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You're in the A&R Hot Seat, Again! Would you "pick or pass" on these Songs about "Home"?

Post by TAXIstaff » Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:51 am

You're in the A&R Hot Seat, Again! Would you "pick or pass" on these Songs about "Home"?

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Dear Passengers,

Our viewers love to tune up their ears by hearing submissions for a hot request from TAXI, then casting their votes to see if they line up with what our A&R team decided.

One of our regular viewers summed it up nicely when she emailed, "Judging songs on TAXI TV helps me judge my own music more objectively. I create better music because of these episodes, please do more of them!"

Join us for the fun, the education, and the community spirit in the live chat room during this week's episode of TAXI TV!

Here's the request we sent out!

TAXI #S201211HM


Lots of Songs about "HOME" are needed for TAXI's next proactive compilation.

You can submit songs All Tempos and Styles, such as: Singer/Songwriter, Adult Contemporary, Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop, Indie Folk, Pop, Country, Anthemic Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Soul, Gospel, etc.

You’d be smart to avoid genres that don't make sense, topically. For instance, Death Metal songs about Home don't seem like they'd have a high probability for placements ;-)

We’re not giving references for this request, as we think they may be too limiting.

Here are some key concepts, keywords, ideas, and phrases to get your creative gears turning, but please don’t limit yourself to just these! We encourage you to come up with some of your own!

Lyric concepts and keywords:

Home sweet home
Coming/going home
Home is where the heart is
It doesn't feel like home without you
Leaving home
Happy to be home
A house isn't a home
Home is where I belong
Home town
Home with family
Longing to be home

Please submit well-produced Songs with great melodies and well-crafted lyrics about Home! Stripped-down arrangements or more filled-out, fully-produced songs could both work for this pitch, depending on which genres you choose to submit. Whichever approach you decide to take, be sure that your production is competitive with other artists in that genre. Great vocals that work well in context of your genre could really help you on this request.

Our A&R team will have a simple mandate: Is it GREAT? Does it sound ready to go as it is? Would it work well for placements in Film and TV? Would TAXI's music licensing and music library clients be happy to hear this on the playlist we send them?

Note: TAXI has been quite successful in helping our members sign deals via the playlists on previous compilations. Our industry clients like the proactive approach :-) This playlist will be sent to dozens of TAXI's best clients!

As always, you'd be wise to avoid using specific names, places (unless related to "home"), dates, times, brands, and profanity if you’d like to increase the chances of your Songs getting signed and ultimately landing placements. Broadcast Quality is needed.

Because the selected Songs will be going directly to many different Music Licensing Companies, deal terms may vary. However, since some of the Companies are EXCLUSIVE Libraries, we ask that the Songs you pitch for this request are NOT already signed with other Companies or Catalogs. That includes any publishing or publishing administration deals with online distributors like CDBaby, TuneCore, etc. You must own or control your Master and Copyright to submit. Please submit as many Songs as you’d like, online or per CD. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI. Submissions must be received no later than 11:59 PM (PST) on Friday, December 11th, 2020. TAXI # S201211HM

Cast your vote!

You're going to be in the A&R decision-maker's seat by voting with your fellow viewers. Did TAXI's A&R people get it right? Will you get it right? Let's see! Join us in the chat room to participate! Instructions to join the Live Chat are below!

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See you on the show,

Michael

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