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
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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