Join us at 9 am PDT today!

Road Rally Prequels
Day 2 is LIVE TODAY!!!

Dear Songwriters, Artists, and Composers,

Here we go! Another great day of FREE music industry panels and interviews to help you become successful with your music career. Take a look at today's schedule, below. We hope you can join us!
Click to Watch LIVE at 9 am PDT

Recording Electric and Acoustic Guitars with Ronan Chris Murphy

Some say that recording electric and acoustic guitars is becoming a lost art with samples and sims readily available. But let’s face it; capturing the sound of a great amp pushing air in the studio or the dulcimer tones of a beautiful sounding acoustic guitar can be the difference between good and great recordings. Join Ronan for this master class that will show you how to give your listeners goosebumps!
Click to Watch LIVE at 10:30 am PDT

Song Feedback with Legendary Record Producer, Michael Lloyd

Michael Lloyd’s feedback sessions at the “physical” Road Rally have long been a fan favorite. Michael is incredibly honest, while being tremendously supportive of Indie musicians. His feedback is pointed and helpful in taking your songwriting, production, and style to the next level. Songs (from TAXI members only) will be chosen randomly and played for Michael, who will give feedback and potentially pick some for upcoming projects. Music played during this panel will be chosen randomly from a playlist generated from a panel-specific TAXI Listing that ran prior to the Rally. Submissions not played during the panel will be screened on a yes/no basis after the Rally, and Forwards will be sent to Michael Lloyd.
Click to Watch LIVE at 1 pm PDT

The 10 Biggest Mistakes Songwriters Make with Jai Josefs

Jai is a world-renowned songwriting coach who has been helping songwriters develop successful careers in the industry for over 40 years. His students have secured major label record deals, top 20 hits, publishing deals, and hundreds of placements in film and television. His book Writing Music for Hit Songs has been endorsed by hit writers including Diane Warren and is used as a text on contemporary music composition worldwide. We think he might have more than 10 mistakes to share with us ;-)
Click to Watch LIVE at 2:30 pm PDT

Using Rejection Productively with Arnold “Chanon” Bloch, LCSW

There’s not a songwriter, artist, composer, or TAXI member who hasn’t had to deal with the anger, frustration, and even depression that comes with their music being “rejected.” Many musicians don’t feel like their music is the only thing being rejected. They often feel like they’ve been personally rejected because their music is so much a part of them. We get it, and we want to help you find a productive way to use those feelings in a positive way, rather than letting it eat you up. Arnold Bloch is not only a licensed therapist, he’s also an accomplished musician, songwriter, and a has been a TAXI member, so he knows all about rejection, first-hand! We’re excited to have him share some healthy, productive ways to use “rejection” rather than suffering from it!
Click to Watch LIVE at 4 pm PDT

Collaborating Remotely: The World is Your Oyster with Sessionwire & Randy Bachman

We live in a hyper-connected world; but for musicians who need to collaborate on music creation, using email, Zoom, FaceTime, speaker phones, and services like WeTransfer can often feel like we’re still using tin cans connected with a very long string! The audio sounds bad, the video is laggy, and waiting for a file via email or WeTransfer can really screw up the vibe and the schedule! Sessionwire is the most elegant solution we’ve seen for collaborating in real-time with great audio and video. There are so many cool ways to use this awesomely easy technology that we asked our friends at Sessionwire to put together a video showing an actual session. And guess who (pun intended) is playing on the session? None other than the legendary founder of the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Randy Bachman! Randy was a TAXI member for a number of years, and he might hold a world-record for collaborating with songwriters in Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, and London. We hope he can join us for some Q&A at the end of the session!