Mike (Not Mr. K...),

Thank you again for putting so much time and effort into this thread.

As a suggestion for another thread: "Writing song submission letters with evaluations by Mr. K.". I'm sure there's certain elements that really need to be included and your insight and tips on constructing the letter "properly" could be very helpful to many here (IMO).

I think with the two songs that you thought it remided you of, you nailed it "time-period-wise", late 60's early 70's. I was in high school then and paid a lot of attention to the rock music of the period, especially the crunchy rhythm guitar stuff.

As far as the song being marketable today, you're right - it doesn't fit at all. After reading you in-character response, there are a couple of things that come to mind.

First, my expections were out of line. I'll have to say that I probably felt the same way about the song but didn't know how to articulate that feeling. Also, I was so excited about the level of critiquing that you are doing here that I lost track of the main point/game of this thread: Songs for submission to be used by other artists (which mine was not).

I guess was expecting/hoping for more production / engineering / performance critiques and helpful pointers on those aspects. Which brings me to an idea for another thread / subject. Can you do a "Recording School" project review thread where Mr. K is the teacher who does the grading and helps us along the path to better recordings?

Rick...