Why Some Music Libraries ONLY Want Industry - Savvy Composers! [02/28/22]

Do you get ticked-off when you see something like this in some of TAXI’s Industry Listings? IMPORTANT NOTE: This Company offers an Exclusive deal, and has a strong preference for signing material from songwriters who have worked for libraries and licensing companies in the past and understand how standard deals work. If you don't have that experience and you don't know the drill on typical deals, they politely ask that you don't submit to this request. Or this... IMPORTANT NOTE: This Library offers an Exclusive deal, and has a strong preference for signing material from songwriters who have worked for libraries and licensing companies in the past and understand how standard deals work. Or this... IMPORTANT NOTE: This company has specifically asked that you only send unreleased Songs that aren't already commercially available. If you've already released them on Spotify, Apple Music, etc., or if they’re already published or administered by CD Baby Pro, TuneCore, etc., please do not submit them. TAXI CEO Michael Laskow discussed the issue at length on this week’s episode of TAXI TV to help you better understand why some of our clients ask us to include this language in the searches we run for them. This is a really important topic, so you're not going to want to skip it!