Actually, Magnus, while deciding on which song to submit earlier today, I browsed again through the site. It's not correct to say there are no 'real opportunities' on Blazetrak. There are in fact several professionals looking for specific types of music, songs, and production to work with and to place. They've also given the names of artists or productions for which they want material. This is exactly the kind of thing TAXI does. Except that TAXI - as I see it - is the 'middle-man', and you still need to pay a submission fee, whereas with BT you're dealing firsthand with the people looking.

Hence, it's inaccurate to claim it's only a critique site. Have you had a look at any of the videos made by people who actually did 'connect'?

Like Bill, I've also had critiques from so-called professionals on reputable sites like NSAI. I'm a professional 'words' person myself, and I can tell you that most of what they said was waffle and repetition, and probably took them all of 10 minutes to compose. I was a member of TAXI and NSAI for a couple of years (plus paid $150 extra for the TAXI dispatch service). I probably paid a good $200 just for dispatch submissions alone. At the end of the day I got zilch back in terms of response (not even a reason why something wasn't selected, because you don't get a critique back with 'dispatch' submissions). Altogether, I probably spent well in excess of $2000 for combined memberships and submissions. I stopped all that a year ago.

So I had no qualms about forking out a mere 50 euros today for the opportunity to have a particular type of song actually listened to and - presumably - to receive feedback on it. grin

And Kevin, yes, I think your idea of what BT is about is pretty close to accurate.

Donna

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