I have to say, I am impressed with the responsiveness of the Our Stage staff. I’m not one to run around giving out compliments willy-nilly. In fact, I tend to be more on the “cynical” side, you might say.

However, I did (this week) report a song as being off-topic for the genre (it was a cover song). Yes, it was in the same category as our song, but no, our song isn’t even in the top 10 (and it’s a very small genre). I reported it because, first of all, it was sitting at number one, unjustly, and thus, taking a number one spot away from an original artist; and two, it’s just unfair to those who write their own music.

There’s no doubt in my mind that listeners are going to naturally gravitate toward a song that sounds even vaguely familiar, even if they can’t seem to place it. It’s just human nature. But that’s really not what this is all about.

I hope the song does well in the Cover Song category, because it really is well done. But it just needed to be placed correctly.

Anyway, it’s only a couple of days since I reported it as off-topic, and I see that the staff has removed it from that particular category.

So, kudos, Our Stage. Keepin’ it real for the strugging artists!