Submission tips
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:58 pm
Not a complaint at all, as I really appreciate what you guys are doing here. But I submitted my first song for the SCEB contest and realized I made a lot of mistakes in the submission process. I did click and follow all of the directions I saw for the tips link on the main page, but the problem was that I didn't see anything under the "How Do I Enter" answer because the "tips" link takes me to the "What do I name my file" answer rather than the "How Do I Enter", because the #file_name anchor is used in the hyperlink, rather than the #how_to_enter. So all of the information for "How Do I Enter" appears above where I land on the page, and I don't see it.
A quick editing of the "tips" link to make the url include:
#how_to_enter
would take me to the place where I'd see all the info under "How Do I Enter".
I also didn't see any mention of tagging the MP3s in the instructions, though I admit this is something that shouldn't need reminding... but typically I upload my music to sites with players that stream my music and I don't need to worry about this (because they do it for me). So, it slipped my mind, but a few minutes after emailing my MP3 it dawned on me and I felt like an idiot, due largely to the fact that I was an idiot. But nonetheless there are other people out there like me. So, you might include a mention of this in the "How Do I Enter" section just to remind all of us spaced-out first-timers.
Anyhow, again, I think what you're doing is awesome, and I only mention these things in hopes that it can better help us help you, by submitting our songs the way you need us to.
Thanks,
Gregg
A quick editing of the "tips" link to make the url include:
#how_to_enter
would take me to the place where I'd see all the info under "How Do I Enter".
I also didn't see any mention of tagging the MP3s in the instructions, though I admit this is something that shouldn't need reminding... but typically I upload my music to sites with players that stream my music and I don't need to worry about this (because they do it for me). So, it slipped my mind, but a few minutes after emailing my MP3 it dawned on me and I felt like an idiot, due largely to the fact that I was an idiot. But nonetheless there are other people out there like me. So, you might include a mention of this in the "How Do I Enter" section just to remind all of us spaced-out first-timers.
Anyhow, again, I think what you're doing is awesome, and I only mention these things in hopes that it can better help us help you, by submitting our songs the way you need us to.
Thanks,
Gregg