Got a forward on my first ever submitted song!

[CurranVW]

Really excited, I figured I'd share the news!
How often does a forwarded song get actually used?

[remmet]

Congratulations! How about posting a link to the song?

Whether a song gets used, or whether you'll even hear from the listing party, is unpredictable. I've heard back as much as 3 or more years after the submission, and as little as a few weeks. You just never know if or when it might happen. Better to just keep writing and submitting.

May this be the first of many more to come!

Richard

[Casey H]

Congrats!!

You never know if or when a forward will lead to a contact. Sometimes nothing happens ever, sometimes you get contacted within weeks or months, sometimes you get contacted in a few years.

It's not at all uncommon to have a song forwarded and never be contacted. A forward is a pitch with a recommendation from a good source. Sometimes you have what the listing party needs, sometimes not.

All you can do is keep writing and submitting.

Best of luck!
Casey

[CurranVW]

Thanks for the tips guys!
This is the tune (the actual submitted tune was a little different version with no copyrighted vocals)

http://soundcloud.com/blissmusic/beat-riot-by-curdabur

[remmet]

Wow! I'm not an expert on dub step, but it sounded great to me.

Richard

[pboss]

Really cool track, great energy. Your question about how often a song get used after forwarded: I think you'll find the answer to this varied. The moral of the story seems to be the mantra, "write, submit, forget, repeat". It seems a song can get forwarded, and then it lands in a pool of other forwarded material. From there, it needs to be chosen as a song that will be either signed by a production library, or agency, or used by a music supervisor or something along those lines. From there, possibly, it could be a few years until it is used in broadcast, for example. Some advertising agency turn-arounds may be a lot quicker. In the end, how often it gets used is a crap-shoot, it could be once, or hundreds. Those are just a few ideas, and there are a lot of other scenarios. That's not really an answer to your question, but it's a start.