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Seems like a fail without at least giving the references by name. We can search for those ourselves. Is there a way for me to find the references using my TAXI account and knowing the brief number? It seems the only old listings I can read are ones for which I've submitted music.
Hey Johne! You can actually view previous forwards and view the old listings with the reference tracks in them, through this link (just remember to be signed in to your TAXI profile first: blog.taxi.com/forward/?_ga=2.7802231.430051006.1722271119-1101027403.1676670255 You can also view all the old listings through this link here: www.taxi.com/past_listings/adult%20contemporary
I wish I had inquired about generative ai music submissions to Taxi before actually doing them. I’ve wasted a lot of money by simply not asking that question. 🤦🏻♂️
Humans don't intentionally make music to generate income per se, they make music as a result of emotional experiences, it's the divine spark, comparing this to Gen AI creating music is wrong. Human music is based on human emotions, Gen AI is not. That's the difference. The Divine Spark. Art cannot be contrived the way in which Gen AI art is. When musicians have listened to the bands/artists they like for years, its added into an emotional database in their soul, which is tapped into when they create music, a riff etc. Musicians dont scrape existing works the same way Gen AI platforms/systems do. Divine inspiration is our ability as humans to be open to that which affects us emotionally, that which we align with morally. Gen AI will never capture that mode of humanness. To Art is to Human.
29:00 it would be very easy to customize contracts if libraries or PROs mandated watermarks in music. Which is technologically possible yet the business side refuses to implement such technology to benefit the creative workers,
I don’t envy their job at all, particularly the metadata part! I have huge admiration for it. It’s thanks to their tireless effort of pitching and getting placed our music, is why they more than deserve that 50% share.
Hi Maira! Please call the office with any questions you may have. We have someone to answer the phone M-F 9 am to 6 pm PDT. Feel free to also email us with any questions: memberservices@taxi.com
Much as I love Taxi TV, man does the sound quality suck on multiple videos, which amazes me when we're dealing with experienced audio engineers, grammy winning mixers and people who should generally be good with all this stuff. I listen to other podcasts that are zero to do with audio and they don't have these issues.
It has SO much to do with the rig the guests are using, and their bandwidth. I actually bought Rob Chiarelli a webcam after our last episode because his audio and connection were horrible. He was using his phone, and it just sucked. Now, at least he can use his desktop and get better results. On this video, we did a test a half hour before, and everything was fine. When I hit the broadcast button, it all went to hell, sorry!
Good info. Online agreements are confusing.. especially when no one is making money at first, so asking for signatures for something you aren't making money on.. seems ridiculous, but from now on, i will require that. Is there a place i can obtain free forms for download so that we can enter into an agreement?
The interviewer is not unbiased in his opinion of Lindsey. Does he know him personally? It's like they singled him out to be the a-hole. Every time he mentioned him it was in a condescending way. I found this to be very off-putting. Do they have any idea what this guy was going through?
Very good informational episode. I have found that music licensed in perpetuity can have a twist, non-exclude re-titled ok, exclusive re-title and or not, horrible. One Caveat, unless you offered the exclusive as one of your least desirable creations, then by all means, say good bye to your old friend and hope it helps keep the lights on! As far as samples, find me one Native Instrument library or others, that most composer/arrangers are not using because of copyright issues. I personally touch base with every sound library to make sure that the EULA is ok for commercial use as in compositions as well as usage, as track outs (Stems). If the industry for sync, is not liking this uncertain business mode, then it's on them and you can take your shoe shine business and find somebody who need a polish. Thank you hosts for your open platform. Eric
What about #Z Drummer, EZ Bass, EZ Keys? I sometimes start with a guitar then I will go back and add (final) drums voa EZ Drummer. I will also add EZ Bass and EZ Keys. However, I have several times just began with EZ Keys and EZ BAss and then gone into the resective grids and make changes with the progression or make additions to a progression. Are all of these works not able to be presented into the SYNC World? Thanks
The vinyl marketing is ridiculous. I would never buy vinyl. Consumers don't actually Play their vinyl, either, it is purchased as a collector's item. What consumers actually want is Large Format Artwork along with the long-play-format music. Yet Discmakers/CDBaby does not provide for large format artwork for CD's, even though it would be very easy to create a new standardized format for this. So, DiscMakers, what's up, what are you waiting for? Make a standardized, vinyl-sized envelope format for CD's, including options for fold-outs, etc. Why not innovate the packaging of CD's into a Large Format Artwork offering which fans have shown for decades that they want to buy?
24th replay/view; 2nd LIKE posted. QUESTION: (I would've liked to ask Tom) - your opinion of worth and/or usefulness of posting lyrics with music/song videos on RU-vid?
Thanks gentlemen and I’m thrilled I got my question about sidechaining answered. Just trying to piece together all these little nuggets of information to better increase the quality of my mixes.👍
Blindly clicked on vid. Knew u wouldn't disappoint. The genius of simplicity... Exactly what I was looking for. Complex is easy. This is going to work my brain. Thanks for the info.
There is a book get it WRITING BETTER LYRICS -POWERFUL SONGWRITING-PAT PATTISON= took course at Berklee lyric writing Take the course.. You will talk to some songwriters from California- They also go over Taylor Swift music. They go over lyrics step by step. Taxi is a place to LEARN use that attitude. Worry more about what I am learning not the money. Use taxi as a springboard.
Hi Michael, I will have to watch June 24th replay, but it’s the 21st & your 19th VM @ the mystery historic ‘head cleaner bottle’ just showed up in my phone (several others’ missing VM too…). lol, I always used Q-tips, alcohol, razor blades & scotch tape, along with everpresent sharpies, so I have never used the ‘cleaning ribbon in the the bottle’ either. I found it somewhere along my travels, but recently cleaned out 12 y/0 storage so when I came across this little glass bottle again, I thought that U might get a kick out of it. Perhaps somewhere down the line U might find someone who has actually seen it b4. Thanks so much for all your efforts & knowledge. Hope to catch a Taxi TV live soon. Best, 😁
I’ve been copyrighting all my stuff since I was a teenager. People use to think I was overprotective of my material but I’ve always thought it was such an important basic first step in the publishing of any song. Plus there’s a calming secure feeling I get when I get that printed copyright paper in the mail. 😅👍
So if one is using AI to compose music for sync/music libraries, how can we tell if it's made by AI. Couldn't people just say, "No, I wrote it" and even send it to BMI to register, etc. Is there a way to tell if a song is written by AI?
There are different ways to listen for AI-composed music like listing for generic or overly common lyrics, repetitive patterns compared to an artist's original content, and lack of emotional depth/authenticity. There are AI detection services, though they may need a sophisticated algorithm to detect them correctly.
Whats to stop people from using it for Taxi submissions. Or worse, music libraries can now bypass humans and use Udio to compose their own songs…YIKES!
Very interesting. Is it true that fading out records started with jukeboxes as a subliminal way to get people to want to listen to record again (and again)?
Attended 5 rallies from 2015-2019; all were excellent and very interesting. If your keynote speaker needs to be someone reasonably L.A. adjacent, a list of candidates would be helpful in narrowing it down. Offering up name suggestions seems to be plentiful; but who could actually DO IT?
Keynotes: Ryan Tedder, David Foster, Netflix, Charlie Puth, Rick Beato(?) ---- Sponsors: SpitfireAudio, AmpleSound, izotope, Steinberg, Toontracks, Roland, Strezov Sampling, Unify (PluginGuru), Orange Tree Samples, Native Instruments, UA, VSL, Fallout Music Group, Waves, Orchestral Tools, EW, Valhalla, Baby Audio, Cherry Audio, M-Audio, Thomann ... I buy from all these companies. Looking forward to RR!
