Brian,

So far, I have agreed with almost everything you have had to say about "Our Stage". You mentioned to Jody you are not sure why anyone is so worried they would want to pull their song off of Our Stage.

Here is one reason, although it is not s "worried" issue: I have a song that has done fairly well in Tropical, made the quarters a couple of times. Several people have told me why they think it didn't go any farther than the quarters...all the same opinion. Our Stage does not allow you to edit the song itself. They allow you to edit the artwork and info about the song; but you cannot edit the music per se. I recut my song for the Tropical channel. I cannot replace the original version with the edited version. I have to give it a new name and upload it as though it were a new song to my account. Thus, I would have "Tropical Of Candy Corn" and "Tropic Of Candy Corn- 1st Revision", or something to that effect. They would be presented as two different songs, although the only difference between the two songs is some edits here and there.

If they allowed for composition edits, PRIOR to the month of the competition in which the song would be entered, that would not affect any competition and I wouldn't have several originals with revised editions of the same song clogging up their system and my account.

Also, some one might eventually realize that the song they posted is really atrociously bad and they want to pull it so the embarrassment will not continue. My poor judgment has allowed me to post a couple over at SOundclick which I removed because I later realized how terrible they really were. When our "babies" are newborn, we often think they are much better than they really are. And we don't always excercise the virtue of patience before posting. Also, I simply posted the wrong version on one of them. The bass was so loud, seismologists got nervous every time the song was played.

Regardless of the provision for us to remove songs, we should at least be able to edit them anytime they are not entered into a competition.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Alan