Feed back welcome for dispatch listing due 12/10

[montster]

Since starting this thread Ive read so many great comments and heard awesome stuff! Sorry for not getting a chance to add input directly to the discussions as they were happening I tried to check out BigD's thing but it would not play from the link to the page.The production clarity of Country Livin' on my Mind was amazing and the content was very appropriate for the listing.The "quircky" thing seems to be they key to make these pieces fit and that which is the "unknown" factor. I went for tempo and content imagery and the simple instrumentation was also something that seemed to support that idea.I followed a great idea regarding submitting something by the deadline to get it in and then reload a finished product after final touches. I was one of the last submissions and figured I had a little time to remix before anyone would actually get around to listening to my submission. I was more confident with the edited upload, thanks for the tips!(By the way there were 80 submissions to this listing mine being the last one posted at 11:30 on 12/10 as I was on the phone to Taxi.)If anyone's interested in hearing the final mix of my submission all comments are still very welcome. Click below! http://www.myspace.com/earthtoneproductionsongsThanks guys and good luck!!Monty

[paults]

"paults I think you came closest to what I imagined when I thought about what the listing said specifically, e.g. "quirky." That word in the description threw me so much I called Taxi for clarification. The woman I spoke to said to aim for something very true to the original, so that's what I did, but when I hear your track I can imagine the TV scene taking place with the characters pretending to be out in the woods in kind of a tongue-in-cheek spoof. I think you have a great shot"DJ - Thanks for the compliments! I was thinking about the montage described in the listing while I put this together - I was specifically going for that kind of tongue in cheek feel, in both the lyrics and melody. Its good to know that I pulled that off I like your tunes - they sound like you're in the running to me!

[bigdrisk]

Yeah, I always wonder about these things. Whether the spot is actually still open after the deadline goes by. I mean . . . these are creative people. I would be surprised if they just sit on their haunches while the world takes a few days to write and submit song ideas. I would think that sometimes they come up with what they want from somewhere else before they even hear our stuff. Twould be a shame, but I don't know how Taxi could prevent that.Anyway, if that were to be the case here, and the person doing the screening is someone involved in the TV show, then there might not be a rush to listen to the submissions.

[paults]

Those are the kind of things you can't worry about, since they're completely out of our control. So, "we places our bets, and takes our chances".One thing I *do* know- the next screener for a singer/songwriter/americana listing is going to wonder why there are 80 John Denver wannabes sending stuff in