How to Get Started in Sync Music Licensing with Matt Vander Boegh!

[@mattvanderboegh]

Hey Michael & Taxi Rockstars! It was such a pleasure doing this interview / episode with you. I'm glad it was well-received, and people were able to see past my sleeveless nutcracker sweater, hahahaha. Thanks Michael, for everything you do for Taxi members and the music community at-large. Words simply can't express how grateful I am for you and the company you created.

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

Thanks, Matt! And thanks for always inspiring our members! Your story and success proves that hard work, singular focus, and persistence will pay off!

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

And yes, that shirt!!! 😂

[@PianoGuitarVocal]

Wow! I cannot believe how good this TAXI TV episode is! Thank you, Matt and Michael. I have seen over 100 TAXI TV shows. This one among all the excellent ones ranks at the top. Beautiful really.

[@mattvanderboegh]

Wow, now THAT'S high praise!! I'm glad you enjoyed my yammerings, lol.

[@Wendolynn_Jane]

Sayin' Hey! from Arizona. Stay safe. --FYI on where I've been: I've been playing piano live since the pandemic. I should go back to the Road Rally sometime to listen to everyone play. The fact that the convention is just awesome on its own is often minimized by the music library owners since they want you to be talking to them instead of kicking back at the open mics. Forget my career, if I hadn't gone to the Road Rally, I'd have never seen Streetlight Cadence!, and I have no idea why they were never famous. Best! 😎🍀❤

[@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill]

XLNT episode... even for this old lurker dude. Thank you Michael & "Professor" Matt.

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

Thanks Peter ;)

[@mattvanderboegh]

Thanks Peter!

[@peterdahl-bredine7315]

THANK YOU MATT & MICHAEL!!! I’m SO pumped, haha! hope I get to meet you both someday at a road rally. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@mattvanderboegh]

It was my pleasure! And I'll definitely meet you at a Road Rally some year - I'm there every single year, so feel free to find me and say hey!

[@JonHortonMusic]

Always inspiring! I just submitted my 2nd submission to TAXI and I'm learning a lot. Hope to show up in November!

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

Hope to see you at the Rally Jon!

[@kjc4414]

Thanx Mike and Matt... This was Gold!... One of the better TaxiTV's I have seen. Matt is direct, down-to-earth, tells it like it is, and is an inspiration. Several things he said will change my whole approach to this thing. I finally feel like I "get it"...

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

So glad to hear that! Always here to help.

[@mattvanderboegh]

Thank you so much! Gold is much better than the fake silver which I buy for my daughter, hahahaha.

[@MarioLucianAndreano]

I really needed this...thank you!

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

Thanks for watching Mario!

[@greggtramel]

Excellent show Michael and Matt.....Thanks you guys!!

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

Thanks, Gregg! Hope all is well.

[@greggtramel]

@@TaxiIndependentAR .Im fine.....alot better than Southern CAlif......so sorry you guys are in such misery. I have some experience with fire emergencies burning towards town.....terrifying.....and the toxic smoke....just a nightmare....my heart goes out to you all....sorry. Again thanks for this show....Matt and Michael....just killer info I can apply right now .......Thanks again....gt

[@mattvanderboegh]

Thanks Gregg!!

[@greggtramel]

@@mattvanderboegh ....Thanks again man....Im from Hermiston....Bronks kick ass....love Boise St.....hell ya......Im a shitty composer...shitty with melody......bahaahaaa....I love your KISS method....and lessons of giving the editors something they want. Not what the hell you think is "pretty"....bahaaaaa.......Thanks Man!!

[@greggtramel]

@@mattvanderboegh PS.....Ashton should have got the Heisman.....dude was flat out Electric to watch !

[@chasearrington346]

Thank You!! This was so inspiring and helpful! ❤❤

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

So glad this has helped. Happy writing! :)

[@mattvanderboegh]

Thanks Chase!

[@MrJimvilandre]

Congrats on all your success Matt!

[@mattvanderboegh]

Thank you so much!!

[@GeetaMartinez-rt3rl]

Bless you!!!! As it should be 🙌❤️

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

Thanks for watching Geeta.

[@MrJimvilandre]

Thanks so much for sharing

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

Thanks for tuning in! :)

[@dynamohummingbird]

Lots of great insight and inspiration here, thanks y’all!

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

Glad it resonated well with you! :)

[@mattvanderboegh]

Glad you liked it! I don't know if I gave "great" insight though.... let's just leave my yapping at "insight" and leave off the "great", lol.

[@dynamohummingbird]

⁠@@mattvanderboeghlol, I guess it wouldn’t have been so pleasant to watch if you were like “Yes, I am Great!!” 😂 Quite a few light bulb moments to be had and I especially appreciated you sharing your “Kings, Queens…” process. Good stuff!

[@GeetaMartinez-rt3rl]

I am a strong believer (and knower) - some of us are here for the technical side of music. The other, is more intuitive and heart-led. My opinion? Follow your heart ❤️

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

You can follow your heart, and still create music that's got value for the industry. They're not necessarily mutually exclusive.

[@GeetaMartinez-rt3rl]

❤️

[@robertbrantley6523]

Have a wonderful night

[@domanicrincones]

I have one of my rejections as my phone wallpaper

[@TaxiIndependentAR]

Motivation!

[@MrJimvilandre]

Almost like subtractive mixing

[@robertbrantley6523]

I email you about my lyrics .

[@tonyray1112]

I have never seen him interview anyone black yet more than half the music submitted is influenced by hip hop go figure

[@superblondeDotOrg]

40:50 This is a huge reason why this sync industry is broken. If music editors want to use a variation of a musical theme then they should use a different cue file, not find/edit/cut/paste a different segment of sound from the same cue. i.e. If music editors want 20-25 seconds in a particular texture then the track should be 20-25 seconds long, in multiple files with textural variation, not 90-120 seconds long. What a stupid operation they do and require, chopping up a long track to find only the 20-25 second textural variation they want of the same music, thus forcing musicians to put in completely artificial edit-points into a long track to separate the track's 8-bar variations.