5 TIPS for LICENSING Your Solo PIANO Tracks in FILM and TV! [2020]

Watch this Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JOVwtH082Vk On this episode of TAXI TV, we'll be going over the 5 best tips for licensing your solo piano tracks in film & TV with successful TAXI Member, Bill Gordon. Solo piano pieces can often earn more income than tracks with more instruments, and we’re going to uncover the reason for that, as well! So if you want to find out how to make the majority of your income from just piano music, be sure to watch this episode. It might seem crazy to think that you can earn significant income licensing your solo piano instrumentals, but after watching this episode of TAXI TV, you’ll become a believer! Long-time TAXI member, Bill Gordon, earns most of his music licensing income with 88 keys, 8 fingers, 2 thumbs, and just 1 instrument – his piano! He’s been doing it for a couple of decades, and you can bet he’ll have at least 5 great tips for you!! Sometimes, the simplest pieces of music are the most easily licensed, and we’re going to find out why! We're also going to reveal: - The most requested genres. - The most frequently requested moods. - The best length for your piano cues. - Bill’s highest-earning placements. - How long it took Bill to start earning income. Bonus Tips... - Bill’s feelings about music theory. - Bill’s studio set-up. - Bill’s favorite piano microphones. - Bill’s favorite piano sample libraries – does he even have one? Bill’s approach to building and maintaining relationships with the music publishers he works with, and many more great tips that you’re going to find super helpful if you want to earn more income with your solo piano pieces! Who is Bill Gordon? Pianist, composer, and teacher - Bill Gordon, started playing professionally at age fourteen as the drummer and leader of his rhythm & blues showband in Baltimore. He later studied piano and composition at the Wiesbaden Conservatory in Germany, and then graduated from Berklee College of Music. Bill has composed, performed, and produced in many genres including: mainstream jazz, evocative solo piano ballads, quirky pop songs, a quasi-avant-garde funk fable, film and TV music, and he has enjoyed decades of teaching as well. Bill has recorded extensively, appeared as a soloist, accompanist, music director, sideman, and band leader throughout the United States and Europe. He taught music privately and at colleges in Boston, New York City, Raleigh, Los Angeles, Miami, Vienna and now back in Baltimore. Currently, he writes and performs with jazz, soul, and indie-pop singer/songwriters, does annual European tours, and continues composing film and TV music (The Glass Castle, Nashville, CSI, Entourage, etc.). Bill taught at the SAE Institute media school in Miami for 9 years, and wrote their music/music business courses. He presents song, performance, and music business workshops at a wide variety of schools in the U.S. and Europe, and has published the DIY music textbook, It’s Music, Not Theory, Damn It!, along with its online companion ear training course and the online music course, Music, No Theory. --------------------------------------- Watch Last Week's Episode: https://youtu.be/GbiM7j07AnY Learn More About TAXI Independent A&R: http://bit.ly/2mPVGYh Rub Elbows with Music Industry Pros at Our FREE Yearly Convention: http://bit.ly/2a9mwlp View Our Current Music Industry Opportunities: http://bit.ly/28JPUyd Connect with Fellow Songwriters on the TAXI Forum: http://bit.ly/2DENChs Listen on the Go with the TAXI TV Podcast: Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2afebwW Google Play: http://bit.ly/2a7cCQX Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2FuSTJQ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2icUDe0 TuneIn: http://bit.ly/2DCzKrd Follow Us On Social Media... Facebook: http://bit.ly/2931C7x Twitter: http://bit.ly/2jJ0EnQ Instagram: http://bit.ly/2jcg7we SUBSCRIBE to our channel and comment below!