Hey Mr Blazetrack ( Ron ),

I really must commend you. You are upfront, well considered and well spoken. You believe in your product, the ethics behind it, and don't promise anything more than you claim.

Brian's offer really was a little lop sided ( sorry Brian ). Brian would be one of the guys in the world who would have screened more music than anyone else on the planet. Therefor, you would have recieved the absoulute best. It's a no brainer that which ever producer was picked, that they simply couldn't deny the talent on display.

My own personal problem with the business model displayed is that it is in no way a reflection of ( my own ) reality in the music business.

The vast majority of the music world are just hard working professional people, whose incomes and job oppertunities are diminishing by the minute. And I'm talking not only of the talent, but of the roadies, the techies, the producers, the lighting guys, the mastering engineers, and the list goes on.

For a company such as Blazetrack to put foward such a proposition to professional industry people, is in my opinion both immoral and unehtical. For the real people, that do the real work and the heavy lifting every day, it's almost obscene. It preys on the weak, and it preys on those who don't have contacts and mentorship which they deserve, to rise higher in their field.

In my lifetime, mentorship and guidance was given freely. I know what I know, because of better men before me that gave me their time freely, because they saw something in me. Why ? I don't know. Would I "sell" my knowledge to a younger man ? No ! I give it freely, because that act repays the knowledge given to me.

The real world still works this way. You can't buy contacts. You develop them through what you do.

So, all that I wish to say is that although Ron and his company work in a certain way, I won't be using their "service". If others wish to, that's fine.

Of all the "new business models" presented here over the last few years, I do concede that Ron has been straight up and faced the criticism in an upfront and honest way.

cheers, niteshift

PS - Ron, no one needs to dangle carrots here. We have our own fair share of industry professionals, Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award winners. And we do it for free. Because that is decent.


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