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05-18-2009, 05:33 PM
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Has everyone on MySpace Music been hit with this?:
How many things are wrong with this picture? On top of it, "Matt Szalecki" claims he's making no money on this. Note comical defense in thread.
"Hey,
I heard your song, ----- and I am very impressed with it. I am currently working on the Summer edition of a compilation CD titled “Rock 4 Life”.It will feature punk, indie, alternative, and all other variations of the rock genre from all over the world. I believe that your song would be a perfect fit on this project and I would be honored to have you take part.
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My name is Matt Szalecki and I am a project manager with Quickstar Production, as well as a working musician for the past 8 years.Quickstar Productions is a company that specializes in designing music-marketing campaigns and supplying digital distribution services for record labels and independent artists. In 2004, Quickstar Productions released its first Comp CD as a way to promote unsigned artists. This CD was extraordinarily successful in accomplishing its mission! Over the years the company has built off that success and perfected a marketing plan to maximize exposure for the artist. Quickstar Productions is based out of Baltimore, MD, USA and is an active member of the Maryland Better Business Bureau.
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To have your song included on our upcoming compilation CD please visit our website, Quickstarproductions com, to download the submission form. We do not charge a fee to be on “Rock 4 Life”, but we do ask that you purchase 50 CD’s to distribute at cost ($175). This will be the only cost to you. One of the most important parts of this project is getting the CD into the hands of fans. The more CD’s that you are able to distribute the more exposure everyone gets.
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05-18-2009, 05:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northwest Florida | | | I don't see anything wrong with it. You pretty much get cheap CDs.
Sounds good to me. They're signed on with the Better Business Bureau
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05-18-2009, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by PRUNEFACE  I don't see anything wrong with it. You pretty much get cheap CDs.
Sounds good to me. | A compilation on which you have one song among other dubious "artists" whose only other musical connection with you is that they sent in the $175. Oh yeah, that sounds real attractive.  Quote: |
They're signed on with the Better Business Bureau
| Utterly meaningless.
There's nothing illegal here, as he promises nothing whatsoever except the CDs -- it's just monumentally stupid from the band's standpoint.
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05-18-2009, 06:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Wisconsin | | | Did they say how many CD's were going to be produced in total? And how many bands were going to be featured on the CD? If the only CD's being distributed are the ones by the bands.... this this seems like it'd be almost a complete waste of money imo. |
05-18-2009, 06:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, Texas | | | This reminds me of the numberless "Who's Who" publications that contact you, letting you know your bio has been selected for inclusion.
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Oh, and please send $___ for your copy.
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Lame.
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05-18-2009, 06:59 PM
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Maker of HPF-Pre upright bass preamp | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Madison WI | | | Let's see, 20 bands at $175 per band is $3500. It costs $500 to make 1000 CD's. Nice business. |
05-18-2009, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by alapantera Did they say how many CD's were going to be produced in total? | 50 x number of bands. Quote: |
And how many bands were going to be featured on the CD?
| Apparently as many $175 contributors as will fit. Twenty? $3500. Quote: |
If the only CD's being distributed are the ones by the bands....
| That's it. In the old days, they'd sweeten the suckers with the unverifiable promise to send the CD to their "exclusive list of powerful music industry insiders," (a two-year old list bought from the back of a music magazine), but this character doesn't even claim that. Quote: |
this this seems like it'd be almost a complete waste of money imo.
| It's ridiculous. Not only is it a moronic waste of money for the bands, I can't even see what the guy's main angle is. A couple of grand, maybe, but it doesn't even look like a competent scam to me. 
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05-18-2009, 07:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northwest Florida | | | Don't think it is a scam... maybe not the BEST way to make money (for you or the guy) but he's not doing anything wrong.
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05-18-2009, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by PRUNEFACE Don't think it is a scam... maybe not the BEST way to make money (for you or the guy) but he's not doing anything wrong. | He's not doing anything illegal (not as I can see).
I would say he's doing something wrong, however, particularly in what seems to me a very deceptive assertion that he's not making any money doing this, among some other dubious comments.
It's wrong to tell fibs. 
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05-19-2009, 09:29 AM
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This is Matt Szalecki with Quickstar Productions here. Go ahead and take a look at that thread. My point was that we have operating costs associated with our business to do the things we do, and we're not making thousands of dollars as you seem to suspect. Of course there is some profit involved in the project...we're not a charity...but it's not unreasonable. I don't think we've ever taken in $3500 for a compilation because we give deals to a lot of bands who can't afford the full price. And if anyone knows of a way to produce a full pro quality compilation for $500 please let me know. I'm all ears.
Matt Szalecki
Project Manager www.QuickstarProductions.com
443//552//7058 office Matt@QuickstarProductions.com
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05-19-2009, 03:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | http://www.quickstarproductions.com/about.html
Website for you. Website looks legit to me, but it really isn't hard to put together a legitimate looking website. I can't find this Matt guys name anywhere on the site. I should also note that quickstar (sometimes quixtar) is the new name for Amway.
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05-21-2009, 12:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | Hm. I didn't know that production managers were in the business of giving out their AIM addresses.
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05-21-2009, 01:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: buenos aires, argentina | | | My band got contacted through myspace by these guys a couple of months ago.
We answered saying we had no money to pay for the cds but being in the compilation seemed tempting. A week later they replied they could make a deal: by sending them less money they would give us less cds to distribute.
I checked in amazon, the compilations appear for sale, though i doubt there are any buyers.
seems like a waste of money for the band.
Plus, it just doesn't feel right to me, having the band pay for production costs. They are supposed to be the producers, right?
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05-21-2009, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jmorbita seems like a waste of money for the band. | I think that's the inescapable bottom line and I haven't heard any sensible argument to the contrary.
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05-26-2009, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jmorbita Plus, it just doesn't feel right to me, having the band pay for production costs. They are supposed to be the producers, right? | Bingo. It's just a classic scam...tempting young impressionable bands with a chance to be on an "exclusive compilation." I don't see anything that says the money you send in is actually supporting the "worthy cause" they purport to be backing.
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