Date With A Tape - Friday Nights at The Wedge

Due to some disorganization on my part, I almost didn't make it to this month's Date With A Tape event. However, in the end (and with some encouragement from my fiance) I managed to pull my stuff together and get out there.

Date With A Tape is a songwriting evaluation workshop. Attendees bring a recording of a song that is played and critiqued by a panel of industry experts. I submitted the updated version of my song, Friday Nights at The Wedge (I reworked it last November).

There was a small turnout, only about six participants, plus the two panelists, and two of the event organizers. Because there was such a small turnout, we got to hear everyone's song entirely, rather than the norm which is to play just the first minute of each song. In fact, the discussions ended so early that some participants had a chance to have a second song critiqued.

The panelists were down to earth and delivered their feedback in a constructive, rather than critical way. I found their comments quite helpful. The comments that I got on Friday Nights at The Wedge were that it was "musically fine" and the criticisms were primarily about the lyrics; uneven cadence, the need to trim some wasted syllables, and the need for a chorus. Oh, and one of the panelists actually knew where The Wedge was!