Wednesday, February 10, 2010

D100201DA!

Your song(s), 30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix), were forwarded to Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. for Dispatch listing # D100201DA!

D100201DA

DANCE/ELECTRONICA ARTISTS, BANDS, and DJs needed by a Major Video Game Developer and Manufacturer for video game/project placement and licensing. Open to a wide range of styles, but strict on quality of performance and original songs. They want standout talent with a current sound and a solid fan following. Male or female vocals are okay. All tempos acceptable, but upbeat songs preferred. Please include a link of your website in your bio. Broadcast quality needed (excellent home recordings are okay). Please submit 1-3 songs online or per CD, include bio/photo/lyrics. All submissions will be screened on a YES/NO BASIS - NO CRITIQUES FROM TAXI - and must be received no later than Noon (PST) on Monday, February 1, 2010. TAXI #D100201DA

Name Michael Epstein Listing # D100201DA
Song Title 30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)

Status: Forward

Listener ID # 287

D100202AR!

Your song(s), Winged Bicycle, were forwarded to Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. for Dispatch listing # D100202AR!

D100202AR

ALT ROCK/MODERN ROCK/INDIE ROCK ARTISTS and BANDS needed by a Major Video Game Developer and Manufacturer for video game/project placement and licensing. Open to a wide range of styles, but strict on quality of performance and songs. They want standout talent with a current sound and a solid fan following. Male or female vocals are okay. All tempos acceptable, but upbeat songs preferred. Please include a link of your website in your bio. Broadcast quality needed (excellent home recordings are okay). Please submit 1-3 songs online or per CD, include bio/photo/lyrics. All submissions will be screened on a YES/NO BASIS - NO CRITIQUES FROM TAXI - and must be received no later than Noon (PST) on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. TAXI #D100202AR

Name Michael Epstein Listing # D100202AR
Song Title Winged Bicycle

Status: Forward

Listener ID # 310

S100106AM

S100106AM

ALT COUNTRY/AMERICANA SONGS in the range from Gram Parsons to Uncle Tupelo to the Jayhawks to Lucinda Williams to Wilco to the Drive-By Truckers, etc., are wanted by a West Coast-based Music Library whose clients include Xbox, Microsoft, Visa, Clorox, Adidas, and more. Male or female vocals are fine. Vocal and instrumental presentation must be top-notch! They offer a standard non-exclusive, 50/50 deal and they don't acquire your song's copyright. Songs must be broadcast quality (great sounding home recordings are OK). You must control the publishing and master rights to your songs - no samples that require clearance, please. Please submit one to three songs online or per CD, include lyrics. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI and must be received no later than Wednesday, January 6, 2010. TAXI #S100106AM

Name Michael Epstein Listing # S100106AM


Title: Walk on Water
N/A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10=best)
8 Melody
8 Lyrics
8 Marketability
8 Song Structure
6 Production
7 Engineering
7 Musicianship
8 Lead Vocal
You have a fun melody here and a catchy chorus. Your voice has a quirkiness to it that will make you stand out from the crowd and be remembered. I'd like to hear more of a dynamic shift between your verses and choruses. Sonically, you have most of the action going on in the same frequency range - voice, guitars etc. and they all seem to be turned up at the same level. It becomes a bit tiring to the ears after a while - a bit of an assault.

Status: Return

Style
On target for this listing

Overall Comments
Hello Michael, thank you for submitting your material for this listing. I have enjoyed listening to your song - catchy chorus, fun feel to it, reminiscent of The Violent Femmes. Now I need to hear a slightly better recording for a listing such as this. You're off to a great start hear. Now I'd like to hear you think about separation of instruments, frequency-wise, with panning, with varying volumes. make sure the voice stands out from the instruments more - investigate using space, rather than filling it all up. Try using more space in your verses and then building in your chorus.

Sound Quality
Not great, but clean enough for this listing

The sound is 'clean' enough but I hear a lack of frequency range and you could make more choices in your mixing - dynamic, panning - and previous to that - arranging.

The main reason(s) you were not forwarded for this listing is:
I really like the song. Now I just need to hear a little more dynamic and use of space in the recording.

Listener ID # 147

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

# Y091231PU! (DNFMOMD)

Y091231PU

ORIGINAL 70's NEW YORK UNDERGROUND ROCK/PUNK SONGS a la the range from The Ramones to Velvet Underground and Lou Reed, etc., are needed by a successful Music Publisher who's had tons of great Film/TV placements for many TAXI members. Universal lyrics are necessary. No instrumentals please! Vocal and instrumentation must be top-notch! They offer a non-exclusive, 50/50 split deal - you keep your original copyrights. Broadcast quality needed (great home recordings are fine). Please submit one to three songs online or per CD, include lyrics. All submissions will be screened on a YES/NO BASIS ONLY - NO CRITIQUES FROM TAXI - and must be received no later than Thursday, December 31, 2009. TAXI #Y091231PU

Your song(s), Episode 1 - Arrival & Episode 3 - Checkmate, were forwarded
to Crucial Music for listing # Y091231PU!

Title: Episode 1 - Arrival
Status: Forward

Title: Episode 3 - Checkmate
Status: Forward
Reasons Forwarded:
Music


Listener ID # 256

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Y091230HR, DNFMOMD

We listened carefully to your song(s) listed below, but unfortunately,
it wasn't right on target for listing #Y091230HR:
Episode 1 - Arrival & Episode 3 - Checkmate

Y091230HR
CURRENT SOUNDING HARD ROCK BANDS a la "anything and everything Hard Rock related" sought by a highly successful clothing brand to use as backing tracks for their online webisode series. No covers please and you must own your own masters. Vocal and demo presentation must be top-notch! Broadcast quality is needed (great sounding home recordings are OK). Please submit one to three songs online or per CD, include lyrics. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI and must be received no later than Wednesday, December 30, 2009. TAXI #Y091230HR

Name Michael Epstein Listing # Y091230HR
Title: Episode 1 - Arrival

Status: Return

Reasons not Forwarded:
Vocal Performance
Instrumental Performance
Recording
Music

Title: Episode 3 - Checkmate

Status: Return

Reasons not Forwarded:
Vocal Performance
Instrumental Performance
Recording
Music

Listener ID # 316

Friday, January 8, 2010

#D091228IR (DNFMOMD)

We listened carefully to your song(s) listed below, but unfortunately, it wasn't right on target for Dispatch listing #D091228IR: Episode 1 - Arrival

D091228IR

INDIE/ALTERNATIVE ROCK SONGS a la Sonic Youth, Pavement, Mars Volta, etc., needed by the Music Supervisor of an established Production Company that is a major player specializing in the Extreme Sports Film industry. No instrumentals please. Male or female vocals are okay, but female vocals are preferred. Vocal performances must be top notch. Broadcast quality is needed (excellent home recordings are fine). Please submit one to three songs online or per CD, include lyrics. All submissions will be screened on a YES/NO BASIS - NO CRITIQUES FROM TAXI - and must be received no later than 4:00pm (PST) on Monday, December 28, 2009. TAXI #D091228IR

Name Michael Epstein Listing # D091228IR
Song Title Episode 1 - Arrival

Status: Return

Reasons not Forwarded:
Stylistically Off Target

Listener ID # 19

#D091210IN

We listened carefully to your song(s) listed below, but unfortunately, it wasn't right on target for Dispatch listing #D091210IN: 30 Lives (Instrumental)

D091210IN

INDIE POP INSTRUMENTALS in the wide stylistic range of Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s, Jeff Buckley, Belle & Sebastian, etc., needed immediately by a Music Production Company producing a Reality Show on a Major Television Network. Instrumentals need to be light-hearted and upbeat. Broadcast quality needed (excellent home recordings are okay). Please submit one to three instrumentals online or per CD. All submissions will be screened on a YES/NO BASIS - NO CRITIQUES FROM TAXI - and must be received no later than 4:00pm (PST) on Thursday, December 10, 2009. TAXI #D091210IN

Name Michael Epstein Listing # D091210IN
Song Title 30 Lives (Instrumental)

Status: Return

Reasons not Forwarded:

Not Master/Broadcast Quality

Other
I love this track - but there are some vocals here, and the listing specifies that only instrumentals can be used for this project.

Listener ID # 287