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COMMERCIAL/CONTEMPORARY SOUNDING/UPBEAT MODERN/ALT ROCK SONGS are sought by the Music Supervisor of a major cable TV network for a new NFL THEME SONG. Lyrically, songs should include NFL and Football. Nothing too quirky please. The chorus really needs to capture the audience's ear and be the "meat" of the song. Male or female vocals are OK. Vocal and instrumental performances must be top-notch! Broadcast quality needed [excellent home recordings are OK]. Please submit one to three songs online or per CD, include lyricsI wrote/recorded/submitted the following song for this listing:http://www.taxi.com/kevinlint > Knock You OutThe Screener was very nice:Hey Kevin - your song has a good energy and contains some good musical and melodic parts. The capable and strong vocal delivery suits the song well. The musicianship is solid, tight and fitting and the production sounds fine overall, with the exception of the vocals, which seem too quiet in places (e.g. choruses).You could also revise the bridge to keep the momentum moving forward more and strengthen the song - please see comments overleaf.I wish you good luck with everything.My Gripe: I feel like this feedback was judging my song as if it was a song for general media/film placement, verses something specific like an NFL theme song...a song that will be undoubtedly used for 15,30,60+ second commercial spots, random edited vignettes, etc...When I first saw this listing I was really excited because my wife is a Television Producer and was able to help me arrange/write the song in a way that would be an editors DREAM!!! The melody, the words, the concept are all short and sweet...there's no fancy intro....just bam into the chorus...I also backed off on the vocal a bit as not to interfere with voice overs and other audio elements that might need to be layered on top...I even through in some subtle robotic voice fx trying to make a play off of the "transformer in pads" guy you see on NFL broadcasts....the end of my song goes into a "hooah, hooah" bridge that is an alternate melody from the chorus and could be used in it's own right...each segment of the song is easily loop-able...distinct yet adheres to the theme... I felt that my song was very "malleable" for the diverse applications it would be used for...and incorported much higher level of skill and thinking than what others might have submitted.I find it tremendously frustrating when I get returns like this...it's such a "too bad good luck next time" situation, because I can't submit this song to another listing....it's all about the NFL!!!...that it really makes me frustrated. What happens if the screener totally hosed this? Sucks for me....I just don't think this is fair....these type of one off listings seem to need something more...maybe taxi can introduce a "challenge" timeout just like in the NFL, they can rereview it and overturn a call.....