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JUNE 2013
TAXI Road Rally 2012

The Five-Year Plan, Part 3
Moderated by Michael Laskow
Panelists: Matt Hirt, John Mazzei, Dave Walton,
Barry French, Dean Krippaehne
Most of these guys [on this panel] have been
teaching a class called “The Five-Year Plan” now for
several years at the Rally. At some point I decided
we should get more people to hear what they’ve
got to say because they’re all successful, and I
want every one of you to be successful as well.
Let me introduce you to our panelists, my friends,
and successful TAXI members, all!
Matt Hirt is a highly versatile and prolific composer with almost 1,500 unique published
songs and instrumentals in nearly every musical
style imaginable to his credit. Matt’s songs have
been featured in 4 Number One box office
motion pictures (Limitless, Rogue/Virgin 2011,
Tropic Thunder, Paramount 2008, Rush Hour 3,
New Line Cinema 2007, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith,
20th Century Fox 2005). His music is also heard
daily on network and cable TV on shows such as
Hawaii Five-O, How I Met Your Mother, CSI, Parenthood, Dancing With The Stars, American Idol,
America’s Next Top Model, The View, Access Hollywood, The Dr. Oz Show, and the Beijing,
Vancouver and London Olympic Games on NBC,
among many others. Ladies and gents, Mr. Matt
Hirt! [Applause]
John Mazzei is a composer of various styles of
music and has been focusing on composing
specifically for production music for the past 6
years. When he started in late 2006, he had zero
compositions in his ASCAP catalog and now has
close to 500 titles registered. John continues to
maintain a full-time day gig, a full-time writing
schedule, and is focusing his Five-Year Plan on
an early retirement from his day gig. By the
way, John is in year 7 of his The Dr. Oz ShowYear Plan!! It continues to evolve every year as
he learns more and practices the various aspects
of the business. He lives in San Francisco with
his wife Jean, and his Maltese doggy Winston
(who has his own Facebook page). Please wel-

Five-Year Plan panelists (L to R) Matt Hirt, John Mazzei, (TAXI’s) Michael Laskow, Dave Walton, Barry French, and Dean Krippaehne are
all smiles after their panel.

come Mr. John Mazzei! [Applause]
Dave Walton is a full-time composer/musician.
After a long time away from music, he joined TAXI
in 2004 with ideas and sounds that he now calls
“out of date and out of style.” Since then he has
managed to evolve his ideas and sounds into something more current and modern. He has hundreds
(and hundreds) of placements on network and
cable television, mostly through direct TAXI deals
with libraries and publishers. His daughter thinks
his music placements are cool but rolls her eyes
when he mentions having music in Bad Girls Club.
Give it up for Mr. Dave Walton! [Applause]
Barry French, or “Big Blue,” as his friends call him,
is a composer and songwriter for film and television. He joined TAXI in 2008 as a complete newbie
in the world of film and TV music. Now his credits
include the main title theme for It’s A Brad, Brad
World, the main title theme for In The Bedroom with
Dr. Laura Berman, Duck Dynasty, Access Hollywood,
The Dr. Oz Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC

Nightly News, The Today Show, Bad Girls Club, and
Teen Mom, to name just a few He just had his
1,000th placement a couple of weeks ago! In addition to his full-time writing schedule, Barry also
maintains a full-time day job, for now! This year’s
Rally marks the start of Year Number 4 of his Five Year Plan. Barry lives in the Nashville area with his
wife and two cats. By the way, Barry has lost over
100 lbs. in the past 7 months!!!
Dean Krippaehne is a songwriter and producer
whose credits include: The Oprah Winfrey Show, One
Life to Live, Parenthood, Vampire Diaries, The Dr. Oz
Show, The Today Show, Say Yes to the Dress, Friends
with Benefits, The Hills, Duck Dynasty, The Secret Circle, Bad Girls Club, and Chris Rock’s Good Hair, to
name a few. He currently produces music for TMobile (corporate), and has 40 songs in rotation on
Muzak. As a songwriter, Dean has earned two platinum records as well as a Billboard Top 10 with the
amazing Stefanie Heinzmann (Universal). Virtually
all of those accomplishments have happened as a
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Contents
Talkback
Fast Forward
SXSW 2013—From Guerilla To Gorilla
Finding Fault
Reviewed & Revisited: Ableton Live 9 and Push
Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveler Collection for UAD-2
Apogee Quartet
Reviewed & Revisited: Steinberg Cubase 7
Mock-Up Magic
Reviewed & Revisited: MOTU Digital Performer 8
Ingram Engineering MPA685
Reviewed & Revisited: PreSonus Studio One 2.5
Reviewed & Revisited: Cakewalk SONAR X2
Readers’ Tapes
Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 18: Headphones—Part 1
Recording’s Showcase of Sounds
For Your Bookshelf
Advertiser Index
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Recording - June 2013 - Ingram Engineering MPA685
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Recording - June 2013 - Reviewed & Revisited: PreSonus Studio One 2.5
Recording - June 2013 - 45
Recording - June 2013 - Reviewed & Revisited: Cakewalk SONAR X2
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Recording - June 2013 - Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 18: Headphones—Part 1
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Recording - June 2013 - For Your Bookshelf
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