I now feel that the listners dont really listen #Y130108CO

[GiantHeadCollective]

Thanks all for your input..

I have taken on board and will re-write the song and try to improve in areas highlighted.

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If you don't try, you don't improve.. Constructive criticism always appreciated..

[CHuckmott]

I like the song, the attitude, the general direction. It has the feel of something where you would want the lyrics clearly discernable. Production wise is "decent demo" I believe, guitars are a little overly bright sounding. Trying to recall who the referenced artists were, but if it is Alison Kraus oriented, looking for acoustic instruments with more of a bluegrass feel which this could easily be if rewritten.

The competition on here is sick sick sick...... For artist stuff the production has to be top notch. Perofrmances are solid but production falls short I think. A good habit I think if you are unsure is to run it through the peer to peer forums before actually posting. Which will be standard practice for me for awhile....

[songmaster]

Hi I think this song has good energy. I also agree with a lot of the other Taxi members. I felt like I kept hearing a lot of great pre_choruses but then no pay off. I kept hoping to hear the words " Island Girl " shouted from the roof tops!!! but it never happened.

I don't think it would be hard to fix this song. I would get to the chorus maybe a little faster and hit them with the title " Island Girl " within about 25 seconds.

Anyhoo, just my 2 cents from an island boy ( Hoy Island ).

[GlennPageMusic]

The whole "high bar" and "looking for hits" kinda rubs me the wrong way, mainly because:


1) As someone pretty much jokingly pointed out, there ARE no "low bar listeings."

2) Who out there is NOT looking for a hit? Even the so-called "album" tracks should be of "hit" caliber, if not always explicitly "hit" structure. As such, it seems superfluous in 99 percent of the listings I read.

3) What is the point of a screener (usually via copy-paste) reminding me in a critiqu that the listing is "LOOKING FOR HITS!!!" or "THE BAR IS VERY HIGH"? To write such things in a critique basically suggests, intentionally or not, that (a) the screener thinks I'm too naive, ignorant or downright stupid to know my song is NOT a "HIT" (b) that the screener thinks I ignored that the listing was "LOOKING FOR HITS!" and sent my song anyway, or (C) some combo of the above.

Hey, it's our 5 bucks, shouldn't we at LEAST be humored that we knew what we were doing when we sent our song? Sure, reject it and tell me the song is way off the mark; that's fine, that's cool.
All I ask is that I don't get treated like I MUST have missed something if I could have ever deluded myself into thinking my tune could be a "hit."

If someone wants to tell me, "I don't feel this is strong enough to be a hit, or this features a guitar instead of a mandolin, as requested." Well, those are solid criticisms. But to just copy paste in bold caps "THE LISTING WAS LOOKING FOR HITS!!!" - that tells me nothing, to be frank (because I already knew it), and it will always rub me the wrong way. Sorry, I can't help it.

[shoodBworkin]

Yep, it's pretty much a given that there are no 'low' or 'medium' bar listings, only 'high', 'very high', "super terrific high" etc. The amps go up to 11