Let me share with you an amazing story of perseverance and how it’s led one composer to success in sync.
Robbie Hancock joined us on Clubhouse during our Film Score Convo this past Sunday. We had a great conversation with him, Matthew Head, Gilde Flores and others.
Robbie is a producer / composer that has over a 1000 placements in TV & Film.
Like me, he got his start in sync through TAXI, the sync education company. For those unfamiliar, TAXI has been around for decades. The way it works is, you submit music based on briefs. The music is reviewed by someone on their A&R team. If the music is up to par, it’s forwarded on to the library that made the request. Even if it’s not forwarded, you’ll get some type of written feedback about your submission.
Well, Robbie shared that his first year, he submitted to a bunch of opportunities and got 70 rejections. But, he used the feedback from the rejections to improve his music and now he has over a 1000 placements in sync.
I find a few things amazing here. First, it’s amazing that in his first year, he could make so many pitches. That’s a lot of music created to be able to respond to at least 70 music briefs (even with some repeated submissions, that’s still a lot of composing).
And second, the fact that he got rejected so many times and kept going. Now, I’ll say TAXI isn’t for everyone and there are a lot more education options available today. But, I know a number of people who made 10 submissions, had all rejected, then canceled their membership while telling everyone that TAXI is a scam.
So for Robbie to get 70 rejections but still continue making and submitting music is really powerful to me. Because that perseverance has led to an incredibly successful sync career.
And this isn’t about TAXI, it’s about Pitching and Perseverance. Whether you’re pitching to one of our briefs in CTRL Camp, working with some music libraries or doing direct pitching, ask yourself – could you be pitching more? And if your pitches are not getting any responses, remind yourself to keep going. Remind yourself that 70 rejections led to 1000 placements. Its’ ok to get your music rejected. In fact, rejection is a necessary step to success. So, embrace it.
Do you have any thoughts on this? Reply back and let me know.
This is an inspiring story. I may not have persisted myself. Thanks for sharing.