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Ah... I see... people can't be "in it together" according to Mr.SubCowboy unless they love his work. Well, add that to the delusion. So if people disagree and find what you're doing becoming a time and talent waster of sorts for those giving you quality and accurate advice, they can't be, according to you, "in this together." Ironically, people seem amazingly "in this together" by indicating your song isn't good enough. You're the one who is choosing to be against the rest of us. You won't find much agreement here among the list of people on this post very often, so I will certainly credit you in bringing us together on this topic.

Dissent and passionate and logical support of a position is what makes this group fantastic. On the rare occassions where we have an overwhelming majority opinion on a topic, I've yet to find that we're wrong. Perhaps you'll prove it here. I hope you do. Because if that song can become a legitimate commercial hit, then ANY song can, regardless of quality or any other factor. That means the doors are far more wide open than ever before.

By the way, no one here, even though most strongly disagree with you, has stopped you from posting considerably more than anyone else. You get to say what you think, and we get to say what we think. Since you ASKED for feedback, you must be prepared to receive it. You get no points for being polite in responses, that should be a given. After all, if you had not ASKED for it, you would not have gotten it. That you didn't like it is irrelevent. Your view is a common one from someone not yet ready for reality. That's okay. Everyone has to be ready to advance and you just aren't there yet. It doesn't make you a bad person, just predictable. Perhaps after you spend lots of money and fail, a lightbulb will go off and you'll revisit this post and find the info you need to advance your skills a bit. One lesson is that when you ask people to spend time listening to your work and then more time responding with their opinions of it, it's your job to do less talking and arguing and justifying and more time listening to what was said, either taking or not taking the advice, and thanking those, even if you disagree with them and that's it. When someone posts long long rebuttals and excuses and claims and BS instead of listening and thanking people, it's clear they are not capable yet of hearing dissenting opinions or anything else that doesn't fit their own pre-existing ideas. So why waste people's time if you'd already had so much positive reaction from "real" fans and that is all that matters to you? And who do you think is more likely to know how the industry works, fans with no idea or experience, or a wide diverse array of experienced people who probably add up to 100's of years of industry experience at all levels in total, who, even though they often disagree on other matters, have so many negative views of your song? Think about the answer. If you are tempted at all to go with the unknowing fans, you're not ready for anything other than feeding a delusion informed by ignorance.

Everyone CAN learn eventually, but not all DO. Time will tell where you fall on that curve.

Brian