I've been in the quarter finals several times, but never made it to the semis. Twice, my songs were in the top ten the day prior to semis, but one dropped to #11 just hours before the semis and the other time it dropped somewhere in the teens just before semis.

Guess I need to find a way to improve my songs just a bit more. I'll be working on it.

In reference to Scott's and Bryan's comments above...I agree that the "Country", "Traditional Country", "Folk", "Americana" and "Roots" genres seem to be pretty much homogonized. You get a little of all of them in each channel. Also, I find the "Tropical Channel" and "Latin" Channel have the same issue quite often. I compete in the "Tropical" channel almost every month and see this regularly.

On a tangent issue...can someone try to explain to me the difference between "Indie Rock" and "Alternative Rock". As I judge in the two channels, I see very little difference in the genres....not enough difference for separate channels. They sound very, very simialr to me. What am I missing? Thanks.

Alan