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Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7ni7TsRT-vw Find out how good a Song needs to be for an $8K Film placement. Which kind of lyrics work best? What kind of production do Music Supervisors look for? We'll touch on all the insider info. in this week's TAXI TV and you'll get a chance to listen to the Songs that actually got forwarded to this Music Supervisor. ----------------------------...

Learn from top-selling songwriting author, Robin Frederick, on what are the best songwriting tools you should be using when you write your own music. In this episode, she gives live feedback reviews on songs that were sent in by TAXI members. Get Robin's Top-Selling Books: "Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting" - http://amzn.to/2gKyeI5 "Shortcuts to Songwriting for Film & TV" - http://amzn.to/2ehZf0E ----...

Watch this Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kXy3pYkYquU Michael has 3X Grammy Winner, Rob Chiarelli, on this episode of TAXI TV to give his best tips, and answer all of your music recording & production questions! Watch until the end of the episode to see how you can win Robin Frederick's amazing book, Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting! ----------------------------------------- Watch Last Week's Ep...

Michael gives a run-down of what to expect at 2019's TAXI Road Rally, our FREE convention, and shares some tips from people have attended the event in the past. Don't skip out on this episode if you're going to the Road Rally for the first time this year! Grab your 2 FREE tickets to our convention, the TAXI Road Rally here: http://bit.ly/2a9mwlp ----------------------------------------- Watch Last...

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wKRcvn55Yxc Michael answers questions from the audience ranging from "How do I get a record deal?" to "What's the best way to improve my song after getting a return from TAXI?" Even if you didn't ask these questions, their answers will help make you a better musician, songwriter, and player in the music industry! -------------------------------------...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fqNTungCKYg There are two things we haven’t done in a while: Have a member of the A&R Team join us to give feedback on your music. Do “Speed Critiques.” We’re going to combine both those things into a powerhouse episode with one of our favorite Instrumental Cue Specialists on this week’s show! Here’s how to submit your music for possible inclusion in...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aUKa_YCU6pU After we played a zillion of TAXI member Steve Barden’s Dramedy Cues a couple of weeks ago, people emailed asking if I would listen to their Dramedy cues and give some feedback. What’s better than me giving feedback? Getting feedback from our loyal TAXI TV viewers! Why is that better? Because you learn so much by critiquing other people’s...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: Part 1: https://youtu.be/VuwndONGIi0 Part 2: https://youtu.be/8b2YFyaTdF4 It’s not every day that I jump on a plane and fly from Los Angeles to Boise, Idaho for the sole purpose of doing a live broadcast of TAXI TV. But that’s exactly what I’m doing for this week’s episode! This week’s show is coming to you live from Matthew Vander Boegh’s humble studio in his back y...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C_ni0Ux0ifE There’s no doubt that Dramedy has been one of the most consistently requested (and often-used) genres of Instrumental Cues of the last decade. Dramedy was most-likely popularized by the long-running TV show, Desperate Housewives, and seemed to take on a life of its own after that. There are actually sub-genres of Dramedy now like Urban Dr...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2IE1p0qAyLE I love recording studios! I especially love studios with incredible histories and tons of gear. With the advent of great, inexpensive recording gear, many of the venerable, large-format studios that have been instrumental in many of the biggest hit records have sadly gone the way of the Dodo Bird. That’s not the case for Westlake! As a ma...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/n_33ijHW8bs I have a very small circle of close friends who I lean on when I need sage business advice. Tony van Veen is at the very top of that list. He’s extremely smart, and he’s one of “us.” “How so?” you ask! Well, besides being the CEO of a highly successful company, he’s also a drummer, an indie label owner, and truly he understands the soul o...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2emrBVzjQZc We all know that Instrumentals made for TV and Film placements is supposed to support an emotion or mood, don’t we? When you sit down to compose an Instrumental piece, do you start with an emotion in mind and stay on track as the piece develops? When the piece is done, is the mood or emotion clear and obvious? It needs to be if you’d like...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jPY8OXjxyRw Legendary record producer Michael Lloyd had such a great time on TAXI TV last April, that he’s coming back again this week! The cool part about this return visit is that Michael will be doing live Song critiques! He’s kind of famous for being super generous with his feedback at TAXI’s free convention (the Road Rally) every year, so we’d l...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AzGK6MIBlQM Check out Rob's Plugins: https://www.finalmix.biz Get 50% off everything with code TAXI2019 Get Free Mastering EQ9 with code TAXI-TV Michael had Multi-Grammy-Winning Producer, Engineer, and Mixer Rob Chiarelli in the TAXI TV studio to review TAXI Members' mixes and to give them some awesome mixing tips along the way! ---------------------...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UeMJAlgI3ZI Get Steve's Book: amzn.to/2MZAxse We had so many great tips to give you guys last week that we didn't get to that Steve Barden is coming back this week to make sure you hear them all. We're also going to spend more time answering viewer questions. And yes, we will be giving away another free book! Steve is a production music composer for...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ESjh9uF6lsY Get Steve's Book "Writing Production Music for TV - The Road to Success": https://amzn.to/2N3fQMb Successful TAXI member, composer and author, Steve Barden, will share a boatload of Common Sense Tips for Production Music Composers on this week’s episode! Steve is a production music composer for film and television, and his music can be he...

Watch Last Week's Episode: https://youtu.be/dmPI_qZi0Io Sometimes, it’s the littlest things that can hurt your career… seemingly unimportant things. But they’re not unimportant! As obvious as many of these mistakes are, you can never be reminded too often about what I used to call, “Stupid Musician Tricks.” It’s not the musicians who are stupid, but making these errors can make you feel like you w...

Watch Last Week's Episode: https://youtu.be/Lo7ETFVc6rk TAXI has been at the forefront of helping independent songwriters, artists, and composers get record deals, publishing deals, and Film & TV Music Licensing deals for 27 years. This video is filled with great tips on how musicians can be more effective in pursuing their careers! It's not always about just making great music... there's often mo...

Watch Last Week's Episode: https://youtu.be/_cgmX79uwHI Get Ralph's Book here: https://amzn.to/2Xuzt0w I lost a very close friend on Tuesday. Ralph Murphy was also a friend to countless songwriters all over the world. They lost their most generous teacher and cheerleader this week. If you aren’t already familiar with Ralph’s bio, click here to see it. Ralph was in Los Angeles last month, and we en...

Watch This Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_cgmX79uwHI We know that it’s become a “thing” that many of our viewers like to enjoy a tasty libation while watching the live version of TAXI TV, each week. We think it’s only fitting that we celebrate that with an episode dedicated to Drinking Songs! A few weeks ago, one of our favorite Film/TV music publishers requested drinking songs from our membe...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/intyCmrB4AQ Learn more about Bobby: http://bobbyowsinski.com Check out Bobby's Podcast: https://bobbyoinnercircle.com Get "The Music Business Advice Book": Have you ever asked any of these questions? Why are the royalty payments so low? What about publishing royalties? What about this 44% raise in rates that’s coming? Why are YouTube rates lower? Why...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r8wgq2Lew7w Get "Shortcuts to Songwriting for Film & TV" by Robin Fredrick: http://amzn.to/2ehZf0E I’m often amazed by how many people still don’t really understand the ins and outs of getting their songs and instrumentals in TV, films, and commercials. So, this week I’m going to do a deep dive into: Why you should consider this part of the music ind...

Watch This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SUV9XIrrT2Y Get Ralph's Book: https://murphyslawsofsongwriting.com/ During his five-decade-long career, Ralph Murphy has been a hit songwriter, performer, record producer, music publisher, lecturer, author, and Vice President of International and Domestic Membership at ASCAP. He’s also the author of the powerfully insightful book, Murphy’s Laws of So...

Watch the Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QDga9YD5BwE Self-help guru Tony Robbins has been saying this for decades: “There’s a Pathway to Power; a way to achieve what you want in a shorter period of time. And the way to find it is to model someone who’s already achieving what you want. If someone is extraordinarily successful in business, they’re not lucky. They’ve got a set of strategies tha...

Watch the Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WW46hHrcDF8 TAXI is a music company, first and foremost. That’s why the staff and I do regular hang outs to listen to our members’ music. We turn off the phones and meet in my office once a month to listen to playlists built by staff members. Our most recent playlist was put together by Angela Mukul, our Head Screener. It was all Instrumental Cues; an...