Taxi - April 1st Industry Listings

Humpday is here and almost over. Hope you had a nice week thus far.

I've blogged many times about our involvement with the A&R company
Taxi. This Friday, 1 April, their new listings are being posted.
Check them out at www.taxi.com

Good night
Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG

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Clients - 5 in 24 Hours?

  We mentioned on Monday that we met a waiter at a D.C. restaurant who made it to Hollywood on American Idol.  He called and left me a vm this afternoon.  It is good sign to see he is so eager to get to work.  Once we get a chance to chat with him over any potential collaboration I will fill you in.  I left him a vm earlier tonight to call back when he gets a chance.  

I created a track for a female vocalist who use to be in a band called "DeVille".  I gave her the song late last week and she got back to us this evening via email.  She said that she "really liked" which is always flattering.  We shot her a response with a little more detail on what we can offer.  Once I get something back from her I will fill you in as well.  

We have an artist we have been working with over the past couple of months.  If you recall, his name is "Brian The Gifted" out of Cleveland, Ohio.  I put together a nice Hip-Hop instrumental for him and he transformed the track to a new level.  It has a great sound and solid delivery.  We heard back from him this evening and we should be moving forward to square away contract/legal details.  We'll fill you in as things progress.  

Some of you may remember Kim Lannear.  I have blogged about her in previous blog postings.  She is Jazz vocalist out of Brooklyn, NY.  I created a track for her several months back and we have put our ideas together to make a solid song.  Once she gets time to come down to record we'll have something we can play for everyone to hear.  More to come on that as well.  

We heard back from Breasia Studios yesterday evening.  They have an artist who they are developing who has serious talent for being so young.  (We don't give out details or names of clients until our relationship becomes legally official)  I have been discussing with Breasia over the past couple weeks on how we can support the development of their artists through our music.  I have been building a catalog of music to send their way and with in the next couple of weeks we hope to have a more clear consensus on how we plan to move forward.  The artist they are working with has a lot of promise and we would be honored to play a part in his development.  

As you can see the last week has been quite busy and busy is good.  

Stay tuned and I hope you enjoyed my super long blog posting above.  

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.com

Twitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup 

 

 

Check out our latest release on iTunes: "Wine & Champagne"

Melting Pot & Birthday Wishes

Yesterday We treated a friend of ours to dinner for her birthday at this incredible restaurant named "Melting Pot" in Washington D.C. While we were there I asked our waitress if someone could sing our friend happy birthday (Almost every major restuarant I have been to in the past decade sings Happy Birthday.)

She mentioned that the waiter serving customers at an adjacent table just returned from Hollywood for "American Idol" auditions. Sadly he did not get selected for the next round but we were impressed that he was able to get that far. I asked our waitress if she could have him sing Happy Birthday to our friend. I figured we could kill two birds with stone by making the night specaial for our friend and checking out local talent for BSMG.

With in a few minutes the waiter came to our table, introduced himself with a smile and confidence and happily sung Happy Birthday. All three of us at the table were blown away by his voice and and impressed by his belief in his talent. Long story semi-short, I gave the gentlemen our biz card and continued our delicious dinner.

One last....
The waiter mentioned that he has been recording but the studio is in Richmond, VA (2 hours south). I told him we have access to a studio about 25 mins away and he smiled with look of interest and excitement for a potential opportunity. If he does follow-up with a phone call or email I'll be sure to fill you in.

Thanks for reading

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.comTwitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup


Check out our latest release on iTunes: "Wine & Champagne"   

Taxi Submission's - Optimism

 

 It’s been a while since I last updated our blog.  If you have been reading for a while you may recall me mentioning our use of Taxi.  If you have not, Taxi is an A&R (Artist & Repertoire) agency that receives music listing from the entertainment industry.  The listings come from publishers, music supervisors, record companies, and ad agencies looking for music to fill a void in their production. 

 

I submitted 6 songs to two separate listings.  Unfortunately none of our songs were selected for the particular listing we applied to.  As disappointing as it maybe, I am not upset we did not get picked up.  It was my first time using Taxi and there will be hundreds more listings to come in the future (New listings are available on the 1^st and 15^th of each month).  

 

The most interesting and exciting part about submitting music to Taxi is they critique your music.  I have had dozens and dozens of people listen to my music.  Nine times out of ten with a response of, “I like it” or “That’s pretty good.”  With Taxi there is music directors/supervisors/A&R’s who have the technical experience with music that I’ll need to improve.

 

Critique on our track titled “Subliminal”: “I loved the mood created by this piece. It was unique and emotional. However, the track didn't showcase your compositional skills very well. I think tracks with more sophisticated orchestrations would work more effectively for this listing.” 

 

(Subliminal can be heard on our website under “Productions”)

 

The information provided by Taxi allows me to go back to the drawing board to see how I can improve a specific aspect of my music.  Again, I am not thrilled about not getting selected, but an honest and insightful critique will do for now.    

 

 

Thanks for reading….

Chuck Anderson

CEO, BSMG

BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com

 

 

 

30th Birthday Party!

  Blog updates are a bit behind but I will be back at it soon.  We are in the midst of planning my 30th birthday party. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.comTwitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup


Check out our latest release on iTunes: "Wine & Champagne"   

Techno or Techyes

Things are going well today as usual.  I received a text message from Brian-The-Gifted, a Hip-Hop artists out of Cleveland, asking if I can make Techno music.  He knows of another artists who may be interested in collaborating with us over a Techno track.  Techno hasn't been a high point of concentration for us but we have several songs in our catalog that could work.  If not, I am always up for putting together something new.  Aside from that, getting a potential new client to work with is new business!

Have a great night!

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.com

Twitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup

Check out our latest release on iTunes: "Wine & Champagne" 

 

Orchestra Untitled - 1 of 3

  I have been looking at an industry listing from Taxi asking for Orchestral instrumentals.  I started to put a song together tonight and I am happy with it so far.  It has a light mood/fairy tale theme to it.  I don't know that I have a specific direction I am going in with it but I do want to keep it warm and light.   I have until April 6th to get 2-3 songs together.  That is plenty of time, pending other projects, but I would like to get them completed within the next couple of weeks.  Check out the below industry listing from Taxi.

"NEW LISTING -- ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSERS - from Documentary to Feature Film Styles - needed by a Music Producer who has a new music library with Major distribution and has already signed over 100 TAXI composers. Only top-tier composers are needed, this is a super high bar! He said he's "not messing around on this one." Your instrumentation must sound authentic, meaning strings, woodwinds, brass, etc., need to sound 100% realistic. He further adds "if the track has any solo violin, it HAS to be a LIVE violin, not synthetic." He is open to both domestic and international writers. Additionally, this listing is run only through TAXI and is an exclusive deal with you keeping 100% of the writer's share. All submissions need to be Broadcast Quality (excellent home recordings are fine). Please submit two to three instrumentals online or per CD, include lyrics. All submissions will be screened and critiqued by TAXI and must be received no later than Thursday, April 6, 2011. TAXI # S110406IN"

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.com

Twitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup

Check out our latest release on iTunes: "Wine & Champagne" 

 

Potential

There is a neighbor of ours who lives in our building that we met
several months ago. She mentioned a while back that she use to sing
in a band.

I ran into her this afternoon after work on the metro/subway. (She
happens to work in the building directly adjacent to mine and we work
the same hours.)

She told me that she's been busy recording over the past week or so
for a BMI song contest. With that sparking my interest I asked her if
she was interested me sending her a track to put vocals on. She said
yes.

I came home tonight and made a demo song for her. I'm going to try
and get it to her tomorrow. I'll keep you posted.

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG

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