#Y060807NA

[horacejesse]

I have just about had it with Taxi. What are these guys sending on? I want to hear some of the stuff they have forwarded for listings for which I have been rejected. Namely #YO6O807NA.This is a New Age listing. I do not have broadband or the capability (as far as I know) to put my submission up for others to hear, or at this point I would, because I am now convinced these screeners are registerd, thoroughbred dimwits.You can't have any faith when you hit the listing criteria dead center with clean pieces that a couple dozen guitarists on earth could even play, and still get rejected.I also receive Dispatch Listings just so I can look at them. It is a real joke to think I would now subscibe to that also.Has anyone been accepted for this listing?Taxi is the joke and it is on you and me. We got snared by their advertising campaign and came into this thing believing in them. No more.Two or three people on this forum are making a little bit of money and the rest are crying in their beards continually. It is a fact, folks. I read this forum all the time, and hardly anyone gets anything forwarded. My pieces were played in artificial harmonics, something I am an expert at and which is seldom heard. If they are not appropriate for the neo-classical genre this listing included then I do not even belong on this planet, folks.When my songs do make a splash I will rub Taxi's face in it without remittance. This is my plan now. A person can be offended only so much. Especially when they know they are right in the first place.

[oneeyewillie]

You are so wrong and obviously not ready for Taxi...

[edteja]

Artificial harmonics--you mean like Chet Atkins and Lenny Breau play? I play them too. Why is that enough for a forward? I was rejected for a couple of tunes on that listing myself, but I assume they were not right for the listing. Just because it says New age doesn't mean anything new agey is gonna pass.

[davewalton]

Hi,Forget about Taxi for the moment. What is your plan for dealing with rejection OUTSIDE of Taxi? For every record label, music library or publisher that doesn't sign you up for a deal, are you also going to use the same tired rant? Outside of Taxi in the last year, I submitted approximately 40 - 60 demos each MONTH. Out of all that submitting I got eight small film score deals. Even though I was "spot on" for each submission, on the average, that means that 592 films rejected me. So what?I'm not the greatest composer in the world but I'm no slouch either and I'm not inexperienced (anymore). The numbers I gave, that's the reality of the music business. Eight out of Six Hundred. It can seem discouraging and overwhelming but it is what it is. Nobody who really WORKS this business is going to feel sorry for you because you didn't get a deal after only sending in a piddly handful of submissions. I don't waste a SECOND of time even thinking about those 592 rejections and I'm certainly not going to recontact all of them to rub their faces. Do you want to find out why Taxi MIGHT have passed on your music for that particular listing? If you'll email me an MP3 (or MP3's) of what you submitted, I'll upload it to a private area on my site and send a link to you that you can post here. In addition to posting the link, make sure you post the text of the listing that you submitted for. Then, take the comments for what they're worth. Certainly, you have to have some respect for someone around here (Matto maybe?). Dave

[hummingbird]

there's an easy solution to this. you can pay $10 for a critique to find out what you want to know. or you can submit to a new agey listing that has a critique. you can buy a copy of songwriter's market, do research for leads, and submit your work.I'm with Dave, I've had to deal with rejection my whole life. I decided a long time ago that rejection would make me come up swinging. Not at the person/place/thing that rejected me, but just a general grittin of the teeth & dogged determination to figure it out if it means that much to me.or you can ask Taxi for your money back. H

[hummingbird]

NEW LISTING -- NEW AGE SONGS & INSTRUMENTALS in ALL STYLES [Neo-Classical, Ambient, Celtic, Ethnic Fusion, etc.] are needed by a West Coast-based Music Library whose clients include Xbox, Microsoft, Visa, Clorox, Adidas, Esurance + many more. They offer a standard non-exclusive, 50/50 deal -- all royalties are split down the middle and they don't acquire your song's copyright. Songs must be broadcast quality (great sounding home demos are OK). You must control the publishing and master rights to your songs -- no samples that require clearance, please. Submit one to three songs online or per CD. All submissions will be screened on a YES/NO BASIS ONLY -- NO CRITIQUES FROM TAXI. For ground submissions, please enclose a S.A.S.E. if you would like a response. Submissions must be received no later than Aug. 7, 2006. TAXI # Y060807NA

[matto]

Quote:When my songs do make a splash I will rub Taxi's face in it without remittance. This is my plan now. If this is how you react everytime one of your songs gets rejected I can pretty much guarantee you that you'll NEVER make a splash...

[horacejesse]

No, this is not how I react evertime I get rejected. This is how I act everytime I feel I am right and the screeners are wrong.

[Casey H]

Quote:I have just about had it with Taxi. What are these guys sending on? I want to hear some of the stuff they have forwarded for listings for which I have been rejected. Namely #YO6O807NA.This is a New Age listing. I do not have broadband or the capability (as far as I know) to put my submission up for others to hear, or at this point I would, because I am now convinced these screeners are registered, thoroughbred dimwits.You can't have any faith when you hit the listing criteria dead center with clean pieces that a couple dozen guitarists on earth could even play, and still get rejected.I also receive Dispatch Listings just so I can look at them. It is a real joke to think I would now subscribe to that also.Has anyone been accepted for this listing?Taxi is the joke and it is on you and me. We got snared by their advertising campaign and came into this thing believing in them. No more.Two or three people on this forum are making a little bit of money and the rest are crying in their beards continually. It is a fact, folks. I read this forum all the time, and hardly anyone gets anything forwarded. My pieces were played in artificial harmonics, something I am an expert at and which is seldom heard. If they are not appropriate for the neo-classical genre this listing included then I do not even belong on this planet, folks.When my songs do make a splash I will rub Taxi's face in it without remittance. This is my plan now. A person can be offended only so much. Especially when they know they are right in the first place. HoraceTaxi or not, I am having trouble believing that you don't have the capability to post an mp3 of this song anywhere, even with a slow dial-up connection. There are dozens of sites where you can upload songs for free. A free broadjam account allows upload of 3 songs. It is hard to be a serious player in this business and not have a handle on simple concepts like posting mp3 files. I was doing this long before I had broadband. It just took a lot longer.To be honest, I've read a number of your posts on this board and they all have a negative "chip on my shoulder" tone. TAXI is not always right and I didn't always agree with their reviews/rejections when I was a member. But almost always my experience has been that when someone comes off with a lot of attitude, there is more to it.Casey

[horacejesse]

Ed,What Lenny and Chet do is called cascading, as I am sure you already know. That is one way to play artificial harmonics. In cascading you use the index finger to touch the nodal point while plucking the note with the thumb to acheive the harmonic.I cascade also, but these particular pieces operate with the classical guitar technique. The index finger is still used for the nodal point but the harmonic is plucked with one of the other fingers, leaving the thumb free for bass notes.I take that back. On the shortest of the three pieces I did do a variation of cascading.And no, artificial harmonics are not enough and should not be enough to get forwarded. Only the quality of the pieces is enough to determine if one should be forwarded. I stand by my statements regarding the quality of my pieces. But I will retract the statement that said only a dozen or so people on earth could play these. Any good classical guitarist could play them if I showed them how. Without my showing them how to go about it however, most of them would fail to get it. I will take you up on your offer, Ed. But answer this. Do you think I will get unbiased criticisms from the people who read my posts? I am insisting that my pieces are good enough for Taxi or anyone else. I seriously doubt that my attitude is going to make people want to come on here and say, "Great pieces, Taxi was really wrong." I seriously doubt it. When you come off as an egotistical bastard people want a piece of your hide, they don't want to compliment you and reinforce your unruly behavior.Give me somewhere to send those MP3's to and I will get them to you.