I think it may have taken too long to begin. They mention in the guide that they don’t like long beginnings. As far as the mixing goes, the thing that hits me first is the electronic sitar, or whatever that is… but when the percussion begins, then the feel of the Middle East and all starts.
I know I’m about to have a song of my own rejected very shortly, but do they really not tell people why the songs weren’t accepted? We just have to figure it out on our own?