Why I Finally Quit TAXI Music | 6 Reasons and My Honest Thoughts After Two Years | Sync Licensing
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- I have spent $600 in two years with TAXI Music with the express goal of making more sync licensing library contacts.
In this video I will talk about my journey with TAXI, my reasons for deciding to quit the service, and what I plan to do instead?
So, why am I not Uber excited enough about TAXI to continue and hope it will Lyft my composing career?
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I joined Taxi just to try it out. I quit after a year. It’s a cool company to get your chops up and get feedback on things to improve on. A lot of my music was rejected some was forwarded but nothing really happened. I started to build my own relationships and a lot of my music that I originally made for TAXI got accepted in other libraries from relationships I formed on my own. Now the music that I originally made for TAXI is getting major placements on NFL, House Wives, Vanderpump Rules etc. All from my personal relationships. You gotta have personal relationships in this business.
I worked for Taxi for about 5 years, and I never heard of anyone in all that time who had a license cover. It’s great that you finally left.
My biggest gripe about Taxi is how songs can get rejected for the most minor things. For example, one of my songs was rejected because the screener thought the piano velocities were hitting too hard. Otherwise, they had all positives to say. How about saying, "Piano velocities hitting too hard.. take the 30 seconds it would take to fix that and resubmit."
I got Taxi 3 months ago and I find them comical, like you I wanted to get my songs in more libraries but I don’t like there middle man! I’m a 40 year veteran of the music industry with pub deal with Universal, Sony ATV, etc and myself being a former A&R VP at a major label in the 90’s I think their A&R is a joke and I will not use them again
I'll never to pay this tip of library. To sale my music
Yeah...I get that. I have made a ton of money writing music, gave Taxi a try, and got "feedback" ("work on your mix"???) 1 yr was enough. fool me once...well...you know....
Taxing has severely inconsistent screening. And this is coming not from a bitter guy who gets none of my work forwarded. A lot of mine do. I never complain when my music didn’t fit criteria. But when you send the same composition to two trailer briefs, and one said this is perfect for a trailer, and the other says this doesn’t sound like a trailer it sounds like a cue, it completely feel like an unprofessional company. I had a piece that was featured song of the month. It was forwarded every time, around 4 times, then the last time a screener returned it and said the brass was too low or something about the lack of melody or motif. It was total nonsense. I have also not been contacted from a single forward besides one for a non exclusive library that wanted to exclusively own my music for three years but sell my music non exclusively for under $100 in which they would keep 40%. I feel very disappointed by the whole experience
Sometimes it felt like Taxi forwarded the songs that best represented themselves as a credible, quality, reliable supplier, and maybe were not interested in anything terribly creative. Sometimes I would write to spec from that more cynical standpoint and got more positive results, and THAT was depressing. I had to quit.
Do both don't just rely on Taxi. Certain things about Taxi are bullshit and it's kinda scammy. If you didn't figure out it's about keeping the money coming. But still you can use it to get feedback and learn what kind of songs work in the industry. My mixing got way better using taxi, and I realized I needed to be simpler.
Great video. I have been a member of Taxi since Nov 2020. I have had about 25 forwards and signed with one library. No $ ever.! I think the reviews on the submission are most of the time not helpful and it is really almost impossible to get anything through them! I am realizing you need to do it on your own.
Thank you so much for your honest unbiased review. Appreciate this and will not be wasting my time nor my money.
Great info, you are most transparent I’ve seen In my 4/5 years and 3 or 4 groups I’ve been involved with learning about sync music!
I have been a Taxi member for 6 years and it took me several years to understand the industry and improve my work both in quality and quantity. I had over 90 forwards before my first deal 3.5 years ago. Since then, I have 600 signed tracks and songs across 20+ libraries/publishers and over 250 placements as of my last PRO statement. I do agree that more members have your experience as compared to mine. But I really think that’s because you (and probably others) haven’t given Taxi enough of a chance and taken full advantage of everything Taxi has to offer.
Just found your channel today as it coma on my time line. Its funny beacaus I am starting my journey for sync im greatful for this information. Very valuable. Wanted to do TAXI but was hesitant at first for years. Thanks againfor this. Nothing but continued success to you. Blessings! 💯
Great video! You put my thoughts into words. I relate to the guilt feeling, and the never ending briefs overwhelm. I haven’t had much luck with forwards. The comments back have been helpful with seeing what I need to work on with production. The yearly conference is free which is nice.
Thanks, Eric, for sharing your experiences! I don't have too much money to waste, already done that in other ways, so it's great to get a nuanced view on these things, based on experiences, and I'll read what other people say about it. Happy New Year 🙂
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for all of the info you provide! I gave Taxi a try too, had a couple forwards but no deals. I don't think it's a scam like some, but it is a huge time-consuming process to write for briefs that most likely produce nothing on the other end. One positive I'm taking is getting used to seeing briefs and hearing what current libraries are looking for. I'm only a few months into this sync world, I've learned more from a few of your videos than any other resource so far. Happy to subscribe and thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience!!
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