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I very much agree with zboy findings as well. My experience has led me to believe that it's the followup that counts in getting something listened to. Even with solicited material !!!!!! It can take weeks for A&R guys to get around to your submission, even when they've asked for it or it has been given to them by one of their peers. Taxi may very well get the tape into the office but without any followup it's difficult to know whether it will actually get listened to. And yes, my wife was a Taxi member for a year and while we had many submissions forwarded nothing ever came of them. That same year we had something like 9 cuts, 1/2 a dozen tv placements, and some commercial spots - all stemming from relationships and being able to follow our tracks through the entire process.
I do think Taxi offers a valuable service for people who are not in the major music centers by way of the convention. But I personally would not join for the submission part of it.
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