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Taxi and NSAI will have critiques of songs done for you...not sure the person doing them is qualified to pay them to do it though. SongU has a critique service for members for like $10 a song, i have used that on occasion when i am headed into the demo process with a particular song. Not all songs are going anywhere. those i am proceeding with high hopes for, well those are the candidates for a pro critique. I have pulled a few lines, adjusted tempo, scrapped a project and saved the money, gone into rewrite, and gotten single song publishing deals with the songs i have run through my "coach" (i use the same one because i know he is a hit writer and i value his opinion)...would i without the critique, who knows...but at $10 a song occasionally i go that route before laying down the demo $$....i will add this two cents, while well appreciated most comments here are along the pat on the back method rather than get down to see if there's any meat on the bones of this song. I have however gotten great lyrical suggestions and changed things in songs from right here on these boards. Even songs that are now published. MAB and Sub, right here on this thread, are 2 people that are highly qualified to give you a pro critique, they have been there, done that at a level we have not reached yet...pro critiques worth their salt will always put your feelings to the side and discuss the issues with the song , good or bad, hopefully focusing on the bad, that's the part that needs fixing...unless you are a great writer these pros could always pick up your song and make it better...the cool part is for a few bucks they, with their in depth critique, will teach YOU how to do what they would have done to it if it were their song...that's what you're after...get a few dozen of those lessons under your belt and you are a better writer as you approach your new songs. be well...mj