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Great idea, Mike C!

I would flat out WIN early rounds involving recording techniques and getting a good sound and doing it all within the confines of the same room where I take care of my dying mother.

I would tie in the mixing rounds, I use an old pair of headphones, but know them so well that the judges would give me points.

I would WIN the round involving recorded vocals. If I need to break the song up into phrases, then loop the music so I sing the same phrase thirty times while recording alternate takes, so be it. I will then painstakingly composite a vocal, making sure every nuance is what I envisioned. The judges won't care about "singing all the way through" until the last round, the performing live round.

I would tie in the "networking" round, as the judges would like my passion, but would wish I would show more restraint in some situations, and bite my tongue more often.

I would get to the last round, involving "playing live" ...and because I would show no consistency night after night, I might possibly lose this round. Never learned the secret of playing the same songs over and over, with the same enthusiasm. I was always best in cover tune bar bands, but the thought of playing the songs me and my collab partners write, scares me, because it's hard trying to "reach people, enthusiastically, sincerely" night after night. This is my last round, where I may get knocked out, or I might learn to find more inner strength...the round continues...

Mike