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Söndörgő
by Gary E. Andrews - 05/31/26 01:28 AM
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A test
by bennash - 05/26/26 07:18 AM
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by Rob B. - 05/25/26 11:14 PM
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Well, there are two rather different 30 second tests.
In the good(?) old time you had about 30 seconds to convince an A&R manager if you tried to pitch a song or some radio guy to put it on air. This would be the very first 30 seconds.
If you try to sell songs today - it's the internet age, mind you - you've actually got 30 relevant(!) seconds to convince the buyer. These days I posted my songs on CD-Baby and the managed in 16 out of 17 songs to select the chorus for their automated preview! That's what potential buyers can listen to before they decide to buy or scrap it. And it's quite enough, I'd say.
Although I can't tell how A&R people or radio presenters work today I tend to say that the 30 second 'rule' is not a big issue anymore.
Your home-produced songs sound fine to me (much better than mine, but I'm not much of a competition).
Bernd
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