Why I won't be rejoining Taxi next year...

[davewalton]

Oct 13, 2008, 11:27am, rld wrote:Quote:The minivan? NICE!Huh? Those darn neighborhood kids and their firecrackers! In all seriousness... the REAL pic of the REAL car... VERY NICE!

[rld]

Man...I had to check my driveway...Good one!

[davewalton]

Oct 13, 2008, 12:52pm, rld wrote: Man...I had to check my driveway...Good one! All's fair I guess. I might as well post my "conversation piece" and let you have at it... don't destroy it too badly.

[tedsingingfox]

I have to say...I've read and re-read (and RE-READ) your original posting, and I have tried over and over again to get a sense of what you're hoping to say. And you know what? I must agree with 95+% of what Steve said.I would be thrilled if you proved the both of us wrong. But until you follow the CLEARLY stated protocol that ALL the rest of us are expected to follow, you will get ZERO support or sympathy from me.TAXI works. I am living, breathing proof of that fact. And these pro-boards are the single greatest musical resource on the entire web, as long as you are willing to work them/LEARN how to work them to your best advantage. If you truly are serious about learning and growing through your TAXI experience, then you need a serious attitude check.And it seems to me that if you really WERE an honest, sincere poster on these boards, you would have already posted a reply to the friendly, supportive responses you've received...including STEVE'S response. (One of the most amazingly supportive people on the boards, as long as you can accept that he's a bulldog. He calls 'em like he sees 'em, and I totally trust him implicitly to tell me the truth.)PLEASE, prove me wrong. Please.Otherwise, get lost.Ted

[inyourdefense]

Oct 13, 2008, 9:51am, sgs4u wrote:This is a bullshit posting. You're too well-spoken to be telling the truth about your experience with a screener. And if you were serious about learning how to write songs that Taxi might find useful, you wouldn't just quit when you read something you didn't like in a review. If you were angry about actually hearing the language you say you read in a review, you'd be indignant enough to not give a rat's ass about getting a screener in trouble. And that screener would take his/her lumps and learn correctly. I don't think you are here to complain about Taxi's service. You are here to convince some other members to stop paying Taxi for a service, because you are working for a competitor of Taxi. Your post reeks of covert intent, not anger. Why call yourself, inyourdefense ? If you want anyone to believe you, link your song, cut and paste review and the listing you sent if for. Otherwise, go away and think of some other way to show us your lame attempt to discredit Taxi's quality standards. I am a Taxi mole, and Taxi pays me $1,000,000 a year to ferret out nimrods like you who show up hoping to screw Taxi out of business. And I sell bridges.I'm actually pretty shocked at your reply, I'll be honest. I certainly don't see why you had to be so downright nasty in your response.I don't quite understand why me being "well spoken" makes it impossible that I'm telling the truth about my experience...what?? I just didn't get what I'd hoped to get out of the service. It's pretty obvious that everyone who's replied doesn't agree with me on that, but I'm pretty shocked that everyone is jumping all over me here. I don't think I said anywhere that I was "angry" about it, so your whole schpiel about me lying about being 'angry' is totally irrelevant. I'm just disappointed. But I'm at a loss as to how me being kind enough to not want to get someone in trouble is proof of me lying.And for the record, my forum name has been 'inyourdefense' on various forums for a few years. It's a snippet from the lyrics of a KT Tunstall song called "Funnyman".I will post the whole review. At this point, I think anyone on here can understand why I'd choose not to post the song, because I'd prefer to remain anonymous on this now. I'm a singer/songwriter from Toronto ON trying to make a go of it and the last thing I need is enemies. Again, I'm very surprised at the viciousness of the replies. My original post was in no way vicious. It was just an opinion.I will call TAXI and report it. I more shared it on here to see if anyone else had had the same experience.Here's the review:--------Music - 6Marketability - 6Arrangement - 4Production - 6Engineering - 6Musicianship - 6Lead Vocal - 7vocals are good when singer is singing.Status: Forward ReturnStylegood pop song.Overall CommentsOverall I like this song but have trouble with the very intro/first verse which is kinda whispered and then rushes into the chorus I believe before the song actually opens up. Too much time goes by before the instruments come in. not enough singing here. I think this has potential if you take a closer look at the melodic structure and redo the vocals so there's less whispering and more cool singing.Sound Quality:works ok for listing.The main reason(s) you were or were not forwarded for this listing is:combination of singer whispering and run on melodic structure ruins much of the song. --------So there you are. Just not the greatest writing coherence for a paid critique, in my opinion. And for the record, I'm not a mole. I'm just like anyone else on here, trying to make a go of it. I'm sorry that you've made me your mortal enemy.

[sgs4u]

Oct 13, 2008, 4:15pm, inyourdefense wrote:I'm actually pretty shocked at your reply, I'll be honest. I certainly don't see why you had to be so downright nasty in your response.Naw I'm not your mortal enemy. I blew a fuse. Hungover from Thanksgiving when I read your post this morning. I'm always mystified why people come to this forum to get some support for their perspective about why Taxi didn't do what they expect. Why didn't you call Taxi first thing?I apologize for being so nasty. You didn't deserve that.

[hummingbird]

Sorry you feel attacked, atyourdefense. You have to realize that we've seen plenty of flame and baiting posts here from anonymous posters over the past 4 or 5 years, so the first reaction can be a little over the top. Many members here started on the wrong foot, got over it, and stuck around to become a valued part of the community. you can do the same. In all cases, if you have a problem with a screener or a critique, the first response should always be to call Taxi customer service. If the screener hasn't done their job effectively, then Taxi needs to know so they can deal with it.Here are some threads that might help you understand:What to do when you join the forum:http://taxi.proboards27.com/index.cgi?b ... ad=2141How the screening process really works (as experienced by a member of this forum):Taxi Land - Dave - Part Ihttp://taxi.proboards27.com/index.cgi?bo....read=1185818579Taxi Land - Dave - Part 2http://taxi.proboards27.com/index.cgi?bo....read=1186789715Taxi Land - Dave - Part 3http://taxi.proboards27.com/index.cgi?bo....read=1188921401Taxi Land - Screener Queries - Horacehttp://taxi.proboards27.com/index.cgi?bo....read=1185748342-----hang in, talk to Taxi, and let us know what action they plan to take on your (and our) behalf to make sure this doesn't happen again.cheersHummin'bird

[hazineju]

inyourdefense, i hear ya about wanting to be anonymous, and i don't think you should've gotten "ganged up on." cool of steve to apologize. i'd still like to hear the song, if you're willing to share it. here's my spin- i don't feel that taxi screeners necessarily need to have fantastic english and grammar skills, their strengths should be MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC. i can understand how it might not sound like a professional review when there's slang language involved, but maybe that's just the screener's personality. reading the review, i understood what the reviewer meant---he/she wants the music in sooner, the singing in full voice, and more structure to the melody. the reviews are kind of the luck of the draw- some will spend a lot of time and detail explaining their thoughts on your music, some not so much. you mentioned the reviewers points had nothing to do with your actual song- maybe if you can post it we can do some more interpreting. good luck w/ or w/o taxi. (and forgive my laziness about never capitalizing the beginnings of my sentences )

[claire]

vocals are good when singer is singing.As opposed to what? Vocals being good when the singer isn't singing? I think you were a lot more restrained than I would have been, given a review comment as inane as that. Claire

[Casey H]

Hi IYD I hope you didn't think I was ganging up on you. I was just playing around based on previous posts that some of us were moles and getting paid by taxi. So the humor had nothing to do with you- I was responding to Steve saying he got paid.I didn't listen to your track (Did you post a link?) but I didn't see any real problem with the review you posted. By "run on" melodic structure, you could think of it in the same way as "run on" sentences in English. The melody needs to phrase a certain way and not wander too much from a repeating theme. (Again i haven't listened yet but that's what the screened probably means)... Missing a capitalization here and there? That doesn't seem like a big deal, at least not to me if the quality of the words is good.If you have problems understanding the reviews, you should call taxi. The folks there will be happy to help you. Now taxi may or may not be right for you, but I hope you'll at least contact them to see if you are getting good value with the reviews.I'll try to give a listen if you provide a link.Best, Casey