Originally Posted by Kevin Emmrich
Big Jim: I've listen to your song and a few others there and I just think it comes down to demographics. If the majority of voters are 13-16 teenage boys, then a certain type of rock song will be judged higher. If the 18-25 age group votes the most, then another type of song will win. If the 40-60 crowd is the most active (I doubt it), then your song would do better. I think Mark laid out some good reasons as to why you are not doing fantastic and most listeners only give 30-60 seconds before voting (I think). Your song grows on you.

Having said all that, it doesn't make any sense that your song is down so low -- maybe it will move up soon.

Kevin


Thanks Kevin for taking the time to listen to our song. I agree with all you say. I do think that this is probably the fairest way of judging. I accept that some folk only listen to the first 15 secs or so and then make up their mind. However I just wonder if there is a wee tech hitch or glitch that some songs get left on the shelf without being voted on too much. Random is great but does it mean that some songs statistically get lost in the mix. Perhaps a number printed after the song could show just how many battles that song has been entered in. My impression of random is that scientifically it can be very unfair. The permutations of all the possibilities of parings must outnumber the amount of judging taking place. This can in theory make the results innaccurate.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=687727&songID=5238055