Taxi Music Service Misleading information to gain me as a member. Calabasas California

To whom this may concern,

I have been a member of Taxi Music service for about six months now. I am a songwriter and musician and have been so for 30 years. I came across Taxi on the web making claims of being capable to get your music to the right people, but so far that has not been the case. Before i joined, i spoke extensively with several staff members to make sure what would be requried of me as far as sound quality for my submissions. Since I'm a sonwriter, and not looking to be a performer, i made sure that my home recordings would be suitable. I asked many times what type of submissions i should choose as a songwriter, and was told repeatedly that i should submit my music to the singer/songwriter submissions in raw acoustic form. Since most of my recordings are acoustic recordings, i typically only submit to those type of listings. As they are home recordings, i do use a recording system that is capable of recording twelve tracks, with reverb, mixing and mastering effects. So they are'nt just a guy and a michrophone. I have chose the proper listings and have done everything to the specifications asked for by Taxi. The songs I submit are for other artists to rerecord and to add their own twist and make the songs their own. But i have a major problem with the reasoning for Taxi refusing to forward my music. I always get good critiques from the screeners, but they seem to always find some small issue with the quality of the recordings. They are lame excuses that make no sense. I was initially informed that a low quality home recording would be fine to submit, even recordings made on a simple Iphone. The music i submit is meant for others, not to be played in the form in which i sent the recordings. Telling me i need to adjust my pan settings to dead center, telling me to be more dynamic in the chorus, just small things like this, but with excellent critiques. This is very confusing when i am submitting songs to be listened to and rerecorded by another artist. I went the extra mile to make the recordings more than what they initially asked for, just for my own sense of wanting to give them a quality recording. If the critiques are good, and i am submitting to a raw acoustic singer/songwriter submission, what is the purpose in Taxi's screeners picking apart small issues in the recordings, when they clearly stated repeatedly that any type of recording would be acceptable as long as it is a stripped down recording submission. I feel as if the company is taking advantage of desperate artists just looking to find a way to get their work to someone that could help along their career. The listings also seem fraudulent as well. They never tell who you are submitting the music to, which leads members to think they are made up listings to get you to spend money, since each submission cost's five dollars per submission. It's not as if we could obtain the contact info to the producers or record labels if they stated the names. As far as that go's we as musicians could easily obtain this info via the web. It literally seems like an outright scam. I do not like to use this term, but the more i look into the situation and read the thousands of people on the web with the same issues, it has really come to light that they are making money from giving critiques. I feel as if this is really their only service, but if you look at their website, they clearly claim to have a vast amount of connections in the music industry. I know many people that are, and have been members of this company, but never had a single song forwarded, only critiques. We as musicians do not need their critiques, the crowd typically lets us know if we have a great song or not. I would hate to think that something as small as, hey, you need to pan right, add more reverb, or the many lame excuses they give for not forwarding music would keep great songs from ever being heard. It takes away the chance for great songs that deserve to be heard by music lovers everywhere. I will not use this service again, and i would not advise anyone else to use this service. You will pay 300$ a year plus five dollars per submission, for some guy in head phones who never made it in the music industry to listen and find any reason possible not to forward your music. They offer a money back guarantee, but it's not real either. No one ever gets a refund, none that i know of anyway. Good luck to all the amazing musicians and artists out there. Please don't allow Taxi to make you think you aren't great. They are about money, not getting the wonderful music so many make to the ears and hearts of so many. Thanks for your site, and i hope this gives some insight to anyone thinking of taking that long, long walk with Taxi Music. Best Wishes to All!