Clip Quality Question

Hi!

I'd love some help, especially from VB staff if possible, for some feedback on my audio quality.

I joined my first backup contest the other night, and set up my studio outside of where I usually practice, and got a rejection due to room resonance. Since I wont always be in my ideal studio I made some acoustical adjustments to my backup studio and rerecorded the sample. Can someone tell me if the new sample would meet VB's QC process?

1st, rejected track: https://soundcloud.com/rafaelmmiguel/rejectedsample/s-XnpeW

New, adjusted track: https://soundcloud.com/rafaelmmiguel/qualitytest/s-r1A4t

Secondarily, I've been on VB for about a week now and only gotten that one backup contest. Although it was rejected, I seem to understand as a backup contest, it wont reflect on my stats and I should be the same as I was before in terms of searchability for another opportunity? I've set low rates and uploaded samples, what else can I do to get more opportunities?

Thank you,

farqfish