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Getting Comfortable With Production, Part Four
"Why doesn’t my stuff sound slick or glossy, like the stuff on the radio?" Read the final part of this Road Rally panel to find out!
"I was told that Rally would be a life-changing experience, and it proved to be absolutely true."
How can just one weekend at a music conference be life-changing? Find out!
Passenger Profile: Lydia Ashton, Redux!
TAXI member Lydia Ashton felt like she won Olympic "Gold" when she watched the the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio. Find out why, and see how she's landed more than 3,000 TV music placements, and had more than 350,000 plays of her music. We love this story so much we're sharing it again!
Dan Michaels and his band, The Choir, got one of their songs placed in Get Shorty (Epix) ...Read the full story
Marcus Cohen has had his music on several TV shows, including The Daily Show ...Read the full story
The TAXI Road Rally November 2-5, Los Angeles
You can procrastinate and wait another year, but that's like saying, "I'd like to wait another year to become successful with my music." Haven't you already put it off long enough?
If You Love the Beatles
Michael just saw this documentary and loved it! Good 'Ol Freda makes you feel like are "in the room" for a 10-year span of Beatlemania. See behind-the-scenes video and photos, and hear stories that can only be told by the woman who started working for the Beatles when she was just 17 years old!
How to Get 350,000 Plays of Your Music on TV
This is such an inspiring interview we wanted to bring it back in the lead up to this year's Road Rally. Composer, wife, and full-time mom, Lydia Ashton somehow finds the time to make music that so good she's had hundreds of thousands of plays on television. If you're too exhausted to sit down and create music when you get home from work, let Lydia inspire you to find the time!
Easy Edit Points and Buttoned Endings
One of the most important things you can bake into your instrumental tracks or cues is the "usability factor." Having edit points that stand out and buttoned endings both make instrumentals easier for editors to cut into TV show scenes, yet most musicians really aren't aware of these simple tricks of the trade. Watch this and you will be!