Curators rejecting audio tracks
sultanmakende
25 May 2016 14:43
I don't know if any staff on Pond5 read any of this but it would be nice to get a bit more info than the standard rejection email, or even if any composers out there know something that I don't.
Here is the story as short as possible:
I am a long-time music provider on pond 5 and already have hundreds of successful sales.
Over the last six months, EVERY track I have submitted has been rejected with the standard rejection email.
Many of these tracks are designed specifically to sit under the moving image and are selling well elsewhere.
So given that there seems no real reason for the rejection, could it be that there is now an automatic rejection algorithm in place for composers that have reached a (hidden) limit of submissions?
Or could it be that I am just charging too much ($20-30) per track?
Any insights would be welcome as it is very time consuming to go through the submission process only to have the track rejected.
Here is the story as short as possible:
I am a long-time music provider on pond 5 and already have hundreds of successful sales.
Over the last six months, EVERY track I have submitted has been rejected with the standard rejection email.
Many of these tracks are designed specifically to sit under the moving image and are selling well elsewhere.
So given that there seems no real reason for the rejection, could it be that there is now an automatic rejection algorithm in place for composers that have reached a (hidden) limit of submissions?
Or could it be that I am just charging too much ($20-30) per track?
Any insights would be welcome as it is very time consuming to go through the submission process only to have the track rejected.
RekindlePhoto
25 May 2016 17:34
With you only having 171 files here at P5 that is an extremely small amount compared to the over-all numbers here at P5. No, $20 - 25 is never too much. Anything less they would look cheap. If you value your work don't devalue them by price reduction.
There is a finite number of music clips that can be useful. With millions of the same or so similar that there is little reason to have more. Descriptions and keywords become nearly meaningless when describing an abstract thought or variations in a musical theme. I believe more and more music will get rejected because of all the similar sounds already in the portfolio. It's hard to believe that computer generated twangy, disco or electronic sounding music is accepted at all anymore.
Good luck.
There is a finite number of music clips that can be useful. With millions of the same or so similar that there is little reason to have more. Descriptions and keywords become nearly meaningless when describing an abstract thought or variations in a musical theme. I believe more and more music will get rejected because of all the similar sounds already in the portfolio. It's hard to believe that computer generated twangy, disco or electronic sounding music is accepted at all anymore.
Good luck.
Igor_Zlobin
2 Jun 2016 20:24
Thanks RekindlePhoto! It's like an advice for me, because I just uploaded my first track here.
pilotmusic
9 Jun 2016 03:38
Dont give up guys, we have one good and one "bad" curator here on music files. Having reject? Correct and reupload file, its ok
digital_jerm
5 Jul 2016 17:38
I will say there is one curator that hasn't approved one of my tracks on here yet. I don't even have to read my messages when I see it's come from a certain curator because I know it's been rejected without giving any other reason besides the generic response. Very frustrating.