Friday, January 8, 2010

# S090909PR!

Your song(s), Losing Altitude (Instrumental), were forwarded to Emotion Studios for listing # S090909PR!

S090909PR

HIP ALTERNATIVE POP/ROCK INSTRUMENTALS a la the range of Andrew Bird, Peter Bjorn and John, Death Cab for Cutie, Sufjan Stevens, etc., needed by a successful music studio that works on corporate documentaries for such clients as Adobe, Nikon, Wired and more. They want instrumentals that are positive, energetic and fresh. Non-exclusive deal with a $200 licensing fee paid to you each time your cue is placed. If they like your song, chances are good it'll get used many times over. Please, no uncleared samples and Broadcast Quality is needed (great sounding home recordings are fine). Please submit one to three instrumentals online or per CD. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI and must be received no later than Wednesday, September 9, 2009. TAXI # S090909PR

Name Michael Epstein Listing # S090909PR

Title: Losing Altitude (Instrumental)
N/A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10=best)
9 Melody
8 Marketability
9 Song Structure
9 Production
9 Engineering
9 Musicianship
Wow you really have a lot of different instrumental layers here. This gives the song a real feeling of transition. The acoustic guitar in the beginning feels a little bright, and the strings sound a bit synthetic, but overall you have a great ambience here.

Status: Forward

Style
On target for this listing

This song is within the Alternative Pop Rock style that this listing is looking for, a la Peter Bjorn and John.

Overall Comments
Hey Michael, thanks for submitting this song. You have a great melodic sense, and you layer tracks well to keep the song moving and growing. The arrangement has a lot of surprises as well, keeping the listener engaged. Nice work, keep it up.

Sound Quality
Well-recorded
The EQ of the acoustic guitar and the tone of the synth strings could be tweaked, but the overall tone and mix is solid.

The main reason(s) you wereforwarded for this listing is:
The song structure is dynamic, and the instrumentation is fitting for this style.

Listener ID # 310

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