I uploaded "His Song" in Instrumental as my experiment with OurStage. I was pleasantly surpised to see it go from the 30's to the 20's. Disheartened to see it fall to the 40's and now laughingly shocked that it is in the low 300's. I know my simple piano improv based on a theme i wrote that day is not perfect, and I know from my judging that there are clearly some outstanding instrumental pieces.

My challenge in Instrumental (not based on my song) is the difference in judging compositions which are musically based versus those that are looped based (and often one chord throughout). When I hear something looped based, i will randomly click ahead in the song and score lower if I hear the same thing over and over no matter where I advance. I'm also amazed when judging and seeing how my vote compared to others. It's been eye opening.

I'm not sure if I will enter any vocal songs. The jury is out on that one. I'm confident in the song, but not confident in my productions. The singer/songwriter competition for April was amazing.

it's been addictive and fun.

Dave

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