Monday’s episode of TAXI TV should be amazing! Robin Frederick is going to join us, and she’s going to tell us what her Top 10 Songwriting Hacks are.

Robin’s book, Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting, is a best-seller, and we’ve never heard anything but raves, so even I’m excited to hear what her “hacks” are. If you’re new to our email list or TAXI TV, you really don’t miss this episode.

You’ll find out why the ballroom at our conference—the Road Rally, starting November 6th—is always standing room only when Robin does one of her deep dives on songwriting each year.

I’m going to give away a copy of Robin’s amazing book during the episode on Monday, but you’ve got to watch the live broadcast on YouTube at 4 pm Pacific time to have a shot at getting a complimentary copy of this seminal book on songwriting!

Robin Frederick's Book: Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting:

https://amzn.to/48G91bA

We always love having Ronan on TAXI TV, so we’re excited to have him join us on today’s show (4 pm Pacific time) to teach us some tricks of the trade about production and mixing variables that can make your tracks more “synch-able.” We’ll discuss how to approach reverbs, panning, EQ, arrangement, mastering, etc., to make sure your track fits the style/genre, era, and overall sound the music supervisor or music library is asking for.

Ronan is a TAXI member favorite because of his practical, no B.S. approach to all things audio. While he’s a highly experienced engineer/mixer/producer, his approach to teaching is to explain things in a way that people can easily understand, no matter what their level of expertise is!

Win a One-Hour consult with Ronan!

One of our lucky (live show) viewers will be randomly chosen to meet privately, in a One-on-One session with Ronan at our upcoming Road Rally music conference in Los Angeles, November 6th – 9th. You can play him some music, get feedback, or ask him questions about anything audio and production-related.

If you’ve ever been frustrated that your sync career is taking off as quickly as you’d like, you really don’t want to miss today’s live episode of TAXI TV (4 pm Pacific time) on YouTube!

I’ll be joined by one of TAXI’s most successful members, Matt Vander Boegh, and I’ve asked him to distill all the things he’s done to become so successful down to the 5 most important.

Matt’s music can be heard every hour of the day all over the world, but that wasn’t always the case! He made so many mistakes in the beginning of his career that I’m certain you’ll be saying, “Holy crapola, I do that, too!” as you watch.

What did he do that took him from getting 79 (if memory serves) “rejections” in his first year to having his music in dozens of catalogs and getting placements every day of the year? You’ll find out at 4 pm (Pacific time) today when Matt shares the Top 5 things that skyrocketed his career.

Win a Private Dinner with Matt and Michael!

One lucky viewer of the live episode will win a private dinner in the Westin LAX Hotel’s Presidential Suite with Matt and yours truly during the TAXI Road Rally conference (November 6-9 in Los Angeles), and for dessert, we’ll listen to some of your music and give you feedback!

If you can’t make it to the Rally (are you crazy?!), we’ll do a private Zoom and you can order yourself a pizza to eat as we meet ;-)

Get your questions ready for TAXI’s Head Screener, Craig Pilo, because he’s going to join us on this week’s TAXI TV! He’s always a popular guest and has a great deal of knowledge to share about the sync industry in general, as well as insight relating to TAXI’s screeners, the screening process, common mistakes, and great tips for getting more of your music forwarded to the industry people who are searching for it!

It's time to hear some great music from TAXI's members — songs and instrumentals, alike! Our Top 10 episodes are viewer favorites, so please join us today at 4 pm (PDT) for the LIVE show and you'll have a shot at winning a copy of Dean Krippaehne's latest must-have book, Cue Tips!

If you want to get your music on TV, this book is indispensable! And you'll have a shot at winning a FREE copy if you're in the chat room for this episode!

Join us and you'll hear a range of really cool music that our A&R team has uncovered recently.

Are you frustrated that you haven’t “made it” yet? No forwards from TAXI? No music libraries contacting you after TAXI forwards your music? No placements resulting from the music you’ve signed with music libraries or sync companies?

We’re going to dive into some reasons why those things may not have happened for you yet on today’s episode, and what you can do about it.

This episode was inspired by dozens—maybe hundreds of comments I’ve seen online over many years that go something like this: “I have a friend who used TAXI and said he didn’t get anything out of it.”

After realizing I was only seeing this issue through the lens of TAXI’s members, I decided to make today’s episode about all songwriters, composers, producers, and artists who are frustrated they haven’t made it, whether they’re TAXI members or not!

My research kept leading me back to books by Stephen Pressfield and Simon Sinek, and I’m going to share some cherry-picked wisdom from both of them on today’s episode.

If you’re frustrated you haven’t “made it,” don’t miss today’s episode of TAXI TV! It just might change everything!

Have you ever wondered what the answers to these questions are?

"How many submissions does it take until I start getting forwards from TAXI?"

"How many forwards from TAXI does it take until I start to get deals and offers?"

"How long after TAXI forwards my music does it take until I hear from the client?"

"How long after I sign with the music library will it take for placements to happen?"

"How long will it take to get paid after my music appears in a TV show?"

You're not alone! Virtually all TAXI members (and all other musicians) have probably wanted answers to these very same questions.

I've invited successful (and very experienced) TAXI member, Greg Carrozza, to join me for this episode so we can give you some real-world answers to those questions and many more.

Here are a few more questions...

"Have you ever wondered if songs or instrumentals get more placements?"

"Have you ever wondered if songs or instrumentals generate more income, on the whole?"

"Have you ever wondered which genres get the most placements?"

"Have you ever wondered which genres generate the most income?"

If you've ever wondered about any of the above, don't miss this episode!

“Michael, I’ve learned so much from the A&R Hot Seat episodes on TAXI TV! Can you please do them more often? My music has improved quite a bit because it’s much easier to be objective when deciding what works and what doesn’t about somebody else’s music rather than my own." — Timothy Reardon

We’ve been hearing the same thing from other viewers for years!

With that in mind, on this week’s TAXI TV, we’ll be making A&R decisions to test your A&R skills and see if TAXI's A&R team is as good as I think they are ;-)

I'm going to surprise you with which listings we'll "judge" during this episode, but we'll choose one that was for songs, and the other will be an instrumental listing. Get a good night's sleep and clean your ears to get ready for an A&R Hot Seat episode that you guys love so much!

Long-time TAXI member, Keith LuBrant, has had more than 105,000 sync placements on more than 1,711 TV shows, on more than 283 TV networks, worldwide.

He has a family, a full-time job, a mortgage, and all of the typical responsibilities you probably have. So, how has he accomplished what virtually every person reading this would like to do?

You’ll have your chance to ask him that and every other question you can think of during today’s episode of TAXI TV.

Send Your Questions Early to Get Front-of-the-Line!

Email your questions to [email protected] no later than MONDAY at 2pm PDT, and you’ll get bumped to the front of the line before we take questions from the folks in the live chat room!

I’ve got most of the main panels sorted out for this year’s conference, the TAXI Road Rally. But I need your opinion before I start calling to invite and confirm the panelists. Do you like the topics? Do you have other ideas? Is there consensus?

As always, I want to get your opinions before I lock things down.

Win a FREE Copy of Dean Krippaehne’s latest book,

Cue Tips! — 50 songwriting, composing, and music production hacks to speed up your sync journey: https://amzn.to/45cIFKS

I’ve read it. I loved it, and I’m going to give away THREE copies as a thank you for your help!