TAXI MusicReviews of taxi.com

Paid 400$, I was told I can't submit unless I upgrade. Total cash grab BS. The lady at customer service was so rude and dismissive.

If you're a middle-aged guy with a laptop and MIDI keyboard writing music in his shed or mom's laundry room, Taxi is for you. Almost all of the listings are sync jobs for background music in tv shows and film...and almost all of their success stories seem to stem from those jobs and that demographic. I, too, wished that I had done more research: I make a living as a professional musician playing and recording in multiple bands and with folks you've heard of...but Taxi, for all intents and purposes, is really a film/video company, not a music one, and it needs to be honest about that. I wasted a year waiting for the listings to match the promise...and wasted a lot of money doing so. Sure, you need to put in the effort-- any musician who wants to succeed needs to-- but Taxi needs to be more upfront that they are for the "in the box" laptop music-making brigade...not the gigging band/musician who is already making a living and simply wants to get their music out to a broader audience. FAIL.

I joined taxi.com with the intention of getting my songs placed. Been a member for 3 months and very disatisfied with the critical way the songs are evalued. Firstly it is expensisive to join and then you have to pay a fee each time you submit a song. (ok fair enough) Then you get emails telling you about Taxi despatch which is for the few who write that sort of stuff, and yes, another yearly subscription fee for that too if you wish to submit to them. It seems that you have to have your own studio to submit to these listings, so it's not suitable for a songwriter in general. Some the feedbacks on my recent submissions have been said that the chorus doesn't stand out enough, in fact the chorus is very catchy and has been evaluated at my own publisher as being as the following: (which I have copy and pasted for accuracy) Right on point with She's A Tomboy! Love the pedal steel and the fantastic melody... Nice work! Your song is currently under consideration for the opportunities you listed above. And that is just one instance of one song. I would cancel my membership right now and get a refund, but somehow I don't think they would oblige as they've got my money now. Would I recommend, no, unless your are an out and out composer with top facilities, and even then the choice for everyday music is limited to generally out of the norm genres. I gave 2 stars instead of one as the people are actually nice people, but the company needs to be more up front and honest with what is required before you join. They may have over 100 opportunities per month, but out of those maybe half a dozen may suit the everyday songwriter, and even then you need to be a producer/composer/artist to maybe get the best out of the company and listings. Not for me!

Spent one Year on this Site. Got zero Forwards. My Projects are professionally produced. They are very focused on Styles, originality is not what they are searching for. To me Ways like theirs are typically for nowadays Business. All must be on the absolute save Path. No Experiments, no new Ideas, Only what had Sold before. Anyway its more then Questionable if Singers should sing Songs they did not write by themselves. They are just using Space in the Business who could be filled with People who really have something to say with their Songs. One Thing: They are giving really nice Feedbacks. They were quiet impressed by my lyrical Content, my Song Structure and my Production and the Professionality, but it was in NONE of all Ballparks, at least for their way of looking at it.

Spent a couple years submitting music on this site. Seems it may be best for jingle writer type musicians, who want to read a "listing" and create a tune directly for that listing. Reviewer comments, 1 out of maybe 10 are helpful, most are not. In the 18 months, I had 1 forward, and didn't hear back. You could argue my music isn't good, of course. You could also question the legitimacy of the service. Probably much better way to spend your hard earned money on marketing your music.