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I can tell you in the case of the JPF slot I forwarded 3 names to them and 2 were rejected and one was accepted. I based my decision on who I had actually seen perform live and could vouch for as a great live performer. I picked the 3 JPF members who finished highly AND who I'd seen live. Age had no factor. We do Roadtrip showcases all around the US so we can see people perform live and we often have chances like this to give opportunities to really good live performers. It's my understanding that the winners DO get considered, but if they didn't make an offer, then either the Ourstage folks or the Newport folks passed on you. The Newport folks passed on our two submissions, not the Ourstage folks. The artist they chose from JPF was Ryan Fitzsimmons. He's a great live performer and has a shot at being one of our Live Artist of the Year nominees in the next awards based on his performances in Rhode Island and Boston during our last Roadtrip to that region. Had I seen you perform live I certainly would have considered you. I did a lot of voting (over 5000 times) so I am quite familiar with your song and voted for it quite a bit. At that time I didn't actually realize you were a JPF member (it's pretty hard to remember 52K people), (I had asked in the newsletter and on here many times for folks to let me know if they were in the running). Going forward I will know, at least, that you're a JPF member should another opportunity come up. And if we tour through your area, hopefully you can come out and perform which would make it easier to recommend you for opportunities.

Brian