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Originally Posted by DoggBisket  I don't know what the pay off is but after receiving the second email it started smelling fishy like the Nigerian bank scam.
Have any of you received similar requests? |
It's not quite as nefarious as the Nigerian bank scam, but independant promoter internet radio stations are the new trend in exposing, exploiting, and cashing in on new, young, hungry, unrepresented talent.
It usually works like this: Promoter/DJ/On-Air Personality solicits CDs and tracks from new, usually unsigned and unrepresented bands and artists. DJ promises to play tracks from your catalog on his internet radio program. He tells you he has the ear and attention of small airwave radio station programmers all over the world, and when they like something, they access it through him and play it on their airwave radio frequency. With any luck, your track gets a healthy little regional following, larger stations and promoters want a piece of the action so you get your song played in larger and larger formats and venues. And it snowballs.
In reality, what usually happens is the internet DJ charges you a fee for the service he is providing, and you are completely at his mercy from that point forward. No promises are made, no contracts or agreements beyond your initial payment, and you have no idea who will hear your song or how far it will go.
Our band just passed on a similar offer, and it was a lady right here in the USA who we researched and she does have legitimate contacts in the industry. It just sounded too much like a gamble, and we'd rather take our money and invest it into our own website promotion or studio time.
