I honestly was about to fork out 300 to these people until 10 minutes ago. Regarding Ceedub's situation above: I recieved the exact same message, verbatim, from Amy. I am also from Illinois, not Indiana. Called them: Amy wasn't in. (I didn't call them twice like cee, which I wish I thought of now, but I guess it doesn't matter.) Anyways, the next day, Joe calls. He was convincing, mentioning some of my original songs by name, and saying that they "hit the nail on the head" for a new indie film project that was likely to be featured in the Sundance film festival... sound familiar? I told them I was broke right now because I totally am, (student) and that I'd get back to them if I could get my money together. I'm not going to though, because after reading this (and other) forum(s), A&R Select clearly is GREAT at making you think that they actually like your stuff while selling you a product. They're great at personalization and all that to make artists feel like they are actually wanted. Good for them. Whether they actually can do their job or not, is another thing. It's a risk I'm not willing to take given the "mixed" review, and apparent dishonesty. Thanks for helping me make the right decision.