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| nhibberd |
Hello fellow musicians out there,
I had a call the other day from a guy named 'Sean' from 'White Label Records' or 'The White'. He sead he was interested in promoting one of my tracks. When I contacted him he presented a very well formulated story and sead he needed me to pay them 500 pounds and they would send a demo-album of 20 artist(incl. me) to all the big names in the music industry.
This is a classic example of a hoax! Be aware of these cos they could kost you a lot of money. I can imagine there are lots of unsigned artist out there who could react to this kind of thing without thinking twice in the excitement. Theres plenty of people who work extremely hard to reach quality in their tracks and would jump at a promo effort. Remember to be carefull!
Any respectable label will offer you a line of credit and will never ask you for money up front.
kind regards,
Charlie Darwin
P.S. 'White Label Records' is a genuine company and has nothing to do with Sean. They are a respectable company. |
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| Jason_R |
Sounds quite similar to the type of scams in the modelling industry where they tell someone they have what it takes to be the next big thing and in and all they have to do is to pay for a photo shoot and to be on their books.
In the excitment of it all the person agrees and parts with their only to never hear anything back. If a modelling agency really wanted you they would pay for every thing them selves.
These people just cash in on peoples dreams and hopes and are scum.
Unfortently I bet there a hell of a lot of money in it. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| There was a long thread about the exact same hoax that was sent on some other member here a week or two ago. Stay alert, people... |
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| thoughtlessjex |
Sounds almost exactly like a scam someone tried to hit me with at soundclick. Asked me to pay them something like $50 so they could make CDs, send them to labels and then send more to the artists on the CD. $50 is nothing compared to £500, but still, the entire operation would only be $40 or so out of pocket for black CD-Rs and postage. I decided they wanted too much money for what they were offering.
Everyone should be careful for stuff like this. |
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| Storyteller |
golden rule:
A trustworthy company has faith in the products they sell. They will not ask you to pay them. However they will get paid by getting a percentage of the income you will earn because of their labour.
Never ever pay anything up front, you're getting ripped off. |
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| IDarkISwordI |
| quote: | Originally posted by Storyteller
golden rule:
A trustworthy company has faith in the products they sell. They will not ask you to pay them. However they will get paid by getting a percentage of the income you will earn because of their labour.
Never ever pay anything up front, you're getting ripped off. |
+50000000000000
Never ever expect to pay a record label ANYTHING. If they request that you do, you are not signing with a worthwhile label. The way the labels work, is they listen to your work, and then if they decide it is good, they will take a risk, much like investing. They take their own money and back the track(s) by putting their money into creating mediums (tape, cd, vinyl, whatever) and then they spend more money on promotion. Their hope is that their risk will pay them back by sales. Giving a label money to get signed is like a company giving you a $5000 check to buy $100 worth of stock :).
Cheers,
Zac |
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| Storyteller |
| There is one exception I can think of. Some labels let you pay for the remixers yourself. However if you have a good release you'll earn those costs back :) |
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| Icone |
Yes, be very careful on this. In the spirit of "how low can you go" - some people are ready to do anything to cash some bucks...
Storyteller: normally you should NEVER pay for a remix yourself, it is the label that will carry these costs. Also be on the lookout for this! |
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| Storyteller |
I've never done that but a friend of mine did :).
He had to pay 700Euro for some remix but earned it all back in the end :) |
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| Nemesis44 |
Remixers can be a funny bunch.
Some labels will arrange the remix for you as long as you use their remixers, if you want someone else then you may have to pay.
But be careful with that too as there are some label owners who will pass a good track off to a mate with the following in mind.
1. Save on costs of getting someone decent to do it.
2. To boost their mates profile over your own.
Getting a record deal isn't allways all it's cracked up to be, so be careful.
Cheers
Nem |
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