For a long time, I've lamented never having gotten anywhere with my music, but it recently occurred to me that I've never really tried. Sure, I've put some stuff out there, But I haven't been terribly professional about it and I think it's time to change that. To that end, I've decided to join taxi.com at the beginning of the year (need time to save up some money). It's an independent A&R company that sends it's members listings of requests from record companies, publishers and tv/film music supervisors (the ones that I'd be focusing on). Then, their specialists (who are very reputable) listen to the music sent in and if they think that it's appropriate for the listing they send it on and if not they return it with a critique (that part might be a little hard of the old ego lol).
On the positive side, it could be a way to finally make some money from my music, get better as a composer, break into composing for movies and tv (I've wanted to do that for a while) and, if it works out, allow me to just give a way the stuff that I write for myself and not have to worry about selling it (which I've never been comfortable with). On the negative side, it costs $300/year and I just spent another $300 on a digital 8-track and repairs to my Stratocaster (I haven't played electric in a while) so it's going to be quite an investment.
Here goes nothing. lol
