I don't understand this thread at all. I have seen this before and it always gives me the same feeling.
A few years ago I went after a company who came here with an offer. I can't even remember the name. A couple other folks joined in as well. As it turned out the company was legit but the damage was done. They left and never came back. I decided then I would never do that again.

Over the years I have watched the members here spend Thousands of dollars on demos and other music related endeavors which they thought would lead them to the success they crave. They pay for critiques and travel to Nashville and attend workshops and meet the "People" who will help them in their career. They belong to NSAI, TAXI, BMI, ASCAP, And any number of other organizations that they believe will help further their career. They Order CD's and put their music on the internet in the belief someone will listen to it and make them famous. Most of the CD's will become coasters.

I have too, and you know what? It's all the same bullshit.
I have listened to criques from amatuers and professionals and they always say the same things. Including the "Professionals" endorsed here.
I have heard the list of overused rhymes we are not supposed to use recited by everyone I have talked to including the ones I paid. And the ones endorsed here.
You know what? Without fail every one of them has then played me a song they wrote that has one of those overused rhymes I am not supposed to use. EVERY ONE.

Just about everyone here says they don't listen to the radio because the music sucks.
Well guess what? If you want to hear your song on the radio you better learn how to write songs that suck just like the songs you hear on the radio. If you want success you will have to do music that sells. Yet I see the same people who whine about the crap on the radio making the same music they have been making for years that will never see the light of day.
Then a company comes along that might, and I say might, be able to lead you in the right direction and they are always attacked.

I don't pay for critiques anymmore. I don't pay to belong to any organization anymore. Why? Because I have figured out that I will never be able to create music like I hear on the radio and that is the only kind of music that sells MILLIONS of downloads or even thousands for that matter.

Everyone is laughing at Rebecca Black. Well guess what? It has over 100 million views on youtube. You can say it only has those views because it was terrible but people are also buying it on I-tunes. SOMEONE likes it enough to pay for it. When is the last time anyone on this site sold 10,000 downloads?
Everyone says the company that made the video is a scam. Well I really doubt Rebecca Black thinks it's a scam.

IT IS ALL A SCAM. If you spend your money on music in the hope that you will ever get a song on the radio it is a SCAM. You have no better chance than winning the Lottery.
But you know what? If you don't spend money on it it is the same as not buying a lottery ticket. You have NO CHANCE.
Does anyone believe the lottery exists to make you rich?

In the end I'd say everyone here has spent money on their music in one way or another and you know what? If it hasn't brought you success it was a scam. It separated you from your money and you did it in the belief you would be the next big thing in music.

If you think Blazetrak is a scam don't use it. But don't belittle it for charging money to do the same things you have all been spending money on for years.

Last edited by Bill Robinson; 04/14/11 12:32 PM.
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