How This ROCKSTAR Revolutionized MUSIC For FILM & TV [with Marc Ferrari]
TAXI CEO Michael Laskow talks with rockstar Marc Ferrari completely revolutionized music libraries by signing Indie artists instead of using
Marc Ferrari was in the “hair bands,” Keel, Cold Sweat, and Medicine Wheel in the ‘80s and early ‘90s.
I personally think his greatest legacy might be starting the MasterSource music library in the early 1990s.
Marc was a visionary who realized that music from independent musicians had real value in the music licensing industry. Especially at a time when virtually all the music in library catalogs was “canned.”
He founded MasterSource to get more of his own music synced, and it grew from there until he sold it in 2007 to Universal Music.
MasterSource signed quite a few TAXI members back in the day. Our companies sort of grew up together, so Marc and I have always had a warm relationship. He often reminds me that he was probably the first person to sign music from long-time TAXI member Matt Hirt. That relationship panned out really well for both of them!
Marc will be my special guest on this episode of TAXI TV, and I think his insights will be valuable to all anybody looking to create great music for the Film/TV sync business. I might also get him to cough up a couple of behind-the-scenes stories about what it was like to be in bands that used hair spray.
BTW, Marc appeared in Wayne’s World 1 and 2! Just sayin’!!
Please join me for this very special episode!
Marc Ferrari was in the “hair bands,” Keel, Cold Sweat, and Medicine Wheel in the ‘80s and early ‘90s.
I personally think his greatest legacy might be starting the MasterSource music library in the early 1990s.
Marc was a visionary who realized that music from independent musicians had real value in the music licensing industry. Especially at a time when virtually all the music in library catalogs was “canned.”
He founded MasterSource to get more of his own music synced, and it grew from there until he sold it in 2007 to Universal Music.
MasterSource signed quite a few TAXI members back in the day. Our companies sort of grew up together, so Marc and I have always had a warm relationship. He often reminds me that he was probably the first person to sign music from long-time TAXI member Matt Hirt. That relationship panned out really well for both of them!
Marc will be my special guest on this episode of TAXI TV, and I think his insights will be valuable to all anybody looking to create great music for the Film/TV sync business. I might also get him to cough up a couple of behind-the-scenes stories about what it was like to be in bands that used hair spray.
BTW, Marc appeared in Wayne’s World 1 and 2! Just sayin’!!
Please join me for this very special episode!
