"Who do I believe? (The judges), or Aivi and Surasshu?"

That is all, and I think that should sum up what I felt about how apparently industry ready any of my pieces are.

I'm looking at a particular few of you, you damn fucking well know who you are.

Say what you will about them two; their music is critically acclaimed, and they have been active in encouraging even newer, smaller musicians through the Maj7 digital fusion server. That's more than can be said for what I endured last year.

Whose word do I take — people who have tired in one subsection of the industry trying to spill some tea, or people who are slogging in another subsection of the industry whose mission it is to tell us that music is meant to be a whole lot more?