Rachel and Vikki,

You ladies have really opened my eyes to TAXI. I have read both good and bad...have tended to believe more of the good than the bad. I know that Brian is a HUGE supporter of TAXI, but I often wondered if their partial sponsorship of JPF may have influenced his perception of them. Brian is very loyal to those who support him...and I think that that is usually an admirable quality.

For many people, $300.00 per year is a pretty big slice to handle. And considering that an average of only 6% of the submissions are fowarded, that make the can be discouraging. Although, your points that it forces you to hone your skills if you truly desire success by that avenue. I have wanted to join for a number of years. But for me, the $300.00 is unaffordable. I am now retired with a decent retitrement income. But, with my wife's monthly medication costing over $8,000.00 (that's not a typo, BTW...it really is EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS!), I simply have to be very cautious how I spend my discretionary funds. With that kind of an obligation, I have to spend my funds on realtively sure things...there is no money for "the learning curve".

If their membership fee were less, I would probably join, as I write a lot of Movie/TV Theme genre and that would be an excellent place to submit that kind of work.

After all of that, what I really wanted to say was that you two ladies gave some very, very good information about TAXI services and how it might or might not be a good avenue for various composers. You did a very nice job and I wanted to let you know that.

All the best to you!

Al

Last edited by Al David; 10/26/07 07:37 PM.