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Is One Cue Per Week Really Enough?
52 Cues Podcast, 52 Cues Community, Featured Composer, TAXI, Productivity, Creativity, Music Business Dave Kropf 52 Cues Podcast, 52 Cues Community, Featured Composer, TAXI, Productivity, Creativity, Music Business Dave Kropf

Is One Cue Per Week Really Enough?

I’ve said before that you need 100’s of cues to make a living in the production music industry, but is one cue per week really enough? Today I’m going to unpack and illustrate how productivity and output might not be the linear journey we think it is.

We’ll take a listen to “Waltz of Shame,” the latest submission in my “Year of Taxi” and check in on any forwards or returns.

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Read the @#$%& Brief! (Anatomy of a Taxi Listing)
52 Cues Podcast, 52 Cues Community, Music Business, Featured Composer, Stock Music, TAXI Dave Kropf 52 Cues Podcast, 52 Cues Community, Music Business, Featured Composer, Stock Music, TAXI Dave Kropf

Read the @#$%& Brief! (Anatomy of a Taxi Listing)

I’ve started my Year of Taxi, and I thought it’d be a good idea to talk about the anatomy of a brief and discuss how everything we need to know is right there in the listing!

We take a listen to "Entered Into Evidence," the first submission in my Year of Taxi and check in on any forwards or returns.

We also take a listen to a dark, moody EDM cue written by 52 Cues Community Member, Rolf Schild.

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