Such reports are often looked into as team consistency maintenance exercises. The opportunity is generally welcome because it helps to minimize the errors with ongoing training whenever required.
Exceptionally here, all 18 rejections were revisited and it was concluded by consensus that they were fairly processed. It’s always a difficult reality when content is in the borderline spectrum, relative to itself.
Respectfully we must all strive to be honest with ourselves. The submissions were not objectively “bad” on their own but for the largest part there were observably distinct mixing and arrangement issues relative to the AJ categories they were submitted to, which prevented the acceptance by the reviewers’ current evaluation standards.
Time, practice, and especially “failure” will always make better artists and craftsmen, so we certainly would not encourage you to give up on any of your musical aspirations and endeavours, wherever those may take you.
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