<b>have your music reviewed here on the song review group by other songwriters without being accused of spamming. <br> <br> <b> ALL TYPES OF MUSIC ARE ACCEPTABLE.<br> <br> membership is open to all.</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b><u>RULES</u></b><br> <br> <b>ONLY ONE SONG PER ARTIST PER CALENDAR MONTH. </b>SONGS MAY BE COMPLETE OR WORKS IN PROGRESS. EITHER NEW OR OLD.<br> <br> <b>YOU <i>MUST</i> INCLUDE THE MONTH YOU ARE POSTING IN THE TITLE LINE.</b> n.b. this doesnt mean your song has to be about the month!!! its just so everyone knows what month you posted it in.<br> <br> <b>YOU <i>MUST</i> GIVE THE TITLE OF THE SONG YOU WISH REVIEWED; IN YOUR THREAD TITLE and IN THE BODY OF YOUR FIRST MESSAGE.</b><br> <br> <b>NO POSTS ABOUT, OR OF, ANYTHING OTHER THAN SONGS FOR REVIEW.</b><br> <br> <b>ONE THREAD PER SONG.</b> otherwise they will be deleted.<br> members may post bulletins for any other (non-song review) matters.<br> <br> <b>NO BEG-BUMPING OF YOUR OWN THREADS.</b> of course responding to comments is fine.<br> <br> <b>IF YOU POST YOUR SONG IN A PLAYER ON YOUR THREAD HERE YOU MUST NOT SET IT TO AUTOPLAY. USING AUTOPPLAY MAY RESULT IN YOUR THREAD BEING DELETED.</b> <br> <br> THE INTENTION IS TO HAVE<b> A FRIENDLY GROUP.<br> <br> KEEP YOUR CRITICISM CONSTRUCTIVE.</b> abusing members will result in deletion from the group.<br> <p><br> <br> <b><u>RECOMMENDATIONS</u></b><br> <br> IT WOULD BE NICE IF MEMBERS WERE TO INCLUDE THE SONG LYRICS IN THEIR INTRODUCTORY POST FOR EACH SONG.<br> <br> WHEN REVIEWING PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT WE WISH TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF <b><i>ALL</i> CONTRIBUTORS.</b><br> therefore there should never be the need to be nasty about somebody’s work (instead be constructive in your criticism) nor of a review somebody has given of you (after all nobody likes <i>all</i> music).<br> <br> THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOUR SONG TO BE NEW BUT IT MUST BE AN ORIGINAL WORK, NOT A COVER. <b> covers are only acceptable if the songs exist in public domain. this will allow posts by more traditional folk acts.</b><br> <br> YOU ARE FREE TO BE A MEMBER OF ANY OTHER SONG REVIEW GROUPS YOU WISH.<br> <br> MEMBERS SHOULDNT FEEL A SONG HAS TO BE COMPLETELY FINISHED BEFORE IT IS PUT UP HERE. FEEL FREE TO SEEK ADVICE AS YOU GO. no lyric-only threads though; lyrics can be discussed within the song review.<br> <br> <b>oh, and membership is ’open’ in this group so anyone who wishes to, may join...er..provided they follow the rules!</b><br> <br> <br> happy writing, recording and reviewing.<br> <b>drawler</b><br> :-}<br> <br> <b>*************************************************</b>