“Honorable mention”…..yeh…whatever…..
So I’ve been working on a new batch of tunes, and one of them I’ve had around for awhile but only lately started fleshing out in the studio. “Ain’t Nobody”, which you may have heard me do at a live show, is a song I really like and so I’ve been sending it around in it’s semi-demo state to some of the songwriting contests….yeh I know…..contesting about songwriting is like dancing to a painting, but these days it’s smart to get your stuff out there to get it heard, what’s the point of playing your music to yourself and whomever in your family you can bludgeon into sitting still long enough to hear it?
So they sent me this note a bit ago –
We wanted to contact you and let you know that the Song of the Year song & lyric writing contest has received the votes from the judges from July’s round. Though your material did not place in the top 5 within it’s respective category, your material was still quite impressive. You did make our Honorable Mention placement.
Honorable Mention means that the preliminary judges and/or the professionals offering the critiques have found your submissions exceptional for one reason or another. It could be the lyrics, melodies, music, etc… If Song
of the Year receives a lot of positive responses from our judges about a song, you will be place in the Honorable Mention category. This status indicates that a submission was found impressive by a number of the judges.
Oh goody goody, I guess what that really means is that I got BEAT by like at least 5 other songs that month, that REALLY sucks….
Then they send this –
Attention Wade Biery;
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your recent success in the July 2007 round of the Song of the Year song and lyric competition. We have received notification that a song you had submitted was recognized as a Honorable Mention in that month’s competition round. We have added this accolade to a webpage produced under your name in our “Web Awards” archive. This “Web Award” page is a powerful tool for you to share the good news of your success to family, friends, associates, and professional contacts! You may view or link to your “Web Award” page at:
http://www.songoftheyear.com/webawards/w/wadebiery.htm
Please review your “Web Award” page and contact us immediately if there are any corrections required. Based on information we have on hand, we have taken the courtesy of including a link to your website, if your submission record included one. Once again, congratulations!
regards….Blah Blah Woof Woof
Now THAT makes me feel better, I may not have even placed, but at least I get a Cheesy little web graphic that I can put on my site and everyone can go “Ooooooooo he got an award…..Ooooooooo”
I guess it’s better than having someone drive back and forth over your foot, but maybe not quite as good as having a well known music exec walk out of his office restroom in a bathrobe at a lunch meeting (WTF?!?!?) (that actually happened to a friend of mine…yikes), saying that he wants to sign you (and then show you something….)
Now I’m raving….
OK, ya wanna see the thing?
Great, here ya go….
So there it is, let the hate-fest begin…..
WB