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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian Austin Whitney:
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?

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

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Hi Brian & Gang

I think this is a wonderful idea on all the services mentioned on the list above. I thought I would chime in here being as I write record & produce & play music fulltime. Also considering I do a whole a bunch of demos for the people here at JPF. I am very grateful for this and would like to thank you Brian.. All the others know how I feel as many members here email everday asking questions and thanking me for some advice I had given or for all kinds of related things. And lots of you who I speak with over the phone (You should see my phone bill) [Linked Image]
We laugh and talk about about all aspects of music/music business and whatever. There are alot of wonderful people here It's amazing. I care very much and flip out when I feel they are getting ripped off.

As for Demo Services and business...

I hope to still be considered as an Idependent Service Provider here in the future.

We do need a large scale services for demo's of course.
I certainly cant handle 6 sessions a day [Linked Image]
I would however like to continue to offer services and have the chance to in a friendly way compete with the big guys..
You would think like I would to, that the little guy can't compete but it's really the other way around.

Why My Demo Service cant be beat lol... just for fun Bri..
Yeah I get to make a list! I'll post it tomorrow it's 6:45 am
think I'll sleep some now..

Peace & Thanks

Hey that big room at the studios are occupied by the big clients. Your demo is getting done in a room as small as yours, believe me!

I went visiting around & As far as depth of quality goes
Click My song below and hear what a good living room sounds like [Linked Image] I'll play this against anyone anywhere.

All live instruments no samples- Go ahead Try to sit still!

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http://tinyurl.com/g7ppp

Thanks again Guys & especially Brian

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Peace Mike
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