Always good to hear people's opinions about what we are doing with Blazetrak (both good and bad). Let me address a few things:

The link that was posted was in fact just a press release that we put out, no big deal. If you want an unbiased opinion about us here is a link:

http://mashable.com/2011/03/28/blazetrak/

What is Blazetrak? It’s really quite simple actually. We provide direct access to people that you normally wouldn’t be able to get to or get in front of. We guarantee this is in the form of a video response from that person. There is a fee associated with this guarantee that we share with the Pro for their time, expertise, and the opportunities they can provide for THOSE who exhibit the talent. Maybe you see the value in this, maybe you don’t, but this is the proposition.

Is this shady or unethical? We don’t think so one bit. Let’s look at the advice/critique aspect first. You pay people every day for their time and expertise in every other industry imaginable. If you want advice on a legal document, you pay an attorney or expert. Should it be any different if you want advice on a song or production? Most people think Rodney Jerkins and Paul Worley are experts in their craft, so why is it unthinkable to pay them to hear what they think about your work?

Let’s examine the opportunity aspect. The pro’s who accept submissions on our site have the ability to open doors for you IF you are talented enough to them. These doors are completely inaccessible to so many people. What if you live in Idaho where there is no music industry or good networking possibilities? What do you do? What choices do you have to get yourself out there to be seen and heard? What if you live in Africa, or Japan or anywhere? What are your options? Our very 1st success story was an 18 year old kid from the UK. He knew no one in music, had zero connects and not a clue what to do or how to get his music to the US. He used Blazetrak, and now is managed by Jeff Haddad and just spent the last 3 weeks in LA working and taking meetings. It cost him $50. You can read about him here:

http://www.blazetrak.com/view_success_stories.php?ssid=8

Or what about the songwriter from Canada who made a submission to Ruben Studdard, and found himself in the studio with Ruben 3 weeks later? You can read about this here:

http://www.blazetrak.com/blog/?p=381

How about to girls from Florida whose dream was to work with Rodney Jerkins, and next thing you know, they are in the studio with Rodney Jerkins:

http://www.blazetrak.com/view_success_stories.php?ssid=10

I can probably post 100 more examples like this. Does this mean they are all gonna be big stars with deals and placements? Of course not. Is this the norm? Of course not and this will not be the result for most, because quite frankly most people are not good enough. Could of all of these things have happened without Blazetrak? Yeah I guess anything is possible, but the fact remains that it did happen because of Blazetrak.

In regards to paying for access or to submit music for people to listen, you are already paying indirectly in so many ways and do not even realize it. Here is a great post in another forum by someone completely unrelated to Bt that speaks a little about this:

http://www.futureproducers.com/foru...p-r-b/j-troups-opinion-blazetrak-340708/

Some people will never see the value in Blazetrak and that is fine with me. We can’t please everyone and we are not trying to. All we are doing is offering an alternative to what you normally do to try to make it out there.

Let me pose a question to you. Who is your favorite songwriter/artist/producer etc? Imagine that person reached out to you and said the following: “I want you to fly to anytown USA at the end of the week and you have 5 mins to impress me and MAYBE we can work together. There are no guarantees.”

Would you purchase that flight and take the chance? If you answer yes, then you just did exactly what Blazetrak offers and paid 5 times as much. If you answer no, then in my opinion, you probably don’t believe in yourself or your abilities enough anyway, which is a much bigger issue.

Ron Harrison Co-Founder Blazetrak