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Bill,

You're assuming that other voters are getting the same head to head contests you are. Someone else might find they have seen the song in last place many times. OR.. (and this is speculation only) you don't know that the song in last place isn't there for "other" reasons... i.e. violation of policy for example.

I voted 5000 times in a category and saw every song come up pretty much an equal number of times overall (I actually tracked over 400 songs on a yellow pad to see how it worked). BUT.. some songs would have times where it never came up.. then came up constantly. The system attempts to balance several things... when something was entered.. how it did relationship wise to other songs and how voters rank songs above and below it during the course of voting. I also know they've put in some addition voting mechanics to deal with some issues that I can't reveal. Also, in the near future, I believe we're going to see a really cool new update to the voting system which will REALLY address many of these issues in a way that is very smart. (Again, can't spill the beans yet).

The contest itself is only one relevant thing. (i.e. winning or losing). You need to see the bigger picture. Or not. In the end it's your time, your music and your career. Do what you want. But if I was still pursuing commercial music success, I'd have a lot of different ways to use this site to benefit me. Not the least of which is networking with like artists/writers. Heck, I'd contact all the top ranking ones and get to know them. I'd find some that might want to co-write or even some artists who might want to record one of my songs. These are your peers and the good ones are moving up in the world. Why not mix it up with them. The contest is a key part of this engine, but it's not the end all to the usefullness of the site.

As for the chat.. it's interesting folks don't know about it. I told Danny last week that I hadn't heard of it either. He claims to have sent emails out about it several times. I didn't get them. I wonder how many didn't? I'll bring it up again next time we talk.

Brian