JPF Home Page Forums General Messages Brian Austin Whitney Blog Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Thanks for the feedback so far. There's an important thing for everyone to consider here that I think some might be missing. If we are going to partner with a company or perhaps a few companies to do a service (we'll use Demos for now since it's the first hot topic) we have to find a company that no only does great work, but can do it on a tight time schedule, can handle a LOT of business equally well (i.e. one guy doing it in his living room and taking a week per song is NOT going to work.. it's great that folks can do that for members, but unless they could handle 1-6 finished tracks a day if needed, we couldn't really endorse them across the entire organization. It would instantly be a disaster. So though I have nothing against the very very little guys, they would not be the right people to handle 40,000 artists. It would be like running a national TV Ad for a small mom and pop restaurant. If they couldn't handle the business and time requirements, it would fail no matter how honest or talented they were.

What I am hoping to do if set up a partnership with a company that could handle the quantity of our membership with the consistancy and quality that is standard across the full time pro studios. It's pointless to directly compete with a plumber doing it in his spare time 1 song or artist at a time. He couldn't take on 100 clients and make them all happy. It's not a stretch to think if we advertise this to 40K members, that 100 customers may come out of the woodwork to want something recorded. Do you guys see the reality of this?

The article in Mix Magazine included a segment on Sessionplayers.com and right now they're my first choice in partnering with for Demos on a large scale with top notch quality and a fair price. On the other end of the spectrum with high service and direct interaction I am considering Mark Keefner, who has demonstrated over and over that he's not only a pro, but has made all our members to date very happy and can handle projects as large as major label artists and has a history of major TV broadcast projects and working with some well known artists as well. We may have room for some additional studios and options as well, but so far I know those guys can handle mass numbers and extremely high end direct care extremely well depending on what someone needs. So far I have only had 2 people send me the needed info for comparision, but I suspect in both cases, those studios/individuals couldn't hand the volume or depth of quality that the two above could. But we'll see.

Brian