How would you suggest that a songwriter from Pig Valley Idaho get his tape the people in the music industry?
Songwriters have to do everything pretty much by tape. Their presence is fairly irrelevant in the beginning. My first recommendation to almost everybody who is a songwriter would be go to the nearest big city or the nearest city where there is an ASCAP or BMI office. Get the local rep to hear it. That’s what ASCAP and BMI and SESAC are there for. They should take advantage of that. The most important thing to do if you’re a songwriter is to make your demos concise so that when I get them and I put them on the song is easy to hear. Don’t make them so I have to listen through a bunch of production. People always ask us before they join TAXI, “How good do my tapes have to be? All I have is a four track or an eight track at home.” We tell them if you’re a songwriter, four tracks or an eight track is definitely all you need. Definitely. Don’t ever go into a 24 track studio. You are only going to screw it up. It’s not where song demos are made.
