You Can't Lose If You Don't Quit
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:07 pm
"You Can't Lose If You Don't Quit" I remember thinking this when I first joined TAXI. That phrase made it easier to join TAXI at a two-year commitment, and renew every two years without contemplation. It makes it easier to get up at 5a weekdays to work on music for a couple hours before kids, and my day job demand my time and energy. That phrase helps when weeks go by with no placements, forwards, Tunesat detections, or new music being accepted to a library.
A couple years ago I had an idea for a blues rock song I thought would be good for TV shows. I've learned over the years that most of the time if I'm doing a vocal song, I'm better off collaborating. The workload is too demanding. I reached out to a couple of friends I've collaborated with before that I met through TAXI. We put it together pretty quickly and signed it to a library.
Around six months ago, the song hit our ASCAP cue sheet lists for a MLB team's pre-game show. Cool! Then a week later, a few more cue sheets for similar shows. Shortly after that, a bunch more. For MLB, NHL, and NBA pre and post game shows. Since then, the song has been used over a 100 times. It's been super fun to check the ASCAP site to see the number rack up. This morning, 23 more hit.
The main metrics I track are cues written, cues signed, and cue sheets. The chart below shows my cue sheets starting in 2016. It was super inspiring to see this today. Like many of you, I bet it's easy to get lost in doing the work, or doing your day job, or family stuff, or whatever. This was a good reminder to me to keep doing the work, because the data shows it's working.
I can't lose if I don't quit.
A couple years ago I had an idea for a blues rock song I thought would be good for TV shows. I've learned over the years that most of the time if I'm doing a vocal song, I'm better off collaborating. The workload is too demanding. I reached out to a couple of friends I've collaborated with before that I met through TAXI. We put it together pretty quickly and signed it to a library.
Around six months ago, the song hit our ASCAP cue sheet lists for a MLB team's pre-game show. Cool! Then a week later, a few more cue sheets for similar shows. Shortly after that, a bunch more. For MLB, NHL, and NBA pre and post game shows. Since then, the song has been used over a 100 times. It's been super fun to check the ASCAP site to see the number rack up. This morning, 23 more hit.
The main metrics I track are cues written, cues signed, and cue sheets. The chart below shows my cue sheets starting in 2016. It was super inspiring to see this today. Like many of you, I bet it's easy to get lost in doing the work, or doing your day job, or family stuff, or whatever. This was a good reminder to me to keep doing the work, because the data shows it's working.
I can't lose if I don't quit.