forward to my first Road Rally this year! I'm hoping to learn lots. It's going to be pretty mad as I'm traveling all the way from the UK, so if you see me there say hi!
Anyway, I hope this helps someone or is at least a little bit interesting!
Hopefully see you at the rally!
Chris
Before I became a member I spent a lot a time thinking about whether to sign up for Taxi or not. I did a lot of looking around for other members stats to see what kind of forward rate/success rate people had, as I had no idea what to expect. Now I have come to the end of my first year with Taxi, I thought I would do a post with my year 1 stats so new members and anyone interested can see.
First a little about me. I have been writing and recording music for about 15 or so years. I've performed music for a good 28 years or thereabouts years (since I was quite young basically), but I've never really made a go of the writing and recording side of it till now.
To put my year in context; for the first 9 months of my first year of membership I was writing, recording and submitting 2 days a week. For the last 3 months of the first year I was doing it 4 days a week. I write songs and cues in all different styles from traditional country and chill out jazz to heavy metal. I also sing and play all the instruments myself.
So here are the stats:
Year 1 - Total Number of Forwards: 53
(9 Songs and 44 cues)
From these forwards, so far I have been contacted by 3 music libraries who between them have offered me contracts for 27 cues! Two of them contacted me within a month of submission, one contacted me about 8 months after submission. So far nothing has been placed or sync'd but I am aware that the process can be quite lengthy and this doesn't mean my tunes from year 1 will never be sync'd, it may just take time for them to get to their final destination. This is where the Taxi mantra 'write, submit, forget, repeat' comes in!
I think it's definitely worth signing up for Taxi. For me the key to more forwards has been keeping an open mind and having a willingness to learn. The screener’s advice has generally been really constructive, meaning I could go back and tweak the songs/cues that aren't quite right and also, to get it right first time-next time! Taxi TV and the forums are good resources too. It's reassuring to work with a company like Taxi who support their composers in the way that they do.
With that in mind, I am really looking forward to my first Road Rally this year! I'm hoping to learn lots. It's going to be pretty mad as I'm traveling all the way from the UK, so if you see me there say hi!
Anyway, I hope this helps someone or is at least a little bit interesting!
Hopefully see you at the rally!
Chris
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