Just to sum up and hopefully put this subject to bed.
We have all, I hope, learned from this experience.
The most important lesson is that the business is a rat race and we had better forget being nicey nice it does not work. Dirty characters will eat you up and spit you out.
Most competitions are a lottery and not always will the best song win. That is a fact of life and we must accept that. We are dependant on the criteria asked for and the whims and foibles of the judges. They make mistakes and cause it is their baby they are allowed to. You however cannot make any mistakes. If you do not enter you cannot win. If what you have produced is not up to industry standard then you have little chance of winning and it is a waste of time and money entering. If you are going to enter future competitions I would advise the following.
First of all do your homework. Spen time checking everything out.
Read all the rules and stick to them.
Establish just what kind of song the competition is looking for.
Make sure your song is suitable. Work on it until it is polished.
Do not submit a rough demo. It must be very good studio quality.
Be lucky. Remember your luck is improved by doing the thing as best as you can and treating it seriously as a business.
Nobobdy makes a living out of entering song competitions.
Look upon these events as an exercise or hobby not the be all.
Pitch you stuff to everybody and any body. Try to find contacts and networks to promote your songs.
Don't give in. Learn from other peoples success and your mistakes.
Be a professional in attitude.

Top pro sportsmen do not just do it for fun they treat it as a business and will devote the bulk of their time, money and efforts to improving their skills.
A famous golfer chipped into a hole from a distance and when he was called a lucky .....
He replied "Yes the more I practice the luckier I get"
That should be your attitude.

All the best to everybody BIG JIM

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