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Hopeless Records President, Louis Posen, makes a point on the A&R Q&A panel.
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(l-r), James Leach (SESAC), Randy Grimmett (ASCAP), Ted Lowe (moderator) and J.W. Johnson (BMI) did a great job of representing America's Performing Rights Organizations on their panel.
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Ted Lowe, President, Choicetracks; Steve Corn, President, Corn Music Services; Chris Baptiste, Director of Film and TV, TAXI; Andrew Robbins, VP, Megatrax and Jeff Freundlich, President, Wild Whirled Music take a moment to pose after their panel.
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John Braheney, author of The Craft and Business of Songwriting, teaching his breakout class at the Rally.
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| Urban music legend, Reggie Calloway, goes one-on-one with a TAXI member during our famous One-to-One Mentor sessions. |
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Hit songwriter Ben Margulies (Mariah Carey's biggest hits) checking out some tunes from budding hit songwriters.
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Performing Songwriter magazine's publisher, Lydia Hutchinson (third from left) moderated an excellent panel on how to Do It Yourself. She was joined by urban music legend, Jay King; DiscMakers' VP, Tony van Veen; Indie-publicist, Mike Farley; Talent Buyer of L.A.'s Roxy, Nikki Sweet and New York publicist, Dawn Kamerling.
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Keynote speaker, Steven Memel, did an excellent job of teaching the audience how to dramatically improve their performances. He also did a great job of matching his shirt to the TAXI sign in the background.
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Songwriting legend, Jack Tempchin (Peaceful Easy Feeling, Already Gone, Slow Dancing) chatting up a TAXI member in the hallway.
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"Again, it was great. It was my fifth and I came away inspired and full of new ideas."
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— Tom Johnson,
TAXI Member
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"What a fantastic Road Rally. Every time we go it gets better! We learned so much and now we are ready to roll!"
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— Nancy & Phil Halpin,
TAXI Members
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"After the rally, the friend that I brought looked at me and said, "I'll never hear a song the same way again.""
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— Zupe,
TAXI Member
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"Some of the greatest musical information and networking ever presented in one glorious place."
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— Ellen St. Peter,
TAXI Member |
"I learned things about songwriting, about production, about studio equipment, and about the business. Thank you for providing such an incredible resource."
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— Scott Atkinson,
TAXI Member
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"The way I figure it, I get the return on my membership investment three times over, just from the Rally."
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— Bill Edwards,
TAXI Member
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"I found the Road Rally to not only be incredibly informative, but also a total blast! The convention makes the TAXI membership fee seem a bargain!"
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— Jessica Treat,
TAXI Member
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"Business is business, but TAXI has a heart. I wanted to send my praise to you for creating this "family" of members."
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— Tom Johnson,
TAXI Member
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