I have been producing hip hop artist for almost a decade now and have
decided to get into electronic music. If anyone wants to sign with me I
won't charge you a cent you must give me 99.8 percent of all revenue the
recording brings in but I'll take care of you out of my own pocket.
Suge Knight
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>From: "Jason Stickel" <j_stickel_otfp@hotmail.com>
>To: component@mindstorm.com, idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] Accepting Submissions
>Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 10:11:39 -0400
>
>If anyone is interested in halping me build my CD collection, I am now
>reviewing the demos of unsigned artists for a small fee.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mr. Heywood Jablowme
>Reacharound Records
>
>
>>From: "component" <component@mindstorm.com>
>>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>>Subject: Re: [idm] Accepting Submissions
>>Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 10:04:03 -0400
>>
>>The bottom line is that for that same $100 an upstart artist could make up
>>75 cdrs
>>and mail them out to labels, radio, press, etc and do a great deal to get
>>their music
>>out. The only time those "pay for play" type scenerios end up working out
>>ok
>>is when its a co-op sort of thing with a bunch of artists getting together
>>and all pitching
>>in a bit.
>>
>>And Greg is right, most of those comps do "SUCK ASS"!
>>
>>Rob
>>::::::Component Records:::::::
>>Box 783, Somers, Ct 06071
>>www.componentrecords.com
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Greg Clow <greg@stainedproductions.com>
>>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>>Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 9:58 AM
>>Subject: Re: [idm] Accepting Submissions
>>
>>
>> > At 04:27 AM 26/07/02, p hluidbox wrote:
>> >
>> > >>From: "inky" <inkyinkz@yahoo.co.uk>
>> > >>
>> > >>thats quite amusing, you have to pay money to send your music to be
>>included
>> > >>on a comp cd, and then if you do get on you have to pay a further
>>$100 for
>> > >>the pleasure.
>> > >
>> > > are you fucking serious? i think it's actually $10 .. or $20 for 3
>> > pieces of
>> > > music .. . so says the site
>> >
>> > The $10-$20 is an "administration fee" which they are charging you just
>>to
>> > LISTEN to your music. You than have to pay an additional $100 if your
>>track
>> > is chosed for inclusion.
>> >
>> > Sadly, these sort of "promotional opportunities" aren't that rare. And
>>as
>> > someone who has received more than a handful of these sort of
>>compilations
>> > for review or airplay consideration, I can tell you that they usually
>>suck
>> > ass. Most artists with enough talent to produce listenable music also
>>have
>> > enough brains to recognize these deals as the scam that they are, which
>> > means that with very few exceptions, the material that ends up on these
>> > things is pretty dire.
>> >
>> >
>> > Greg
>> >
>> >
>> > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Greg Clow :::
>>greg@stainedproductions.com
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>> >
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