Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
TIme for some real talk about Taxi Music, straight talk, no bull**** based on reality, experience and first hand knowledge.
Links mentiond in the video:
Taxi Forums - forums.taxi.com
Taxi Forwards Blog - blog.taxi.com/forward
Taxi Briefs - taxi.com/industry
Pay To Play! - youtube.com/watch?v=DVA16HLQZBI&t=3987s
Taxi is not a get rich quick scheme, it is not where you go to get discovered. It is a community of musicians and composers that care about each other and want their brethren to succeed. Michael Laskow has been in the industry a long time and has created an awesome musical ecosystem. The Taxi forums alone are a goldmine of useful information and a resource of excellent and timely feedback.
If you are writing specifically for income, understand that it will take you years to generate anything substantial. Taxi is just one of many tools that exist for musicians to use in order to become successful.
It has been said by tv composer veterans in the community that in order to generate a decent income level you have to have 500 cues placed. Not written, but placed. What will it take YOU to get to that number? This is truly a numbers game... I’ve heard it said that this is a marathon, not a sprint. So, you need to recognize what it may take to get where you want to go and then pace yourself and your expectations accordingly.
Book links:
TV MUSIC
Demystifying The Genre/Cue - Dean Krippaehne - amzn.to/3IsY7Ja / amzn.to/3GnVHcd
Writing Production Music For TV - Steve Barden - amzn.to/3CrzsAU
Deconstructing Production Music for TV - Steve Barden - amzn.to/3Is8Aof
So You Want To Become A Media Composer - Adonis Aletras - amzn.to/3Gj7xUH
Introduction To Music Publishing for Musicians - Bobby Borg/Michael Eames - amzn.to/3Z7dixo
INSPIRATION
Songwriters On Songwriting - Paul Zollo - amzn.to/3IB6fXQ
More Songwriters On Songwriting - Paul Zollo - amzn.to/3CtpL4W
The Song Machine - John Seabrook - amzn.to/3VOx2TJ
Anatomy Of A Song - Marc Myers - amzn.to/3Gi7EzT
Always Magic In The Air - Ken Emerson - amzn.to/3Gi7EzT
The B Side - Ben Yagoda - amzn.to/3CuzUym
Tunesmith - Jimmy Webb - amzn.to/3jSz6wE
Please subscribe to my channel here and follow!
More about me: yopauliemusic.com
Find some of my music on Spotify: spoti.fi/3M2EiYi
Instagram: instagram.com/yopauliemusic
Twitter: twitter.com/yopauliemusic
#tvmusic #musicproduction #taxitv #musiccomposing #taxiroadrally #syncmusic #televisionmusic #composer #musicindustry #songwritingtips #musicproduction #musicproducer #musiclibrary #musiclicensing #musicproductiontips #songwriter #songwriting #songwritingtips #yopauliemusic #musiccomposerlife
TIme for some real talk about Taxi Music, straight talk, no bull**** based on reality, experience and first hand knowledge.
Links mentiond in the video:
Taxi Forums - forums.taxi.com
Taxi Forwards Blog - blog.taxi.com/forward
Taxi Briefs - taxi.com/industry
Pay To Play! - youtube.com/watch?v=DVA16HLQZBI&t=3987s
Taxi is not a get rich quick scheme, it is not where you go to get discovered. It is a community of musicians and composers that care about each other and want their brethren to succeed. Michael Laskow has been in the industry a long time and has created an awesome musical ecosystem. The Taxi forums alone are a goldmine of useful information and a resource of excellent and timely feedback.
If you are writing specifically for income, understand that it will take you years to generate anything substantial. Taxi is just one of many tools that exist for musicians to use in order to become successful.
It has been said by tv composer veterans in the community that in order to generate a decent income level you have to have 500 cues placed. Not written, but placed. What will it take YOU to get to that number? This is truly a numbers game... I’ve heard it said that this is a marathon, not a sprint. So, you need to recognize what it may take to get where you want to go and then pace yourself and your expectations accordingly.
Book links:
TV MUSIC
Demystifying The Genre/Cue - Dean Krippaehne - amzn.to/3IsY7Ja / amzn.to/3GnVHcd
Writing Production Music For TV - Steve Barden - amzn.to/3CrzsAU
Deconstructing Production Music for TV - Steve Barden - amzn.to/3Is8Aof
So You Want To Become A Media Composer - Adonis Aletras - amzn.to/3Gj7xUH
Introduction To Music Publishing for Musicians - Bobby Borg/Michael Eames - amzn.to/3Z7dixo
INSPIRATION
Songwriters On Songwriting - Paul Zollo - amzn.to/3IB6fXQ
More Songwriters On Songwriting - Paul Zollo - amzn.to/3CtpL4W
The Song Machine - John Seabrook - amzn.to/3VOx2TJ
Anatomy Of A Song - Marc Myers - amzn.to/3Gi7EzT
Always Magic In The Air - Ken Emerson - amzn.to/3Gi7EzT
The B Side - Ben Yagoda - amzn.to/3CuzUym
Tunesmith - Jimmy Webb - amzn.to/3jSz6wE
Please subscribe to my channel here and follow!
More about me: yopauliemusic.com
Find some of my music on Spotify: spoti.fi/3M2EiYi
Instagram: instagram.com/yopauliemusic
Twitter: twitter.com/yopauliemusic
#tvmusic #musicproduction #taxitv #musiccomposing #taxiroadrally #syncmusic #televisionmusic #composer #musicindustry #songwritingtips #musicproduction #musicproducer #musiclibrary #musiclicensing #musicproductiontips #songwriter #songwriting #songwritingtips #yopauliemusic #musiccomposerlife
