[FM] contests

[Ron Mura]

On Thursday, June 07, 2001 at 9:43:39 PM, RobinPG@aol.com (RobinPG@aol.com) wrote:
> also following Bill's thread (hi bill!), as one of the folks who originally 
> voiced some concern about the contest thing, let me also say I have nothing 
> against Jack or anyone else competing.   The real point is, however, isn't it 
> rather unfair to the many newbies fees spending money to submit to all these 
> contests, probably not knowing that they're competing against people who've 
> been professionals for 15 years or more??  I think it is.

That's a reasonable point, but if a contest is intended only for
newbies, then the organizer should specify that in their rules (however
they want to define "newbies").

I can also see some value in having contests that are open to all
songwriters, as a way to focus perhaps some more attention on the
contest, to reinforce the idea that the songs themselves are most
important, and even to force the experienced songwriter to keep
his/her skills sharp (and demonstrate it).

Ron