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September 2013 - Music Connection
September 2013 - Music Connection
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– BERNARD BAUR<br />
“I’m on a CD with Amy Winehouse<br />
Because I Joined TAXI.”<br />
Anj Granieri – TAXI & ASCAP Member<br />
www.anjmusiconline.com<br />
My name is Anj and I’m 26<br />
years old. Thanks to TAXI, I’ve<br />
recently signed a 5-year contract to<br />
compose for a publisher that<br />
supplies music for the #1 highestrated<br />
daytime talk show in American<br />
television history.<br />
Myth: Living in N.Y.<br />
or L.A. is a Must<br />
I moved to NYC when I was 23<br />
to “make it big” in the music<br />
business. I ended up living in a<br />
shoebox-sized apartment with<br />
broken windows and cockroaches<br />
all over the place. Not quite as<br />
glamorous as the movies make it out<br />
to be. I was frustrated and deflated.<br />
That’s when a friend told me<br />
about TAXI. She said it would<br />
provide me with the ability to make<br />
valuable connections that would<br />
advance my career. I was so<br />
intrigued that I called and signed<br />
up that day.<br />
Myth: Cold Calls Work<br />
Imagine that you’re a busy music<br />
executive. Are you going to listen to<br />
the song a trusted source sent, or<br />
one from the pile of unsolicited stuff<br />
from people you don’t know?<br />
I used to spend countless hours<br />
trying to make connections, let<br />
alone the right connections! With<br />
TAXI, when my music is on-target<br />
and great, it’s placed in the hands of<br />
people who need exactly what I<br />
have to offer. The results have been<br />
nothing short of amazing.<br />
My music has been sent to more<br />
than 15 major record labels by<br />
TAXI, and my single, Former<br />
Stranger was released on a<br />
Universal Records compilation with<br />
Amy Winehouse and Duffy in<br />
Europe and Asia. It’s also been<br />
placed in a prominent publishing<br />
catalog that features music on the<br />
CW network. All because I joined<br />
TAXI.<br />
Myth: All Music Executives<br />
Are Cutthroat<br />
My biggest success yet came<br />
from TAXI’s annual free, membersonly<br />
convention, the Road Rally. I<br />
met the decision-maker from a<br />
prominent publishing company that<br />
provides music for the #1 highest<br />
rated, day-time talk show on the air.<br />
I performed for him at TAXI’s openmic<br />
and he signed me on the spot.<br />
The Road Rally is loaded with<br />
insightful seminars and the nicest<br />
executives you could ever meet. It’s<br />
the only convention I’ve ever been<br />
to with a true “family feel.”<br />
Reality: Dreams Can Come True!<br />
There are two types of people in<br />
the world: those who dream of what<br />
could be, and those who make what<br />
could be into their reality! So which<br />
are you? Call TAXI and do<br />
something with your music!<br />
The World’s Leading Independent A&R Company<br />
1-800-458-2111<br />
September 2013<br />
musicconnection.com<br />
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