Personally, I think that anyone that claims to be A & R select srikes up images of those cookie cutting types.

They're taking advantage of musicians that spent all their time and money to get things right, which are often the type that think "you are never going to be taken seriously as a musician if you don't do things this way".
Fortunately for myself, I already have a built in bias with those types of companies.

I don't like the type of music, if you can call it that, that is the musical equivelent of putting a crusafix in a jar of urine.
But A & R companies?

That conjures up thoughts of Holiday Inn music that has given horrible playing gutter musicians an actual chance in the business on a con of the mechanized way with it.
I can respect the integrety and even appreciate the craft of the consumate musician.
But for the lack of inspiration and how saccarine that is, I would rather stick to my day job and stay unnoticed.
I don't have to pay anything to join either or get expensive equipment.

Of course with the way computers have come along, I could make sequenced Holiday Inn music without the talent and big money.
I don't know how that would add up to more serious music though.

This add is most liely a scam.
And if that add came unsolicited from an email, there is no doubt in my mind.

The "real" musicians are playing in clubs or persuing other avenues on the web that they take large amounts of time investegating to find out about.

For myself, it is about finding out about recording in my own special way that will get people to notice me for little pieces of film music and commercials. But I have nothing to lose if I am not taken "seriosly" enough, and I laugh at the idea, and the A & R types.

I have a recording I could make for them.

I would call it flatuance in B-minor.

Matt

http://www.f3music.com/444