Phillip,
I've been a member of Taxi for about 6 years. It is a great
organization. The free conference that they put on each year is worth
the yearly fee alone. I have met the people who are screeners. They are
real people who are music industry veterans who all have different
perspectives and experience and who are all likely to give you
different opinions about your music. You have to look for trends. If
nine out of ten people tell you that your lyrics suck, you might take a
look at them. I have personally met and talked with several people who
have scored deals through taxi, but it is really difficult, mainly
because there are a lot of really good songwriters! I have had songs
forwarded and have been notified who it has been forwarded to, but have
not gotten any deals (yet), but then again they get a lot of great
songs forwarded to them. It took me a while to get to that point,
because frankly, my songs were amaturish with bad productions. The
songs that I have seen picked up would have been recognized by anyone
as hit songs. There are other ways to get your music out there besides
taxi, but I've found it to be very valuable. It has really improved my
songwriting and production.

Good luck,
Al


Phillip wrote:
Hello,
I am a songwriter and I have in the past joined companies like Taxi to
try and get my music into the industry. However, sometimes I don't know
what to think about these sites. A big problem I have with Taxi is when
they criticize you for doing something in your songs, when it's the exact
same type of thing that record labels are putting on the radio! It's almost
like you can't win! I have a hard time paying $300 a year to a site that
constantly does this. I actually did have one song forwarded to a record
label (so Taxi says) but nothing ever came of it. Is there really any
avenues these days, or is the job of songwriters pretty much long gone?
Seems like the only music we get to hear these days is the crap that artists
try to do themselves, and most of the time it really is crap. What do you
all think?

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Phillip S.
~Pilot, Aircraft Dispatcher, and Audio Newbie Extraordinaire