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Originally Posted by shikawkee  We did a test with them at one point.
We weren't getting any forwards so we decided to start asking for their "reviews" to see why. We shortly started seeing a pattern. A WRITING pattern. Though each review was supposed to be by a different reviewer with a different ID# THEY ALL HAD THE SAME HANDWRITING. Now, you could say that a secretary was dictated the notes but I don't think so (and if Taxi's doing well enough to have secretary's dictating song notes on every song then I'm on the wrong side of the biz).
Furthermore, the notes were ridiculous. I've been in the biz 20 years and had numerous publishing deals and these notes were useless and very unhelpful, written by someone who knew nothing about music publishing.
I could go on but it's early and it's been years since I've thought about this crap. I remember there being more reasons to cancel my trial. I'm sure people get TV/Film stuff from them every once in a while--it's merely a matter of numbers, but I think it's a waste of time and a scam. Spend your money on a good demos, phone calls and mailing costs.
People who charge for what good professionals don't are scammers.
I've seen a boatlod of them in 20 years. If you're good, you're good. Paying someone to help probably won't do you much good in the long run.
Too many people trying to make money off of musicians in this biz for my comfort level.
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I've had a ton of success with taxi. It got my music to a lot of people- people who place and continue to use my music. Taxi has connected me with placements on all the major TV networks, several independent and a few not-so-independent films, a publishing deal, regional and local ad campains, platinum selling video games. One company (Media Creature Music) used my music for some Nissan commercials a few years back- this money became the deposit on my first house. It would be very difficult for me to label taxi as a "scam"- every time I walk into my house, I think where would I be without Taxi? I had no connections, and no way to get my stuff heard, yet through Taxi I'm now a full time musician/composer/all-around studio/music guy. These guys are totally legit.