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Does anyone know anything about Lure records? I contacted them and they gave me info by email. $11,0000 to represent me and promised airplay on major stations and in Japan. Scam or real thing?

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They want you to give them 11,000$ to represent you?? Ask yourself this question Lindsey.

"If you are good enough to be considered then why are you paying?"

Sounds like the sharks are trying to feed in these waters again.

You do not pay them. They invest in you. [PERIOD]

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Originally Posted by lindzcountry-Lindsey
Does anyone know anything about Lure records? I contacted them and they gave me info by email. $11,0000 to represent me and promised airplay on major stations and in Japan. Scam or real thing?


$11,000? shocked This sounds like a trick question, Lindzcountry. laugh
I'd have thought the name of the company - 'Lure" - was a good clue. wink

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Scam. But you already know that.


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"Lure" records? smile


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Lindz,

How many shows have they attended of yours? How many meetings have they had with record companies on your behalf? What major record label offers have they got for you? What radio stations are they planning on booking you on? What morning shows are they going to put you into? Will they be covering your expenses to major music conferences?

Have they plotted your singles, assigned you an A&R representative who will advance all your gigs with the press? Have they discussed what band you will be using on tour? Have they discussed logistics, lodging, airfare, per diems for expenses? Are they setting up meetings with managers and booking agents and video directors?

What up front cash are they advancing you to pay these people?What percentages can these industry people expect to make from your income?

Have they planned your recording release and video? That is around $2.5 million for the average label release. And those artists are fighting for airplay on major stations also. 9 out of 10 don't get it. 12 songs per hour on most radio stations. Where do you fit in against the top artists on the rosters?

What format would they be presenting you in? What publications will they be approaching to present your interviews? What press person have they hired to write your bio and do your publicity kit? Have they explored endorsement avenues to cover your costs of touring, which can range between $1500-$10,000 a day depending on the size of the entourage you are taking.

Since you are an opening act, who will cover the $25,000-$35,000 fees that cost to get on the major tours? How many people can you guarantee on those tours that the headliner can't bring in themselves? How much of a fan base do you have? The average new act has compiled a fan base of 35,000-50,000 My Space, Facebook, web sites, Twitter, social network, people BEFORE they even consider a new act. Why do you think everyone is trying to make American Idol?
How is your current video doing on You Tube? They are routinely looking at people with a million hits and more for consideration of deals.

Your competition labels spend around $2.5 million per act they release. They buy enormous amounts of advertising. How much adversting at around $5,000 a day for two-three months will that $11,000 go toward? The $11,000 wouldn't cover the beginning of a radio tour. That actually is the cost of about one weekend in LA to do the Letterman show.

The last I looked, I would be willing to bet that the radio stations and venues in Japan have a little bit more on their mind with recovering from the destruction of an Earthquake,Tsunami, 11,000 dead, 12,000 missing, nuclear radiation and devistation to really be too concerned with another artist from America who is not even touring that country.

The fact that a company is talking that nonsense without taking that into account should tell you how nonsensical that so called offer is. Tell them you could also get that $11,000, wrap it around a lot of darts, go to a major interstate overpass,blindfold yourself and throw them at cars and have about the same amount of success.

It is a pipe dream from people who prey on dreamers.

Save your money, build local and regional fan base. Pair up with professional songwriters and advisors who will help you one step at a time. There are no lightning strikes. Everything takes time and a slow methodical build up. there is no "throwing a sum of money at something" (and that money is insignificant toward what it actually costs) and achieving any significant success.

This is a treachorus business. Make sure you know what you are doing before spending anything.

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Wow, Marc, bionic fingers, dude.


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I had my doubts when they told me all this but I am only 22 and dont know a lot about how to go about all this. I know there is a lot of competition out there and lots of scams. That's why I am asking for all of your opinions. There are a lot of people on these boards who are very knowledgable and willing to help others with questions. thanks for confirming what I already thought!!

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Lindsey,

That is why you belong to places like this. The things I outlined for you above are exactly what every artist out there are now having to deal with. There are VERY few successes in the music industry. The people who do this well, take it VERY methodically, and check their steps as they go.

Worry about conquering Shelbyville, Indiana, before you start to move on Indianapolis, Chicago, New York and points beyond. There might be a time and place that a record company might be interested in you. I hope so.

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Lindz,

The best thing you can do right now for your music career is to build a team. This team would be your career advisers. I suggest having one person who has been successful in business, one person who is a music fan (not necessarily your fan), one person who has had some success in the music business (but is not trying to sell you anything), one legal adviser (preferably an attorney who specializes in entertainment), and one good friend (someone who will tell you the truth no matter how bad it hurts, out of love). I recommend no more than one family member and that you avoid people who either think you can do no wrong or people who think you can do nothing right.

You don't have to have meetings with all at once, though at some point this might be desirable. Some positions might change. For example, it may take some searching before you find a good, compatible lawyer.

This team or a portion of them should be consulted before you make any purchases or any other than minor career decisions. They will protect you from scammers and sharks. They will also protect you from you.

Good luck and God bless you.

Mike


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Humm,
I assume the $11000.00 is for a CD, studio time, 1000 copies of the CD and also 1000 Publicity Photos and perhaps some mail outs of your CD. This is probably about what most studios are charging in Nashville. But before you do any of this you should build a following to see if you want to take this step.


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Ray,

I am willing to bet the $11,000 doesn't cover ANY of that. They never do. That is to bring what YOU already have to THEM and they will "promote it." That is what most of these outfits are about.
Or it is the most rudimentary recording of a bad midi demo imaginable. Usually 4 songs. And about $500-$1000 is spent on that. The other $10,000 is pure profit. Make some phone calls to radio stations that are never returned because these people are not on a major label, sending out packages that are thrown away (BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ON A MAJOR LABEL and have no following in the area) and this group has fulfilled their part of the bargain.

They have "promoted you to radio." And again, how much of this do you think is going to make it through to Japan right now?

All you have to do on any of this is apply a little common sense. Check out other artists out there on Reverb Nation, My Space, Facebook, You Tube, etc. Find out who is doing well in the music industry and how they are doing it. Read biographies about people who have done well. Then look at what they are doing that other people are not.

A little bit of research goes a long, long way.

MAB

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Wow, Marc, bionic fingers, dude.


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I recommend no more than one family member and that you avoid people who either think you can do no wrong or people who think you can do nothing right.


Damn....I have no one left laugh

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I didn't mean to slam the company or anything. I dont know a lot about how these things work yet. It may be totally on the up and up because they do have some people who they represent on the charts but I am just covering all the bases. thanks for all the good advice.

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thanks Marc for all your advice. You know a lot more than I ever thought about!! You have given me some good points to consider

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Originally Posted by lindzcountry-Lindsey
I didn't mean to slam the company or anything. I dont know a lot about how these things work yet. It may be totally on the up and up because they do have some people who they represent on the charts but I am just covering all the bases. thanks for all the good advice.


Which charts?

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country main chart.

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Lindsey,

You have received a lot of good advice about Lure.

I took a look at your website and I think if you are serious enough about your career to consider spending $11,000 at Lure, you should at least change the writeup on your website to make you sound like a pro. The present writeup makes you sound like a kid looking for a chance to sing at weddings and county fairs. That may be partly true, but I think the website should present you as a professional.

Take a look at the websites of your favorite stars to see what they say about themselves. Success breeds success so make yourself sound like a star, even if you are not there yet.


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Lindsey,


Some quick notes about the music industry:

There are one billion songs a month that circulate the Internet.
There are thirty million artists on My Space, Facebook, Reverb Nation, and various web sites.

These are all people trying to do the same thing.

The people who do it well have a continuous live performance presence and their web presence extends that. If you have no continuous live presence (performing all over, locally and regionally) you are virtually wasting any money you are spending.

If you do not have a professional looking and sounding package in the first place, you will recieve no attention at all.

There is a point to spending money. Getting great recordings, building a web site, spending promotion money in specific areas, targeting specific things in relation to what you are already doing.

Throwing money in a shotgun approach at anything is a recipie for disaster. Period.

That should help you through all this. And there are many people here that can help you if you ask for it.

MAB

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thanks Colin for the advice. I do need to update my website.

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I agree with Marc and to a certain extent with some of what Colin says if only to say that your website is not really as pro as it should be. It does promote you as a green inexperienced kid with a dream to sing at parties etc rather than a seasoned experienced professional. Most folk would not look twice at it if considering you for a record deal etc. I disagree that you should spend any money on the Lure type thing as these type of guys usually are pretty unproductive and I feel at present you are not quite ready so it would be pretty much a waste of time and money. To get anywhere in this biz you must first have good original material and great radio ready recordings of it. You then must attract a sizeable fan base and have a regular live performance schedule. Then when you have reached that level it is a case of people in the biz wanting to promote you rather than you paying for them to promote you. This is a very very competetive biz and even working very very hard does not mean you can achieve any form of success. Just to put things in perspective sack loads of unopened demos get dumped on a daily basis from record companies who receive this unsolicited material. Even stuff from seasoned pros and agents in the know does not get much attention or sometimes even listened to.

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Originally Posted by lindzcountry-Lindsey
I didn't mean to slam the company or anything. I dont know a lot about how these things work yet. It


So Lindsey, what does your team say about this company?


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Marc and Mike ----- advisors par excellance.....

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Also Lindsey - If they told you they have artists on the "Main Country Chart" then they're lying. There are about two or three different charts and these guys should be happy to boast about their successes if their legitimate. Get some testimonials from people they have helped, have them let you talk to the audience.

I'm a member of ReverbNation and I get all sorts of record companies contacting me through that. It happens. I've been on music hosting sites since 2002 and maintained a seperate website for years. I probably got a couple of emails a week with things like this. In those nine years I've had ONE legitimate contact that wasn't another musician and it got me two gigs and paid me $50. Thats IT, the rest is all crap.

Fill up that schedule page with gigs and THEN people will get to know you. There is no magic bullet.

Sorry to rain on your parade!!

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There is ONLY one chart that is relevant in music. BILLBOARD. It covers all the relavant forms of music, Rock, pop, ACC, country,. blues, urban, hip-hop, rap, world, AND Digital, etc. It is comprised of airplay AND sales.

The rest are Internet charts. The represent what that particular company does. They are usually completely invented or out of who is paying the most money for promotions on that company.

Again, using a bit of common sense and doing a small bit of research tells you what you need to know. Take the 5 or 10 bigget stars. Lady Ga Ga, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber. Find out where THEY are highly performing and understand where the industry standard is.

Get a Billboard magazine or look online and understand what the business is and Is NOT. Study a little bit about the history of music and learn how we got here. Learn about the artists and songs you have liked growing up and learn how they got to you.

A google search can do all of this.

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Originally Posted by lindzcountry-Lindsey
country main chart.


What in the world is the country main chart?

It's probably something conjured up to impress those with no knowledge of what's going on.


I should have figured, Marc beat me to it.

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I am familiar with Lure Records. They are NOT for most people, and I'll tell you why. Yes, they promote you on national radio, mostly the bigger commercial (and secondary) reporting stations across the country. This gets you on the RADIO charts along side the big stars, where two things will happen - you'll (obviously) get heard a lot on radio across the country (great if you're touring) and you'll get noticed by the bigger labels who track the progress of their own artists' airplay. You'll also get writer's royalties if you own the song and took the time to register with ASCAP or BMI. Billboard, by the way, calculates it's result from radio, CD / mp3 sales and TICKET sales.

The reason that this scenario is NOT for most "artists" is that (even if they can afford expensive radio promotion) very few are willing to do everything else that it takes to make it - like lots of shows (good, bad, mediocre), appearances, lots of traveling, no sleep, bad food, cheap accommodations, etc. It's a very blue-collar job day-to-day, a great deal of hard work, with maybe the occasional moment of glory. The ones who HAVE had it easier in the past 10-15 years (since CD sales tanked) have been the ones with $300k to $1 million or more in private backing. A big label (like a bank) is likely to get on board at that point, as the career is obviously being taken seriously as a long-term profitable business. That's why you occasionally hear a new artist on the radio for a while and then they disappear - they're either not out "working it," capitalizing on their airplay, or they haven't been able to attract enough additional sponsors to take them further. Many fall of the map regardless, because they refuse to accept professional advice, which may "compromise their art." And, like many of the strong opinions I've seen here, some seem to pretty much "know it all" by a certain point, yet we don't know them. Curious. The music business is the only investment vehicle I know with such a widespread belief that there is a million dollar return waiting with $0 up front, just a song - No, but a "very cool" song. There is a lot of great talent around, but talent and BIG business don't always go together. You can always stay Indie and be proud of it.

Of course, major labels do still sign new acts, but the criteria is infinitely more strict than it was in the good ole days when you still had as good a chance of getting signed by a "scout" as being struck by lightening. Nowadays, I suggest playing the lottery - about the same odds.

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Yes only 1 post and straight to the defence of Lure..... It would be nice to identify yourself properly, we generally go by our proper names, and to state what connections you have with this company would be honest and fair. I suspect rather close connections. I am just wondering how a company like Lure can promote artists and get airply etc when many other companies cannot. What special contacts do they have that others do not.......and why do they have to be paid upfront for their services by the artist.....surely if an artist is worth promoting then income would be generated by record sales and performances etc...so why again does an artist have to pay upfront.....and if all that Mr 1 post is saying is true then the ability to buy your way into the industry is what counts most not the artist's talent. Either way I am dubious about the ethics of Lure and similar type companies.
Most performers I know work darn hard and do all the things suggested to further their career they usually rough it in ways that folks with proper jobs cannot imagine. Unfortunately the biz can only offer a tiny few a good steady income. Sadly I see the biz as a retty closed shop where nepotism is rife, talent is relatively unimportant and money and connections are what count for everything.

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Of course Mr. one post is familiar with Lure. He's an owener or an employee.

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It would be nice to see him admit his affiliation and come clean about his proper name in his second post.....if there ever is a second post. Few of these people ever do have a second post......like maybe they are SHY?..... or perhaps afraid or ashamed or something?
But hey they are not so shy when it comes to asking for money from wannabes with stars in their eyes and claiming that they have contacts and can promote them.

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Lindsey,
The "radio" charts are on allaccess.com or Billboard if you want to see "adds" by market and genre but I have a feeling you won't find any by Lure. LOL. Take the great advice you've gotten here and spend your money on your live show and website.

Just as an aside, when I did radio in the 90's the music director's office had piles of cds everywhere with more coming in everyday - guess how many indie labels were listened to - zero. Today songs are sent to the chain stations on a computer system. If these people could get on reporting stations for 11k - they'd be on the cover of Billboard and the WSJ not sending emails.

Maybe the poster defending Lure can give us some specific station/artist examples.


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Originally Posted by lindzcountry-Lindsey
I didn't mean to slam the company or anything. I dont know a lot about how these things work yet. It may be totally on the up and up because they do have some people who they represent on the charts but I am just covering all the bases. thanks for all the good advice.


Glad they didn't lure you in....

Lindsey it's just common sense with ANYTHING like this music biz or not.

Here is a very easy simple thing to know, NOBODY who can make you rich,famous or a star is EVER gonna contact you out of nowhere. Your gonna have to go out and GET them.

When it comes to this subject that is all you have to know from now on. This is a promise. The big shots NEVER have to look for us EVER..

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A friend told me about this post, First Debra is my Wife's Name because I was Block from you site. My Name Is Ken Pearson of Lure Records. Speaking of being honest. The person posting here is not Lindsey 22 years of age, Her name is Janice Anderson, Lindsey's mother. Janice "contacted" Lure about radio and media promotion, We never state to any one that they will be a star. We direct them concerning touring and everything. We are not a Major Label and tell people we are a Promotion company ONLY for Hire

Bill Board Charts is based on Radio, Ticket Sales (Concerts) and several things. We pay for the Service of STS Tracking the same as Sony Mercury, Universal and all Labels. There is also Roots Music Charts that my dear friend Ken Erwin founder of Rounder Records uses for Alison Krauss and all of his artist, they are the Americana Charts. There is the New Music Weekly Charts and all the charts combind make Bill Board.

We do our media release through Bill Board Media in which we have to pay for, We release Artist on CDX Nashville the same as Major Labels that we also pay the same price. To promote a single it takes 4 to 6 months, We pay Publishest for media.

Our Radio Promotion Team has worked with such Legends as The Outlaws (Waylon Jennings-Jessi Colter-Tompall Glaser-Willie Nelson), Tom T. Hall, Bobby Bare, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, John Hall, Randy Travis, Fats Domino, Collin Raye, Jerry Jeff Walker, Blackhawk, Wanda Jackson, Charlie Louvin and many others. THAT WE PAY Our Team to do, Just as the Artist above has paid!

We do take our artist to Conventions in Nashville and Introduce them to Major Labels on people in the real music industry. If they wrote the song they are paid through BMI or ASCAP for all radio Airplay. Our Indie Artist that we are working with at this time is receiving over 1000 spins a week and 98 more spins than Toby Keith, Yes This is the Charts JPF! How do you think Charts are tracked, There is a Tracking System in The Industry that Cost all Of Us! The reason you are not on it is because you are depending on LUCK and something for Free. Its called Promoting your self and HIRING the right team. Our Team have worked in the INDUSTRY for over 40 years.

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Lindsey's Recording Needed a lot of work before it could be played on Radio. Just because some one recorded on Cakewalk and it was her first recording they have no Idea if it is good

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Thanks for explaining your experiences. We get a lot of questionable people here. Good luck in your business.

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Hi Ken,
It has been noted here from time to time that an Artist needs to build a track record before they will get a record deal or be sucessful. I once told a young female aspiring artist this very thing but she disagreed with me. Don't know what ever happened to her.

As Marc and others have posted the music business is a tough business.


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I have read the posts from Debra aka Ken Pearson from Lure......I have no idea about you or your company and whether it is worth spending money on........that is for others to decide...BUT I stand by my original advice.....
The lady in question has to have something to sell first before trying to employ promotion companies costing thousands of dollars. Any money spent at this stage of her or her daughter's career would probably be wasted, would probably net no positive results and perhaps could do her future more harm than good. You have to have something worthwhile to promote first. Honing skills having great radio ready songs and building a fan base comes first. This biz is hard but made harder by companies who delude people into thinking they can attain success. Only a handful of people ever make it out of the many thousands who try.

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Thanks Folks We Do promote on Major Radio It has taken us a long time to be able to do that. It cost us a lot of money to help Indie Artist. We do have contact with Major Labels but if we shop a artist all of them ask, How Much Radio Airplay do they have, How Many shows a year out side of there area (Hometown), How Many CD's have they sold. We turn down more Artist a year than a lot of company's listen to because they don't have it. If we cant promote them we wont waist there time nor our time. Its not about money, For any artist we work with after we pay every one, Billboard Media, CDX, Publishest, Promoters I might make $1000 for 6 months of work. One artist we charged and worked with a couple of years back is now working under artist development with Curb Records. Yes this is a hard business and the only guarantee is there are no Guarantees. But if a Indie Artist dont follow the path they will go nowhere. Through our promotions we have a group touring Casinos on the west cost because they wanted it and has what it takes. I wish Janice Dusghter the best, She stated on a email that she may have a investor but at this time we will pass on her and wish her the best of luck

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You are right Jim, Thats why I told her The CD was no good and needed a lot of work, with out it we could not help. It seems she only posted what she wanted you to hear. Feel Free to look us up and Artist we woke with, Including Johnny Cash's The Tennessee Three
www.bluespringsmusic.com www.lurerecords.com
We dont Contact Artist They contact us and 4 people in our business has to agree that we can help the artist before any decision is made, Most people are turned down. At this time we had not told Janice we would work with her daughter, Only what her daughter had to do, 1st redo the recording befor we could even talk to her.

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A friend told me about this post, First Debra is my Wife's Name because I was Block from you site. My Name Is Ken Pearson of Lure Records.

Interesting. Why were you blocked?

What I think I see here is a promotion company not a record label or publisher.
I think Mr Pearson has given a good explanation of what their company does. If it is as he says then I don't think $11,000.00 is such a huge amount.
An artist must promote themselves or they will never get anywhere and I would be willing to bet their are Thousands of talented people who could make it if they knew how or had someone to promote them.
If this company can do what they claim I would recommend them.
But unless you have the talent and, even more important, the persistance and work ethic it will take even they cannot help you.

It takes a tremendous amount of work and sacrifice to be a major success in music. Talent alone won't do it.

It's good the company came in and explained their position. I'm not sure I agree with publishing Lindsy's mother's personal information tho.

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Thanks Bill, We are a promotion Company for Hire as We state nothing more or less. At this time Our Team is Promoting The Legend Johnny Rivers as well as a Indie Artist Josh Hilley. Google Josh Hilley and you will find a lot of pages concerning him and Lure Records. To release on CDX you have to be a Label. We earned this respect in the industry only to promote Indie Artist. Other Professional Artist we work with either have there own Label Such as Johnny Rivers or are with a major indie that hire us to promote the artist.
As far as Lindsey's Mother. It seemed as if we had contacted Lindsey and Non of the truth was being told and this continued to slander our business. At least I did mot say I was some one that I am Not 22 years old when the person is 53 as stated in a Email.

We do not except just any artist. We had been contacted by Lindsey's mother and after several Emails stating she was Lindsey I questioned her and she said she was her Mother. Why not be honest up front. Why would she have 2 recording of the same song one with the vocal way to loud and the other with it not as loud. Why did she send the worst of the 2. I quoted her Our Proce if we decided to work with her daughter and stated we could not with the recording she has. I wish every one the best in the music industry, and Hope to see every one at Fan Fair. I will be at the R.O.P.E show Reunion Of Professional Entertainers Which I am a Life time Member that I paid for
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We do have a publishing Company that is through ASCAP and BMI
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sorry but Lindsey is my daughter and she is 22.
There are 2 seperate people here. I am Janice and I am her mother and 53 years old. Have proof if you need it that there are two people.. Her recording was done in a professional studio not some home studio. Lindsey and I read these boards together and it is my computer that we posted from. I resent the fact that just because we questioned a company and just checking out references from other people that he thinks I am lieing about who we are.
I never realized in asking about a company that it would start so much trouble. I know when people hire people for a job, or to do anything for you such as a handyman or what not you check things out first. that was all I was doing. I think it is very unprofessional of him and his company to say these kinds of things about Lindsey and I. I never said Lindsey was an allstar yet. just wanting to get her started in the right direction.

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sorry but Lindsey is my daughter and she is 22.
There are 2 seperate people here. I am Janice and I am her mother and 53 years old. Have proof if you need it that there are two people.. Her recording was done in a professional studio not some home studio. Lindsey and I read these boards together and it is my computer that we posted from. I resent the fact that just because we questioned a company and just checking out references from other people that he thinks I am lieing about who we are.
I never realized in asking about a company that it would start so much trouble. I know when people hire people for a job, or to do anything for you such as a handyman or what not you check things out first. that was all I was doing. I think it is very unprofessional of him and his company to say these kinds of things about Lindsey and I. I never said Lindsey was an allstar yet. just wanting to get her started in the right direction.

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I also did say that we contacted lure records and was told that her voice was too loud for radio and would have to be redone for that reason. He also said she had a beautiful voice. I also apoligized to him several times that I did not want to start anything here I was just asking questions since we obviously dont know all the ropes here yet. sorry for any confusion

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I also did say that we contacted lure records and was told that her voice was too loud for radio and would have to be redone for that reason. He also said she had a beautiful voice. I also apoligized to him several times that I did not want to start anything here I was just asking questions since we obviously dont know all the ropes here yet. sorry for any confusion

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