TAXI A&R team member Paul Taylor is one of our most valued and highly complimented screeners of all time. Our members regularly send thank you emails, and hundreds, if not thousands have benefited from his sage advice over the last several years.

I’m very excited to have him as my guest on this week’s TAXI TV!

Paul has asked me if he can start the episode by sharing some tips with members to help them overcome common mistakes that he sees over and over again. Mistakes that result in “returns” instead of “forwards.” Who wouldn’t want to know what those are?

After that, we’ll move on to the Q&A part of the show. If you’ve ever wanted to get an inside look at what goes through our A&R team’s head as they listen to your music, then you really don’t want to miss this episode!

This is the level of people who routinely screen your music at TAXI. Hopefully, you think Paul is qualified ;-)

Paul Taylor has almost 30 years of experience composing, orchestrating, and conducting in the field of Film/TV, Video Games, and trailers. Recent and all-time favorites are orchestrating the video game scores for the Fallout series, Lord of the Rings series, the Syberia series, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Avatar, Fantasia;Music Evolved, the Dead Space series, and the upcoming Bethesda flagship game Starfield.

Another Fantasia highlight was an orchestration of Jimi Hendrix’s Fire, with legendary producer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles).

Paul has also worked with live orchestras all over the world, including the Video Games Live concerts, and has conducted session orchestras in Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Nashville, Budapest, and London.

His recent projects include Heavyocity’s acclaimed brass and woodwind sample libraries, FORZO and VENTO, as well as orchestrating the video game scores for the latest installment of The Elder Scrolls franchise, Pub G mobile, Bandai Namco’s JumpForce, and Capcom’s Monster Hunters World. Trailer placements include Knives Out, A Christmas Carol, and The Shape of Water. TV/Film work include hundreds of library cues, a full-length feature, TV commercials for Beats and the U.S. Marines, and the Academy Award Winning short film, West Bank Story.

Watch this episode of TAXI TV to find out if this year's TAXI Road Rally will be live in person or virtual. Viewers also give their input on what they'd like to see at this year's FREE convention!

On this episode of TAXI TV with TV composer, Steve Barden, we tell you about mistakes that rookie (and even experienced) composers often make!

Not only is Steve an accomplished composer, he’s also the author of the indispensable book, Writing Production Music for TV – The Road to Success, as well as his brand-new book, Deconstructing Production Music for TV!

Buy your own copy of the book here: https://amzn.to/3zi05oC

Every month, our A&R Team makes a list of 10 of their favorite TAXI Member songs or instrumentals that they've heard lately. We call them the "Top 10," but don't let that mislead you into thinking they're THE 10 best songs or instrumentals out of ALL the music our members make.

Really, it's more like a list of, "Hey, these are really cool and you should check them out." And you should!

Please join me on this week's episode of TAXI TV as we listen together!

Listen to the Top 10 on your own time here: http://bit.ly/2ZcRS3C

Michael has put together a fun quiz to test your knowledge of the music industry, mostly from the Sync side of things, but not entirely!

Let’s see if you’ve been paying attention during the last 12 years of TAXI TV and how much you’ve learned along the way. This should be lots of fun, and as always, painlessly educational!

While these Ten Commandments aren't nearly as impressive as the real thing, we think they could have a powerful impact on your life as a musician who's trying to earn a nice income from TV, Film, and Commercial placements!

Will Michael be reading the Commandments from stone tablets or his phone? You'll just have to watch to find out!

Here are links to the books Michael mentioned:

Demystifying the Cue by Dean Krippaehne: https://amzn.to/3yhjS7b

Demystifying the Genre by Dean Krippaehne: https://amzn.to/3fnL8rX

Writing Production Music for TV: The Road to Success by Steve Barden: https://amzn.to/3uUS5r6

Shortcuts to Songwriting for Film & TV By Robin Frederick: https://amzn.to/3oozpgR

Our European audience really enjoyed having their questions answered in real-time during last week's LIVE episode that started 4 hours earlier than normal, so we did it again!

Get "Music, Money and Success 8th Edition" by Jeff Brabec: https://amzn.to/3t9N0JO

Get "Writing Production Music for TV" by Steve Barden: https://amzn.to/3nRnMPq

Get "Demystifying the Genre" by Dean Krippaehne: https://amzn.to/3h0stVA

Get "Demystifying the Cue" by Dean Krippaehne: https://amzn.to/3ebdYfL

Here's your chance to ask me something I might have missed in the chat during a recent episode! Throw anything at me, and I'll do my best to give you a great answer.

Ask me about anything – from TAXI-specific questions, to engineering or production questions, to music business questions, to music industry business etiquette queries, to questions about TAXI's screening/A&R process, to film/TV music questions (songs and instrumentals), to TAXI Road Rally questions, to just about anything else you can think of!

There’s no reasonable question that I won’t answer – even at the risk of embarrassing myself!

Every month, our A&R Team makes a list of 10 of their favorite TAXI Member songs or instrumentals that they've heard lately. We call them the "Top 10," but don't let that mislead you into thinking they're THE 10 best songs or instrumentals out of ALL the music our members make.

Really, it's more like a list of, "Hey, these are really cool and you should check them out." And you should!

Please join me on this week's episode of TAXI TV as we listen together!

If I had a nickel for every time a TAXI member told me music they thought was great at the time is now a little embarrassing in retrospect, I’d be retired.

I asked TAXI member Greg Carrozza to send me some of his instrumental tracks that didn’t get forwarded by our screeners and other tracks in the same genre that did!

Are there drastic differences between his early attempts and his more recent work? You tell me!

Was the music Greg created when he was new to TAXI substandard? You tell me!

Were the TAXI A&R Team members correct when they decided to NOT forward some of the music you’re going to hear? Again, you tell me!

Please join Greg and me for what promises to be an eye-opening episode. We’re pretty sure this will help you get more forwards and experience less frustration!