Music Industry Reference List

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Your quick reference to record labels, publishers and other music industry-related companies that have contacted members of MP3Unsigned.



We all know about Statue Records, but they aren't the only dodgy record 'label' trying to get musicians to part with their hard earned cash on the promise of CD sales and success.

The bottom line is that no decent record label will ask you to spend any of your own money on getting a record made and on sale. If a label asks for money up front from their artists then it is basically a scam and you are wasting your money. Likewise, a real agency will make their money from the income they get from music licensing, not from charging their artists.

If you have received spam from, or have information regarding any other suspect 'record label', please post here and I will add them to the list.



Companies are entitled to advertise their products and services in the Advertising folder, but when they personally email numerous artists without listening to their music beforehand, this is spamming and we don't like this. Inmost cases, unsolicited emails are illegal in the UK.




added 3rd Oct 05: In the interests of fairness and for the benefit of legitimate companies and the artists that could potentially benefit from them, I will be adding trusted companies also to this list.

Spam/Scammers and/or Suspect Record Labels - STEER CLEAR OF THESE!! These guys only want your money. You're highly unlikely to recoup your investment.

<UL>
<LI>Statue Records (see thread)
<LI>Kid Antrim Records (see thread)
<LI>Burnlounge (see below) - this is an expensive pyramid scam
<LI>A&amp;R Select (see thread)(see another)(and another)
<LI>Donald Horne an Atlantic Records Representative (see thread)
</LI>[/list]Prospector List- Contact from one of these companies does not necessarilymean they think your music is marketable, but it is NOT a scam. Consider the offer carefully. Bear in mind that these companies still might screen for quality before they do anything with your music.

<UL>
<LI>Hot Live Bands
<LI>Studio 45 (see thread)
<LI>Internexus Media/Weed (see thread)(see another)
<LI>Active Media Library (see thread)
<LI>NewHotMusic (<a href="http:

[Management1]

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[acrosoma]

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[Mykyndryd]

I'm getting eMails from Bandspace.com as well now promising 70p every time somebody downloads one of your tracks. Anyone heard of them ??


Rgds. Mike.

[Management]

Originally Posted by Mykyndryd

I'm getting eMails from Bandspace.com as well now
promising 70p every time somebody downloads one of your tracks. Anyone
heard of them ??


Rgds. Mike.

Their website isn't fully functioning at the moment, but it looks well
made and serious. I could find no bad news about them on google.

[Stew]

where are the emails being sent from? Are they diving onto other music sites to try and get artists?

[Mykyndryd]

I had an account on Soudclick but never loaded any tracks but still received eMails saying we want to use one of your pieces. As there weren't any pieces ever up there, I asked them which one exactly. Needless to say, I never got a reply. That was Hotlivebands.

[D-Lux]

only had one so far, and that was Kid Antrim Records


funnily enough it was for my least used side project, a bit of a dance thing i had going for a while

[Management]

I've updated the thread with the new spammers we've had. If I've missed anyone, let me know.