Originally Posted By: Samuel Davis
Well said David. I am hoping HTL will take up my Hot 100 Challenge that I posted in the songwriting forum. I will be working up at least a song or two for it by the end of the week.


I again say to this idea, well and good. I've not looked at the thread yet but is a useless endeavor if what will determine if an entry has made the grade or not is not clearly defined. Chart worthiness is useless unless an entry makes a chart. I recently posted links to Cindy Lauper's "True Colors" with updated covers that did make the Chart Worthy Grade in four different decades. A song does not have to be new to be modern. It does have to be relevant to what's being listened to by the masses at whatever the present time is popular. Then we have plenty of artists similar to Ed Sheeran and his song "perfect" that is almost too easy to replicate with a Biab track. It's modern and an accurate cover is entirely accessible to the average Biab user.

The quality of production or the write to whether any particular song could be included on a modern hit chart is meaningless if it has no possibility of making such a chart.

If a power ranger (Real Music Executive ) has a choice of a really good, quality written and performed modern music example from an unknown Biab forum member and the lastest piece of trash stolen by Robin Thicke and Pharrell, he's going to always choose the trash of the famous - a sure hit with the added advantage of media press for the theft controversy over quality unknown. That's called a risk and the power ranger is not in the business of high stakes risk over positive income.

The challenge is a great idea as long if it has defined and legitimate parameters to resolve the issue in a way accepted by all.

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