When a song listing specifies gender of vocalist ...

[LawTunes]

Hi, all. I just joined Taxi, and the Forum. I had a question about a song listing I am considering. It specifies the gender of vocalist on the submission: "Female vocals only please." Should I assume that is a firm requirement, such that a submission with a male vocalist would never get forwarded, or at the very least would be very severely disadvantaged in consideration? I would be interested in your thoughts and experience. Thank you.

[Len911]

No experience, but I would think if the song sounded like a female vocalist singing it, why not? I doubt if you would be forwarded if it sounded male,no matter how great, because that is not what was asked for in the listing, and I doubt if the screeners would forward something on what didn't meet the listing requirements, because they are screening, not talent scouting, imo.

[Casey H]

If the listing says "female vocals only please", that IS a firm requirement and anything submitted with male vocal will be returned.

HTH
Casey

[LawTunes]

Lesson learned. Thank you both for your responses.

[glender]

Sing real high an you'll be fine