[Fmpro] How TAXI Works

[Chris Alpiar]

Cool Mark, I look forward to seeing it grow brother. It really would be such
a wonderful asset to have the trust I have for the integrity of your
business, knowing that good people are providing this service with your
track record, mixed with amazing quantity of listings that someone like TAXI
has. I have always been thoroughly pleased with everything your group
offered other then the job postings, whether it was in literature, master
classes, whos who lists, and I can only imagine whatever you provide will
have significant value and we will watch the job postings grow. =)
(btw my post wasn't to know you, but more to show how expensive taxi is and
while they do provide a lot of stuff on one level, there is a lot of
questionability as to how and where and why they place their clients)

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Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
Cinematic Composer 
2727 Gaylord Avenue 
Studio C 
Dayton, OH 45419 
310.339.9603 (Los Angeles) 
937-294-0900 (Dayton) 
chris at alpiar.com 

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-----Original Message-----
From: fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com
[mailto:fmpro-bounces+chris=alpiar.com at nxport.com] On Behalf Of Mark Northam
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:27 AM
To: fmpro at nxport.com
Subject: Re: [Fmpro] How TAXI Works

Hi Chris -

Thanks for the note, but I have to say your numbers are way off re: our
service. We have a few freebie intern jobs every once in a while, but
typically over 50% of the jobs are for music wanted, either to license or to
hire (a composer, etc).

For instance, there are 20 Film Music Network jobs currently open, and all
but 1 are paid positions. Here's the breakdown:

Music or Composer Wanted: 10
Full Time position (film music related): 4
Paid Assistant: 3
Orchestrators wanted: 1
Music Supervisor wanted: 1
Free Intern: 1 (hourly stipend possible)

Admittedly it's hard sometimes to get people to place "juicy" listings with
us, as it's simpler just to hire someone they already know. However, we're
trying... SubmitDIRECT will make things easier and more convenient for job
posters, which we believe will lead to even better job postings.

Thanks,

Mark Northam

On 1/23/07 1:04 AM, "Chris Alpiar" <chris at alpiar.com> wrote:

> My main question Mark, is are you planning to get like a ton more of real
> listings for this service you are building? I love all the stuff you do
man,
> but job listings have always been weak at best, maybe 1 real scoring gig a
> year shows up, 99% of the rest is like intern spots and such. If your
> listings get real juicy I will fo sure be on board, but if I can expect
same
> level of stuff I will probably opt for the minimum service

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Mark Northam - Publisher
Film Music Magazine
The Professional Voice of Music for Film & TV
http://www.filmmusicmag.com
1-800-774-3700 x702 / (310) 645-9000 x702


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